Recently formed Cypriot holiday airline Helios Airways has upgraded its fleet with the delivery of the first of two Boeing 737-800s on lease from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). The year old airline will operate the new aircraft on its European network from Larnaca and Paphos, replacing a 737-400 which is scheduled to be returned to GECAS. A second -800 will arrive next month.
Source: Flight International
Boeing 777 cargo conversion firm Mammoth Freighters has delivered a -200LR for modification to the UK-based specialist STS Aviation Services. Mammoth had reached an agreement for conversion work with STS, located in Manchester, two years ago. The pact covers cargo modification for both 777-200LRs and -300ERs. STS states that US-based ...
Boeing has tweaked upward its 20-year aircraft-demand forecast, predicting airlines will need more jets than previously expected due to an extraordinarily large number of older aircraft that soon must be replaced.
Airbus’s A321XLR has initially been certified with a maximum take-off weight of 97t, but the airframer is working on approval for higher weights for the twinjet. This 97t figure is the same MTOW as the XLR’s immediate predecessor, the A321LR. The airframer had originally stated – when its unveiled the ...
