Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat launched its second Global Xpress (GX) satellite—Inmarsat-5 F2—on Feb. 1.

Regional Express (Rex) has taken delivery of a Saab 340B in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Tianjin-based Okay Airways has taken delivery of its first of eight Boeing 737-900ERs.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has placed orders for Airbus and Boeing aircraft to bolster the airline’s growing fleet.

The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has received an order for 20 C919s from Huaxia Financial Leasing Co.

The US Air Force has chosen Boeing as the sole-source provider and prime integrator for the multibillion dollar program to develop the next US presidential transport, based on the company’s 747-8.

The Lufthansa Group, which is continuing its fleet modernization program in 2015, has taken delivery of its 16th Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental this week, replacing an older Boeing 747-400.

Aircraft News-Jan. 28, 2015