Air Canada has received the first of six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-300s. Qatari wet-lease specialist Gulf Falcon Group has arranged to acquire five ex-Japan Airlines Boeing 747s, including two -100s and three -200s, from Itochu Air Lease, for delivery from December. Indigo Aviation has sold two CFM International CFM56-powered Boeing 737s to an affiliate of Oasis International Leasing in Abu Dhabi. One aircraft is a 737-300 operated by Go, the other is a -400 leased to Virgin Express. Milan-based leasing company Locat has ordered a Fairchild 328JET, which will be delivered in April on lease to Aosta-based Air Vallée. SAirGroup's leasing division Flightlease has ordered two Airbus A340-300s for delivery late next year. Aeroflot has taken delivery of the first two of four GE CF6-powered Boeing 767-300ERs on lease from GE Capital Aviation Services. Iberia has completed a sale and lease back of its 24 Boeing 727-200s to Denver-based leasing company Republic Financial. Further to last week's report, Air Botswana is seeking to dispose of its 11-year-old British Aerospace 146-100 and has appointed Aircraft Leasing & Management to remarket the aircraft. The airline's three ATR 42s were destroyed this month when one of its pilots crashed one aircraft into others on the ground. LanChile has ordered a 10th International Aero Engines V2500-powered Airbus A320 for delivery in mid-2001. Flight International's sister on-line service Air Transport Intelligence reports that Braathens Sweden (formerly Malmo Aviation) is to acquire the 10 ex-SAM Columbia Avro RJ100s from BAe as part of a trade-in deal for the airline's fleet of nine BAe 146-200s. JMC Airlines has appointed Fortis to remarket its four ex-Caledonian Airways Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 100s. JMC was formed through the merger of Caledonian and Flying Colours.
Maiden flights of the import-substituted Yakovlev MC-21 and SJ-100 are planned for the first half of this year, Russian trade minister Anton Alikhanov has stated. Alikhanov spoke during a meeting of the presidium of the Russian parliamentary council of legislators. “We understand that air carriers are waiting for all these ...
Nigerian investigators probing a loss of thrust in both engines of a Hawker 900XP have disclosed that one of the powerplants – which had stopped responding to thrust commands – became responsive again after the aircraft landed. The jet, operated by Flybird Aircraft Management Services, had departed Abuja for Accra ...
Allegiant Air’s chief operating officer Keny Wilper has stepped down and will be replaced on an interim basis by longtime company executive Tyler Hollingsworth.