Aircraft & Engines

Embraer finished assembling the first Phenom 300 jet at its Gavi

Copa Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings S.A. has taken delivery of its twelfth EMBRAER 190 aircraft, bringing its fleet total to 38. The EMBRAER 190 is equipped with modern engineering design features, including high-performance GE engines and “winglets” (wingtip extensions), which reduce drag and fuel consumption. The EMBRAER 190 seats 94 passengers, 10 in Business

The Finnair Group’s Finnair Aircraft Finance Oy has sold six Boeing MD-80 aircraft and three spare engines it owns to Allegiant Travel Company’s low-cost carrier Allegiant Air, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada U.S.A. The aircraft are currently flying in the colours of the Swedish airline FlyNordic. In July last year, Finnair sold FlyNordic to the

Philippine Airlines is acquiring up to nine turbo-propeller aircraft to serve its revived inter-island operations, a major move by the flag carrier aimed at boosting trade, tourism and local economies in rural island communities. PAL’s turbo-prop fleet will consist of three Bombardier Q300 and six Q400 aircraft valued at $150 million based on list prices.

China Cargo will lease six Boeing 777-200LR Freighters from GECAS and enters into a sales/ leaseback agreement for six MD-11 Freighters.

CIT Aerospace, a unit of CIT, has signed three leases with nasair, the first budget carrier in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for three new Airbus A320-200s. This is CIT

Mechanics at the Boeing Company began final assembly work on the first 777 Freighter at the company’s Everett, Wash., facility this week. The new cargo airplane will roll out of the factory later this month, and work will begin to prepare the airplane for flight test this summer.

Boeing announced a revised plan for first flight and initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner that includes additional schedule margin to reduce risk of further delays on the program. Boeing stated, that while significant progress has been made assembling Airplane #1, first flight is being rescheduled due to slower than expected completion of work that

Embraer formally introduced its new Embraer MSJ and Embraer MLJ executive jet programs, which were recently approved by the Company

Czech Airlines has signed an agreement with Air India for the lease of an Airbus A310 aircraft and crew for another year. The airplane has operated out of Bombay Airport since last March, thus far flying on the Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur routes. From May, it will be newly deployed on flights to Jeddah,