ARINC will renew and upgrade its GLOBALink data link communications contract with Spirit Airlines for five more years. Integrated flight applications are expected to streamline operations.

TAM took delivery of two 174-seat A320s, bringing its fleet to 108 aircraft (15 A319s, 73 A320s, three A321s, 12 A330s, two A340s and three MD-11s). It plans to operate 123 aircraft at year end, adding two A330s, four 777-300ERs and two 767-300ERs (ATWOnline, June 25).

Air China said it will purchase 20 A330s valued at $3.82 billion, according to a statement obtained by several news services that the carrier issued yesterday to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Airbus did not confirm the order. CA said the aircraft will boost its capacity by 16.5% and allow it to increase flight frequencies from Beijing, according to Bloomberg. The airline will use cash, bank loans and debt instruments to pay for the aircraft. Delivery dates were not disclosed.

Frontier Airlines is bracing for another round of cuts, with plans to reduce capacity 17% from September to March 2009, the Associated Press reported. The carrier, which declared bankruptcy in April, will cut seven more Airbus narrowbodies from its fleet on top of the four A318s/A319s it agreed to sell in the spring (ATWOnline, March 24). Prior to the sale of those aircraft, it operated a fleet of 60 A318s/A319s. Its regional subsidiary Lynx operates 10 Q400s.

Rockwell Collins reached a deal with US Airways for provision of its WXR-2100 MultiScan Hazard Detection System and other avionics for A320s and A330s. System features advanced radar and weather assessment capabilities.