Aircraft & Engines

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 […]

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

Singapore Airlines took delivery of its fourth A380 at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France. The addition of this fourth aircraft into its fleet will allow Singapore Airlines to commence daily A380 flights to Tokyo Narita on Tuesday 20 May 2008. Tokyo is the Airline

Cessna Aircraft Company celebrated the roll out of the first production Citation XLS+ on April 25th at the company’s primary design and manufacturing facilities in Wichita. The XLS+ is the latest version of the business jet model. The first production unit now will go to paint and interiors, while two flight test aircraft continue to

Bombardier Aerospace announced that the CRJ Series program has celebrated and exceeded its 1,500th delivery milestone. The 1,500th aircraft, a CRJ900 NextGen model, was handed over to Northwest Airlines in March, 2008, and will be operated by Mesaba Airlines, a Northwest Airlink carrier.

GA Telesis has acquired one Airbus A310-300 aircraft from Luftfahrzeugpool GOAL Echo GmbH & Co. KG. The aircraft is currently on lease to Air Transat A.T. (MSN 485).

Rockwell Collins reported net income of $168 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 ended March 31, 2008, an increase of $28 million, or 20% over fiscal year 2007 second quarter net income of $140 million. Second quarter fiscal year 2008 sales increased $103 million, or 10%, to $1.186 billion compared to year

Nextant Aerospace announced an exclusive contract with Rockwell Collins to provide a Pro Line 21 Major Retrofit program for the Beechjet 400A. The initial 40 aircraft order is placed against a planned production requirement for 436 aircraft with a total value of $62 million. Nextant expects STC approval in the third quarter of 2008 with