Central Asia-based Uzbekistan Airways is converting its two Boeing 767-300ERs into freighters to expand cargo operations from Tashkent to Shanghai Pudong, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

Ryanair has agreed to purchase five additional Boeing 737-800s, adding to its current order book of 175 of the type, which it finalized at the Paris Air Show.

Norwegian Air Shuttle has warned it may shelve plans for its Irish-based international subsidiary Norwegian Air International (NAI) and postpone orders for 20 Boeing 787s if US approval for planned transatlantic operations is not granted soon.

Embraer posted a first-quarter net profit of $110 million, more than tripling net income of $30 million in the year-ago period, on a 13.8% year-over-year rise in revenue to $1.24 billion.

GECAS has around 1,620 aircraft, worth $46 billion, in its portfolio; that’s a greater value than the GDP of most countries.

As commercial aircraft lessors’ influence in the global airline market continues to rise, leasing companies are not being shy about telling Airbus and Boeing what they want and when they want it.

Russia’s UTair Airline will reconfigure its eight Boeing 767s into a 255-seat, two-class layout comprising 10 in business and 245 in economy.

Aerial searches for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 will be suspended while the undersea search area will be widened as part of a new phase of the hunt for flight MH370.