Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000 Advantage70 development engine commenced flight testing on the company’s 747 flying test bed at its test flight facility in Plattsburgh, New York. The engine, which will deliver 70,000 pounds of thrust for the A330 aircraft family, is expected to achieve Federal Aviation Administration certification in October. The first PW4000-100″ engines with […]
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Bombardier Aerospace announced its all-composite Learjet 85 aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW307B engines. The Learjet manufacturer also announced it selected Innovative Power Solutions
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Aircraft Leasing and Management (ALM) of London Gatwick, England announced that it has arranged the sale of BAE SYSTEMS BAe 146-300 aircraft with manufacturer
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El Al Israel Airlines and Boeing have completed an order for four 777-200ERs (Extended Range). The Israeli airline has secured options for two additional 777s and holds conversion rights for the 777-300ER, a larger version of the 777 with increased payload and range capability. The order is valued at $850 million at list prices.
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The Rolls-Royce AE engine family has accumulated a total of over 30 million hours of service on regional, corporate and military applications. This operational milestone underscores the reliability, performance and versatility of the AE engine family which is designed, built and supported out of the Rolls-Royce facility in Indianapolis, IN. To date there have been
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The Boeing Company and Asiana Airlines have completed an order for two 777-200ERs (Extended Range). The order is valued at $438 million at list prices. The South Korean airline holds rights to substitute the larger 777-300ER which features increased payload and range capability, if needed, in the future. Asiana currently operates 40 Boeing airplanes including
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With more than 4,000 CF34 engines powering regional aircraft, GE Aviation expects the engine fleet to exceed 8,600 by 2018 – based on the strong demand being forecast for GE-powered regional aircraft. (With 1,400 CF34 engines powering Bombardier Challenger business jets, the total CF34 fleet for regional and business aircraft is expected to reach 11,000
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The Boeing Company last week delivered Europe’s first two Next-Generation 737-900ER airplanes, powered by CFM56-7B engines, to GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) and its leasing customer, Spanish carrier Futura International Airways, based in Palma de Mallorca. The 737-900ER, the newest member of the Next-Generation 737 airplane family, increases the capability of the 737 by carrying
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Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to Swiss carrier Flybaboo S.A., on Wednesday, April 30. The Geneva-based airline, which previously flew a dedicated turboprop fleet, will begin operating the EMBRAER 190 in 2008 under a leasing agreement with M1 Travel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lebanon’s M1 Group. The EMBRAER 190s leased to Flybaboo will
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