Russia’s Orenair Orenburg Airlines will lease two additional Boeing 737-800s from State Transport Leasing Co.

Bombardier has announced a follow-on order from an existing customer for three more CS300s valued at $228 million.

The Asia-Pacific region, for decades the unchallenged bastion of the widebody airliner, will become increasingly dominated by single-aisle aircraft, predicted Boeing.

Chinese cargo carrier SF Airlines has inked a deal with ST Aerospace for five Boeing 757-200SF passenger-to-freighter conversions, with an option for three more aircraft.

Rolls-Royce is moving into the first full development engine phase of its Trent 1000-TEN engine program, and expects to test it by the end of the first quarter.

Russia’s Moscow-based VIM Avia will take delivery of two leased Airbus A319s at the end of March.

Ethiopian Airlines is poised to order 20 narrowbodies within six months, which could see it upgrade to Boeing 737 MAXs or switch from its all-737 narrowbody fleet to a dual fleet with the introduction of Airbus A320neos.

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) announced a purchase-and-leaseback transaction of four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Malaysian Airlines System (MAS).