Aircraft & Engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada has received type certification from Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency for the PW127M engine, the newest member in the PW100 regional turboprop family. The PW127M offers five per cent more power than its predecessor, the PW127F engine. The PW127M is a derivative of the PW127F and PW127E engines […]

International investment and specialised fund and asset management group Babcock & Brown announced that a joint initiative with HCI Capital AG (HCI), a leading distribution house for closed funds and structured products in Germany, has acquired its first aircraft leasing investment with the purchase of two Boeing 777-200LR aircraft delivered to Air Canada in February

SAS has agreed a settlement with Bombardier and Goodrich regarding the incidents involving the Dash aircraft in the autumn of 2007. The details of the agreement are confidential but SAS Group confirms the total financial compensation is slightly more than SEK 1 billion in the form of a cash payment and credits for future firm

Iberia has signed two exclusive contracts with Olympic Airways under which it will maintain engines and components for the Greek airline at Iberia

Cessna Aircraft Company completed the first flight of its Model 162 SkyCatcher prototype, March 8th. This is the first of three airframes: a prototype, the first production model, and an ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) test article that Cessna

The Boeing Company has completed 50 percent of the design releases for the new 747-8 Freighter. The program has released the 747-8 Freighter’s detailed designs to Boeing factories and its suppliers in order to begin building parts, assemblies and tools for the new cargo airplane. The 747-8 Freighter, which launched in November 2005, is scheduled

Cessna Aircraft Company has secured its first multiple order for the new Model 850 Citation Columbus business jet. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) of Pullman, Wash., will use two of the long-range, large-cabin Citations to support its global expansion and customer support efforts. In announcing the purchase, Ed Schweitzer, founder and president of SEL, told company

Skyways Aviation has arranged the sale of two AE3007A engines to Southern Cross Aviation of the U.S. for operation with the Brazilian Air Force. Both engines were delivered in February 2008 and will support the existing fleet of fifteen ERJ 145 aircraft. Skyways Aviation was acting on behalf of Air Vend

Europrop International (EPI) has achieved a double success, delivering the last of the four TP400-D6 flight test engines which will power the first Airbus A400M and reaching the milestone of 1,000 hours of engine ground testing. The final engine for the first aircraft was dispatched last week and has now arrived at the final assembly

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