Rolls-Royce is researching the potential of permanently installing extremely small cameras in its engines and, separately, using a laser probe to perform minor repairs.

Bombardier has signed a deal for 10 Dash 8 Q400 aircraft with the Kazakhstan government to help set up regional airline Air Kazakhstan, which is scheduled to start services in early 2015.

Kenya Airways will take delivery of its first Boeing 787 on April 4, marking the first of six of the type to join its fleet in 2014.

Rolls-Royce laser ablation development trial on a Trent XWB engine.

China Eastern Airlines has ordered 70 Airbus A320neo aircraft, making the Shanghai-based carrier the first Chinese airline to order the type.

British Airways has started using its Airbus A380s as a tool to reduce frequencies on trunk routes without cutting capacity and is pleased with the initial results, according to British Airways’ parent International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh.

Kazakhstan will establish a new regional airline, called Air Kazakhstan, to serve domestic routes with up to 10 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft.

African carrier RwandAir has taken delivery of a dual-class Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop from an order announced in April 2013.