Jul 04, 2011 Le Bourget - During this year's 49th Paris Air Show, TEAM.Aero stopped by the exhibition booth of International Aero Engine (IAE), Kellstrom Industries, AAR, TAP Engineering and Maintenance to get an impression how this years show was going for the exhibitors. The general atmosphere at ... Read more

Jun 27, 2011 Le Bourget, France - TEAM.Aero sat down at the 2011 Paris Air Show with Mr. Yugo Fukuhara, Director Marketing, Sales and Marketing Department of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation to get an update on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program.   The MRJ program ... Read more

Jun 15, 2011 CHICAGO - Just prior to the annual Chi-Stat reception last week, TEAM.Aero sat down with Jep Thornton, Partner at Aerolease Aviation, to discuss the 1st China ISTAT Conference, the China market for converted freighters, the cancellation of the A320/A321 Passenger-to-Freighter Conversion program, the 757 ... Read more

May 12, 2011 HERNDON - In recent months aircraft valuation companies such as US-based Aviation Specialists Group (ASG) in Herndon, VA are being asked what effect the A320NEO will have on the values of existing competing jetliners.  Fred Klein, President of ASG has responded with the following thoughts he is ... Read more

May 03, 2011 DOHA - Qatar Airways, the Middle East’s second-biggest carrier, will convert 15 Airbus SAS A330 passenger jets into freighters to expand its cargo unit, CEO Akbar al Baker has said. The aircraft will be converted by Airbus in Germany by 2016, according to Al ... Read more

Apr 17, 2011 LOS ANGELES - Next week, Los Angeles billionaire Steven Udvar-Hazy's new aircraft leasing venture is headed for a multimillion-dollar arrival on the New York Stock Exchange. Century City-based Air Lease Corp., started last year by industry pioneer Udvar-Hazy, is set to go public with a ... Read more

Mar 24, 2011 SHANGHAI – A wide-ranging framework agreement between Bombardier Inc. and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd., or COMAC, should start yielding specific “outcomes” – concrete sub-agreements – within a year, said the man who helped negotiate the deal. Signed ... Read more

Feb 13, 2011 EVERETT - Boeing today unveiled its new 747-8 Intercontinental, the new high-capacity passenger airplane that offers airlines the lowest operating costs and best economics of any large passenger airplane while providing enhanced environmental performance. Approximately 10,000 guests, including customers, Boeing employees, government officials, ... Read more

Jan 11, 2011 TOULOUSE - India's largest low-cost carrier, IndiGo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 180 eco-efficient Airbus A320 aircraft of which 150 will be A320neo’s and 30 will be A320s. It is the largest single firm order number for large jets in commercial aviation history, and also ... Read more

Dec 01, 2010 TOULOUSE - Airbus has decided to offer for its best-selling A320 Family new fuel saving engines as an option.  Airlines have the choice between CFM International’s LEAP-X engine and Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G engine.  Known as the A320neo, this new engine option ... Read more