Evergreen International Airlines has taken delivery of the 50th 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF). The airplane is the first to enter the Evergreen fleet and the 40th conversion completed by Taikoo Aircraft Engineering. AD Aerospace has signed a letter of intent with Shanghai Aero Measurement Controlling Research Institute for the supply of security and safety video camera systems for the COMAC 919 aircraft.
GECAS has delivered one leased Boeing 737-300SF to Northern Air Cargo. The Alaskan carrier operates a fleet of five cargo aircraft. Skyworld Aviation delivered the first of three Embraer EMB170 aircraft to AeroMexico Connect, on lease from Republic Airways. Aircraft Leasing & Management arranged the sale of one Airbus A320-211 from FG Wing Leasing Ltd to Jordan Aviation. The aircraft was delivered to Jordan Aviation June 22.
AirAsia (AK) has selected GE Aviation to design and deploy a network of ICAO Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) flight paths.
The International Airlines Group (IAG) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) to “carefully consider” ordering the Chinese-produced C919 at the Farnborough Airshow.
Airbus has delivered the front fuselage for the first flyable 21-meter-long A350 XWB (MSN1) to the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France, from Airbus’ site in Saint-Nazaire, France.
AirBaltic (BT) is planning to add up to three Bombardier Q400s this winter and is mulling its options as four Boeing 737s come to the end of its lease.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) has revealed it will have to re-manufacture the parts for its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) prototypes following procedural issues at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
Turboprop manufacturer ATR is entering the final stages of securing FAA certification for its ATR 42-600 and 72-600 aircraft, which it hopes to close by year-end.
Russian carrier signed a firm contract for 20 Airbus A321s Thursday, the largest order for the type in the region and the first time that UTair has ordered Airbus aircraft.
Middle East Airlines-Air Liban (MEA) on Thursday announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for five Airbus A320neo and five A321neo aircraft plus eight options.
Additive manufacturing, the process of making a structure up one later at a time, is a “new star” in GE’s portfolio, it told journalists at a pre-Farnborough briefing in June.
Boeing said it projects the world will face “an unprecedented demand” for airline pilots and maintenance technicians as global economies expand and airlines begin taking delivery of new aircraft over the next 20 years. Its 2012 Pilot and Technician Outlook forecasts the need for 460,000 new commercial pilots and 601,000 new commercial airline maintenance technicians by 2031.
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana (KC) has selected Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines to power three Boeing 767-300ERs it has on order for delivery at the end of 2013, switching from the GE CF6 engines powering the two leased 767-300ERs it currently has in its fleet.
