AVIC is expected to launch an aero engine company, airborne systems company and composite material engineering center in conjunction with the Beijing municipal government. According to the strategic cooperation agreement signed yesterday, the three new companies will have total registered capital of CNY11.5 billion ($1.68 billion), with total investment of CNY21 billion.

CIT Aerospace delivered a new CFM56-5B4/P-powered A320-200 to Saudi Arabian LCC Nas Air and a CFM56-7B24-powered 737-800 to Garuda Indonesia.

Jeppesen said Friday that Continental Airlines completed the first flight using the company's Airport Moving Map on a Class 2 electronic flight bag. Jeppesen's Airport Moving Map "uses a high-resolution database to dynamically render maps of the airport," employing GPS technology to show pilots their own-ship position on runways and taxiways, the company said, adding that CO plans to retrofit its 757s and 767s with navAero Class 2 EFBs that will include the Airport Moving Map technology.

ACG Air Cargo Germany took delivery of its first 747-400SF Friday. The privately held carrier is based at Frankfurt Hahn and plans to use the leased aircraft for charter operations. A second aircraft should follow this spring. First flights will operate to the Middle East, Far East, Russia and Turkey, ACG said.

Airbus confirmed Korean Air's order for six A330-200s (ATWOnline, Feb. 27), which it said is the first commitment for the new 238-tonne increased takeoff weight version with a 7,300-nm. range. Aircraft will feature seating in three classes and brings KE's total A330 commitment to 16 -300s and nine -200s. KE Chairman and CEO Yang Ho Cho said the order "is part of our ongoing expansion plan and will enable us to open up new long-haul routes. .