Embraer is deferring entry-into-service of the E175-E2, the third member of its new-generation E2 airliner family, by a year to 2021, citing ongoing uncertainty over the settlement of scope-clause agreements at mainline carriers in the US, the chief market for the variant.

The Tanzanian Government Flight Agency (TGFA) has signed firm purchase agreements for two Bombardier CS300s single-aisle jets and one Q400 turboprop, Bombardier announced Dec. 2.

A newly launched Cyprus Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A319 aircraft Dec. 1.

Belavia Belarusian Airlines will retire its Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft on Dec. 28.

Russia’s State Transport Leasing Co. (STLC) has placed an order for five Let L-410 aircraft with Russia’s Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA), in a deal valued at RUB2 billion ($30.7 million) at list prices.

The Bell 412 will be built and assembled on both sides of the Pacific. FHI’s manufacturing setup will be a second production line, says Bell.

Airbus aims at short A350-1000 flight test program and considers larger family member.

Aircraft Briefs-Nov. 30, 2016