Aircastle announced the placement of six new A330-200s with South African Airways on long-term lease. Aircraft are powered by Trent 772Bs and will deliver during 2011. The lessor said it now has secured customers for 11 of the 12 A330s it has on order. Two were delivered to Avianca this year, three freighters are headed to an unidentified Asian customer in 2010-11, and the last aircraft is scheduled for delivery in May 2012. Aircastle said it is "actively marketing" that plane.

Rolls-Royce announced an order from Aviation Capital Group for Trent 1000 engines to power the five 787s ordered by the lessor in 2007. The contract is worth $170 million at list prices.

In its second interim report on the May 31 loss of the Air France A330-200 over the Atlantic, France's BEA issued its first safety recommendations and concluded that "In the absence of any data from the flight recorders, the main parts of the airplane and any witness testimony on the flight, the precise circumstances of the accident, and therefore its causes, have still not been determined."

Jetstar Airways will add 700,000 domestic seats and 77 new return flights in the first half of next year as it embarks on its biggest expansion since launching operations in 2004. It will add five A320 family aircraft over the next six months, taking its A320 family fleet to 46 as it boosts flights between Melbourne and Sydney and leisure destinations. Another three aircraft will be added to its Jetstar Asia operation in Singapore. An eighth A330 will join the Jetstar fleet this month, followed by two more in 2010. An additional seven A320s will be added in the second half of 2010.

Guggenheim Aviation Partners announced the delivery of a third A330-200 to US Airways.