Air Canada is to finally take delivery of two Airbus A340-500s after gaining bankruptcy court approval on 19 March. The airline, European manufacturer Airbus and the carrier's planned majority shareholder Trinity Time Investments have agreed on the delivery and financing of the two aircraft. In return, Airbus is permitting the cancellation of two Airbus A321 deliveries and the deferred delivery to 2010 of three A340-600s.
Source: Flight International
ASL Aviation Holdings has joined the airline advisory board of Fokker Next Gen, a Dutch firm seeking to develop a 120-150-seat narrowbody airliner powered by hydrogen-combustion engines for service entry in 2035.
General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS) has begun final assembly of the first wing for the new Do 228 NXT-series twin-turboprop.
Lessor BOC Aviation has placed a pair of Airbus A320neos with new customer Nouvelair.
