Aircraft & Engines

Gulfstream Aerospace announced the introduction of an all-new business jet: the Gulfstream G650. With its ultra-large cabin and ultra-long range, the G650 establishes a new price and performance point for business-jet aircraft. It is capable of traveling 7,000 nautical miles at 0.85 Mach or 5,000 nautical miles at 0.90 Mach. Using an advanced aerodynamic design, […]

Rolls-Royce announced its fourth new engine programme in a year with the introduction of the BR725. The engine will be the exclusive powerplant for Gulfstream

Babcock & Brown Air Limited has acquired five additional aircraft, increasing its portfolio to a total of 59 acquired and committed aircraft. The five new aircraft include: — One Airbus A319-112 on lease to Virgin America (US) — One Airbus A330-200 on lease to LTU (Germany) — Two Boeing 757-200s on lease to Icelandair (Iceland)

The Government of Iraq has placed a firm order for six CRJ900 NextGen airliners which will be used for civilian airline services in Iraq. The transaction includes options on an additional four CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. Based on the list price for the CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, the value of the firm contract is approximately $239 million.

The GEnx-2B engine that will power the new Boeing 747-8 airplane demonstrated 70,950 lbs. of takeoff thrust during ground testing on March 12th, at GE’s outdoor testing facility in Peebles, Ohio. Ground testing on the GEnx engine began with idle runs on February 29 and reached 70,950 lbs. of standard day sea-level takeoff thrust on

Felix Airways of Sana

The Austrian Airlines Group is aiming at a reduction of the Canadair CRJ fleet in the medium-term, in order to partially replace these 50-seat aircraft with 80-100-seat aircraft. For this, a Canadair CRJ should be handed over and be replaced with an additional Fokker 100. Furthermore, two Canadair CRJs and both of the currently oldest

CIT Group, a leading global commercial finance company, announced that CIT Aerospace, a unit of CIT, has signed contracts with Airbus for 20 new aircraft (fifteen A320 family aircraft and five A330) worth approximately $1.9 billion at list prices. The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered beginning in 2011 and continue through 2014. Including this

AirSprint, Canada’s coast-to-coast leader in the field of fractional aircraft ownership, reported that the company has placed an order for 23 aircraft with an aggregate retail value of $116 million (US). AirSprint will take delivery of three Citation XLS/XLS+ jets and three Pilatus PC-12/47E “Next Generation Pilatus” over the course of the next 24 months,

The third production Airbus A380 (MSN006) was handed over to Singapore Airlines on 11th March. Equipped with four Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines, the third aircraft for the first A380 operator follows the delivery of the first A380 (MSN003) on 15th October 2007 and second delivery (MSN005) on 11th January 2008. The third aircraft is