Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has said the Irish budget carrier is likely to firm all of its Boeing 737 MAX options to fuel its growth beyond 2023.

Etihad Aviation Group president and CEO James Hogan believes there is potential for equity partner Alitalia to grow to 40 long-haul aircraft from its current fleet of 24.

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has exercised the lease option for two additional new Airbus A350-900s with Air Lease Corp. (ALC) under a 12-year lease agreement.

Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet finalized an order for 100 Boeing 737 MAX 200 narrowbodies, a deal worth some $11.3 billion at list prices.

Boeing has opened its $1 billion 777X composite wing manufacturing center in Everett, Washington.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) president and CEO Osamu Shinobe said he hopes Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. will stick to the adjusted delivery schedule for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), which calls for first delivery in mid-2018.

The disappearance of EgyptAir flight 804 over the Mediterranean Sea early May 19 came as Egypt had begun making progress in shoring up international travel to the country in the aftermath of the suspected inflight bombing of a Russian Metrojet Airbus A321 shortly after departure from Sharm el Sheik on Oct. 31, 2015.

Dublin-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has ordered 10 CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power five additional Airbus A320neo aircraft.