Aircraft & Engines

PIA took delivery of the carrier’s ninth 777. PIA’s newest airplane, a Boeing 777-300ER, departed Paine Field Friday on a delivery flight to its home base in Karachi.

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has sold a 29-seat Jetstream 41 regional turboprop airliner to Inverness-based Highland Airways. The aircraft (msn 41041) was delivered to Inverness in late March for customisation. Entry into service is planned for early summer. The airline flies five 19-seat Jetstream 31s and a number of smaller Cessna light transports. In addition

Grupo SATA of Ponta Delgada, Portugal has signed a contract to acquire four Q400 NextGen aircraft for its SATA Air A

The Boeing Company confirmed an order for three Next-Generation 737s by national flag carrier Turkmenistan Airlines. The order for two 737-900ERs and one 737-700 is worth approximately $221 million at list prices. Turkmenistan Airlines’ all-Boeing fleet also includes 717s, Classic and Next-Generation 737s, 757s, and one 767.

The ANA Board of Directors selected the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) as its new regional aircraft, placing a firm order for 15 and 10 options, with delivery planned from 2013. The aircraft will be powered by the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbo Fan (GTF). The MRJ was chosen on the basis of safety, overall economy,

AWAS has finalised a transaction to purchase six new A330-300 aircraft from Airbus. The first of these aircraft will be delivered in 2009 and all will be leased to Singapore Airlines. The transaction has been valued to Airbus at $1.2 billion at list prices.

Aloha Airgroup, a Hawaii corporation whose principal operating subsidiary is Aloha Airlines, released that it filed a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Aloha will seek the Court

Bombardier Aerospace reported that it has received a signed firm order for six CRJ700 NextGen regional jets. The airline which placed the order has also taken options on an additional 10 aircraft, and has requested to remain unidentified at this time. Based on the list price for the CRJ700 NextGen aircraft, the value of the

Frontier Airlines Holdings entered into a Letter of Agreement with VTB Leasing to sell two of Frontier’s 49 Airbus A319 aircraft and two of its 11 Airbus A318 aircraft to VTB Leasing for onwards lease to Rossiya Airlines. The sale of the aircraft was facilitated by SkyWorks Leasing. Financial terms of the transaction were not

The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully completed a high-altitude afterburner testing program at the US Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee, including common exhaust hardware for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The F136 engine is a 40,000+ lb. thrust, combat engine that will be available to power all variants of the