Air Canada said Thursday it will acquire two additional Boeing 777-300ERs.

Airbus has begun the final assembly of its first A330 with the new 242 tonne maximum take-off-weight (MTOW) capability in Toulouse, France.

Airbus logged just one new commercial passenger aircraft order in October—two A320ceo aircraft for Singapore-based BOC Aviation, placed on Oct. 31—which effectively placed BOC among Airbus’ top 10 customers.

Virgin Atlantic’s is expected to place an order for at least seven aircraft within the next five to nine months to replace its London Gatwick-based Boeing 747s.

VietJetAir’s first Airbus A320 has completed its first flight in Toulouse, France, entering the final acceptance phase prior to delivery by the end of 2014.

GE Aviation has opened a new indoor jet engine test facility at its Peebles, Ohio site.

Rolls-Royce, trying to regain investors’ confidence in the face of its declining revenue performance, has unveiled a cost-reduction plan that will include 2,600 job cuts.

Lufthansa began to modify its Airbus A320 family fleet last month with vortex generators to reduce noise. The first modified aircraft was an A319.