Aircraft & Engines

Skyways Aviation reported the conclusion of its first BAE Jetstream 41 deal, the placement of serial number 41014 (G-MAJN) with Highland Airways. The aircraft was purchased from Helitrans of Norway by Enar Lindstrom A.B. of Sweden and placed on an operating lease with the Scottish airline. Highland has also taken an additional Jetstream 31, its […]

Final assembly began on the third flight-test airplane for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. This is the fifth Dreamliner to be loaded into the first position of the 787 production system. The static test airframe moved April 25 from the Final Assembly to its test rig in another bay of the Everett, Wash.-based factory. Both

Progress continues on the first Boeing 777 Freighter as the company’s newest cargo airplane was towed out of its factory in Everett, Wash. and onto the flight line on April 29th. Work will continue on the 777 Freighter to prepare for flight test this summer and to paint the airplane in the Boeing livery. Boeing

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has signed lease agreements with Indonesian carrier P.T. Riau Airlines for two Avro RJ100s. Due for delivery in August, the two aircraft (msn E3243 and E3265) will be the airline

The Embraer Phenom 300, a standard-setter for the light jet category, successfully took to the air on its maiden flight on April 29th, from the Company

LCAL has agreed to purchase GEnx engines to power up to 13 of its Boeing 787 aircraft. The engines are valued at more than $350 million list price. The Dubai-based aircraft leasing company was established in 2005 with its business based exclusively with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Royal Jordanian will lease three of LCAL’s GEnx-powered

Bombardier Flexjet, the fractional business jet ownership program of Bombardier Aerospace, has announced the induction of Bombardier’s new Challenger 605 jets into the Flexjet fractional fleet. The Challenger 605 jets are among 24 new aircraft scheduled to enter service with Flexjet in 2008. The additional new arrivals will include the best-selling, super-midsize Challenger 300 and

Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the first run of its BR725 engine at its facility in Dahlewitz, Germany. The selection of the engine to power the new Gulfstream G650 aircraft was announced last month. The 16,100lb thrust BR725 is the most advanced member of the BR700 engine series and the sixth new powerplant added to the

Delta AirElite Business Jets has added another Gulfstream G550 to its operating certificate. The new factory-delivered aircraft joins the Delta AirElite fleet through an aircraft management agreement and is based in Southern California.

North African airline Tunisair has signed a letter of acceptance of the Airbus proposal for the acquisition of three A350-800s, three A330-200s and ten A320s, as part of an important fleet development plan that will modernise and expand the fleet of this growing airline. With this acquisition, Tunisair is the third African airline to order