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Boeing Delivers Four Next-Generation 737-900ERs to Lion Air
SEATTLE, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) delivered four Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes to Lion Air in December. The new jetliners will be deployed to increase frequencies on existing routes and to replace older airplanes in the fleet.… Continue reading
EMBRAER Delivers 1st Super Tucano Airplanes To Chile’s Air Force
(Sao Jose dos Campos, December 23, 2009) — Embraer delivered the first four Super Tucano airplanes, of a total of 12, this week, to the Chilean Air Force (FACH). The contract, which was announced in August 2008, is the result… Continue reading
USAF 8th Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptor arrives
12/24/2009Â -Â HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS)Â –Â The 8th Fighter Squadron received its first of 20 F-22 Raptors Dec. 21 here.
The arrival of 8th FS flagship, a Langley Air Force Base Raptor, which came from maintenance in Palmdale, Calif.,… Continue reading
Morocco buys 24 F-16 Block 52 aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an $841,877,905 contract to provide for 24 F-16 Block 52 aircraft, advanced counter measure system electronic warfare system, along with associated support equipment, alternate mission equipment and support elements for the government of Morocco.
Myanmar Buys 20 MiG-29 Fighters
Russia has signed a contract to deliver 20 MiG-29 fighter planes to military-run Myanmar, the daily Kommersant reported Dec. 23.
The contract was signed a few weeks ago and came to nearly $570 million (400 million euros), according to a… Continue reading
Second Boeing 787 Dreamliner Completes First Flight
EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The second Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner, ZA002, completed its first flight today. The all-new airplane, which features the livery of the Dreamliner’s launch customer, ANA (All Nippon Airways) of Japan, took off from… Continue reading
United Kingdom Announces Approval Of Third F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Purchase
FORT WORTH, Texas, December 22nd, 2009 — The Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) program has announced that the United Kingdom has received financial approval to purchase its third Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft, reinforcing the U.K.’s… Continue reading
EMBRAER SELLS TWO EMBRAER 190 JETS TO AIRCRAFT ASSET MANAGEMENT
Aircraft will be operated by Augsburg Airways in the network of Lufthansa Regional
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São José dos Campos, December 23, 2009 – Embraer and Germany’s Aircraft Asset Management AAM GmbH & Co. KG have signed a firm order for… Continue reading
LAN Airlines signs firm order for 30 Airbus A320 Family aircraft
LAN Airlines, one of Latin America’s leading passenger and cargo airlines, has placed a firm order for the purchase of 30 Airbus Family A320 aircraft. This marks an important milestone raising LAN’s total number of firm orders for Airbus aircraft… Continue reading
The Chinese final assembly facility earns its place in Airbus’ growing internationalised network
The on-target delivery of 11 A320 Family aircraft this year from Airbus’ new Tianjin, China final assembly line marks another milestone in the company’s internationalisation – which is a key element for its future evolution.
Tianjin symbolises the more global… Continue reading
USAF A-10A Thunderbolts receive wing modification
12/23/2009Â -Â DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, ARIZ. (AFNS) Â –Â The A-10 Thunderbolt II will continue flying close-ground-support missions for the next two decades because of a reinforcement process wing replacement specialists call “Hog Up.”
The phrase originated about a decade ago during… Continue reading
American Airlines plane broken in two pieces on runway near Kingston, Jamaica
An American Airlines plane has overshot the runway on landing in heavy rain in the Jamaican capital Kingston, injuring more than 40 people, officials say.
The fuselage of flight AA 331, carrying 154 people from Miami, broke apart after the… Continue reading