Lufthansa Systems reached five-year contract with Windrose Aviation to supply its Flight Management Systems onboard the Ukrainian carrier's Airbus A320 fleet. The airline operates a fleet of two Embraer E-195s, two MD-82s, one An-24 and two Airbus A320s.

Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for their part in the crash of an Air France Concorde on July 25, 2000 in which 113 people died, a French court ruled Monday.

Emirates President Tim Clark told ATW he believes the Boeing 787 will be an outstanding aircraft but its current problems are slowing development of a 777-300ER upgrade sought by a number of airlines to meet the challenge of the Airbus A350-1000. Clark, who has been a driving force behind an upgraded 777-300ER, told ATW that Boeing was “rightly devoting all its resources to getting the 787 into service.”

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan credited Qantas pilots with saving the Airbus A380 that suffered an uncontained engine failure after take-off from Singapore Nov.4.

Rockwell Collins said Virgin Blue Airlines selected its suite of scaleable avionics for its order of 50 firm 737NGs, 25 options and 25 purchase rights. Virgin Blue is the first airline to select the Rockwell Collins SAT-2200 SATCOM system.