Aircraft conversion shop Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has landed an order from lessor Macquarie AirFinance to convert four passenger-configured Boeing 737-800s into 737-800SF converted freighters. Aircraft conversion shop Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has landed an order from lessor Macquarie AirFinance to convert four passenger-configured Boeing 737-800s into 737-800SF converted freighters. “We are seeing particularly strong demand in the express-freight sector as the...Continue Reading

US Army soldiers testing four Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) demonstrators at a “Rodeo” test event at Fort Benning, Georgia are pleased with initial results. US Army soldiers testing four Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) demonstrators at a “Rodeo” test event at Fort Benning, Georgia are pleased with initial results. That is according to...Continue Reading

Indian carriers have found leasing aircraft to be more convenient than financing them by other means, a former chairman of flag carrier Air India has told an industry conference. Indian carriers have found leasing aircraft to be more convenient than financing them by other means, a former chairman of flag carrier Air India has told an...Continue Reading

Singapore’s SilkAir and Singapore Airlines have appointed Skytech-AIC to market for outright sale seven Boeing 737-800s. Singapore’s SilkAir and Singapore Airlines have appointed Skytech-AIC to market for outright sale seven Boeing 737-800s. The aircraft (MSNs 44222, 44223, 44224, 44225, 44226, 44232 and 44233) were delivered to SilkAir between 2014 and 2016 and the airline self-manages all the aircraft, according to Cirium fleets data. Source: Wikimedia...Continue Reading

Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have conducted the maiden flight of the Airpower Teaming System (ATS) loyal wingman aircraft. Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have conducted the maiden flight of the Airpower Teaming System (ATS) loyal wingman aircraft. The maiden sortie occurred on 1 March, and involved...Continue Reading

AirAsia Group has disclosed that it extended approximately $40 million in advances and corporate guarantees to Philippines AirAsia in November-December. AirAsia Group has disclosed that it extended approximately $40 million in advances and corporate guarantees to Philippines AirAsia in November-December. The low-cost airline group on 19 November provided a $19.1 million corporate guarantee to Filipino bank BDO Unibank. This was in...Continue Reading

China Aircraft Leasing (CALC) expects its net profit attributable to shareholders for 2020 to be down 60-65% on 2019 due to a loss on an investment in an Indonesian airline as well as an exchange-rate loss. China Aircraft Leasing (CALC) expects its net profit attributable to shareholders for 2020 to be down 60-65% on 2019...Continue Reading

The final lessor creditor under Malaysia Airlines’ scheme of arrangement has given consent to that scheme as well as the carrier’s wider restructuring after previously facing challenges getting approval from its financiers. Justice Richard Snowdon, a judge at the High Court of England and Wales, said in a judgement dated 23 February that he received...Continue Reading

Investigators probing an abrupt manoeuvre by an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 have indicated that the crew suddenly pitched the aircraft nose-down after realising the airspeed had unexpectedly bled away. The aircraft had been approaching New York JFK on 6 September 2018, following a service from Edinburgh. As the aircraft neared its cleared level of 12,000ft...Continue Reading

Russian budget carrier Pobeda is to open services from a second Moscow base, operating from the capital’s Sheremetyevo airport. Pobeda is part of Aeroflot Group alongside Aeroflot and Rossiya. Moscow Sheremetyevo is Aeroflot’s main base. The expansion will involve Pobeda’s opening services to 12 cities in Russia, as well as the Turkish resort of Antalya....Continue Reading