Aircraft & Engines

Honda Aircraft Company has earned a production certificate from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Honda Aircraft Company is building the HA-420 HondaJet, an advanced light jet, at its world headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Production Certificate grants Honda Aircraft the authorization to produce, flight test and issue airworthiness certificates for the HondaJet […]

TAP Portugal and CFM International announced the airline´s order of 83 LEAP-1A engines to power its new fleet of Airbus A320neo/A321neo aircraft. With these new engines, the Portugal’s leading airline will improve its overall operating cost, as well as its operational reliability. The aircraft order, scheduled to begin deliver in the third quarter of 2018,

Aergo Capital has purchased six A320-200 passenger aircraft from B. aircraft A.S., an affiliate of Czech Aeroholding, through IAM Aviation Limited. The aircraft will continue to be operated by Pakistan International Airlines on domestic and international commercial routes. This acquisition brings Aergo’s fleet to 23 aircraft (including owned aircraft and aircraft under management).

Air Lease Corporation has signed long term lease agreements for four new Airbus A350-1000 aircraft with Virgin Atlantic Airways. The aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Airbus, with two delivering in spring 2020 and two delivering in spring 2021. These new A350-1000s will replace Virgin Atlantic Airways’ Boeing 747 aircraft built in the 1990’s

Boeing and Embraer unveiled the next phase of the Boeing ecoDemonstrator program on July 7th. The program expands Boeing and Embraer’s cooperation agreement and will test technologies to improve airplane environmental performance and accelerate their introduction into the marketplace. An Embraer E170 will serve as the flying testbed and will feature advanced environmental technologies that

AirSprint, a privately held fractional aircraft ownership company based in Calgary, Alberta, signed a purchase agreement for up to 12 Legacy 450, which consists of two firm orders with expected delivery in Q4 2016 and 10 purchase options with initial delivery dates starting in Q1 2017. This agreement has an estimated value of US$198m at

AWAS has delivered on lease the first of two planned A330-300 widebody passenger aircraft to new customer Hong Kong Airlines, an internationally – acclaimed full-service airline based in Hong Kong. These A330s will be used by the airline for adding more popular destinations to its well established network currently covering over 30 major cities across

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announced the delivery of one Airbus A321-200 aircraft to Frontier Airlines. This is the third Avolon aircraft on lease to Frontier Airlines.

The first A350 XWB for Thai Airways International (THAI) has rolled out from cabin furnishing & engine installation at the Airbus Toulouse Final Assembly Line. The aircraft is now ready to proceed to further ground and flight testing. This first A350-900 for THAI is scheduled for delivery in Q3 2016. Bringing new levels of efficiency

LORD Corporation – a specialist in the management of vibration, noise and motion control – has secured the contract to design and build the engine mount system for the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1400G engine on the Irkut MC-21 family of aircraft. The contract was awarded by Bombardier Belfast, the firm responsible for the design,