Aircraft & Engines

Emirates SkyCargo

Embraer moves steadily forward in its Phenom 300 light jet program, with the first flight of the fourth test aircraft at the end of February 2009. This jet, with registration number PP-XVL, and the third (PP-XVK), which first flew on December 23, 2008, are being operated from the Company

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Lease Corporation International Aviation (New Buildings) Limited has signed a firm purchase agreement for three CS100 and 17 CS300 jetliners. The purchaser, which also took options on a further 20 CSeries aircraft, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lease Corporation International Limited (LCI). LCI is a privately owned aircraft leasing company that owns and leases

EADS confirms that it remains fully committed to the construction of the A400M that will be the most complete high performance military plane for the coming decades. The group reaffirms that the contract signed in 2003 does not provide the necessary conditions for the successful development of the programme, firstly because of an unrealistic timetable,

The new GEnx-2B jet engine for Boeing’s new 747-8 aircraft has begun flight-testing on GE Aviation’s 747 flying test-bed. During the five-hour first flight on March 23rd, a single GEnx-2B engine demonstrated aircraft systems and instrumentation functionality, climbing close to 40,000 feet and establishing engine performance baseline. About 40 flights with the engine are planned

Finnair has taken delivery of its first A330-300. The new aircraft is the first of eight A330-300s ordered by Finnair for the development of its medium and long haul operation. Powered by General Electric CF6-80E1 engines, the carrier’s new A330 can seat 271 passengers in a two-class cabin (229 seats in Economy and 42 in

Morocco

Acting on behalf of Chautauqua Airlines of the U.S., Skyways Aviation announced the delivery of the first of five ERJ 145s to AeroMexico Connect. The first aircraft (serial number 145128, reg. N260SK) was delivered on 12th March 2009. In this latest deal, AeroMexico Connect signed up for five aircraft on long term dry leases and

Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000 Advantage70 engine successfully completed its first flight aboard an Air Comet A330-200 in Toulouse, France, this week. The first Advantage70 flight marks the beginning of a flight test program that will continue through early April. The first PW4000-100″ engines with the Advantage70 technology upgrade, each of which deliver 70,000 pounds of