Aircraft & Engines

Boeing and the Government of Iraq announced an order for 30 Boeing 737-800 commercial airplanes, the first step in re-establishing that country’s scheduled commercial aviation operations. Iraq has also contracted options for 10 additional 737s. Valued at $2.2 billion at current list prices, the order was previously accounted for on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries Web […]

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

Jakarta-based Lion Air took delivery of the airline’s 10th Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane. The airplane will be used by the airline to expand its service with new destinations throughout South and Southeast Asia. The airline’s 737-900ERs are equipped with performance-enhancing Blended Winglets. Lion Air, which operates an all-Boeing fleet and is the largest low-fare

Mesa Air Group reported the arrival of the sixth of 14 Bombardier CRJ-900 Next Generation aircraft operated for Delta Connection by its wholly owned subsidiary, Freedom Airlines. The operation of these new aircraft was first announced in March 2007 and at that time represented an expansion of the agreement that was already in place between