China’s Hainan Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The delivery is the first of 10 787s for Hainan Airlines. Hainan vice chairman Mu Weigang said the 787 would allow the carrier to open new routes from Beijing to North America. Hainan will first operate the Dreamliner on a domestic route from Beijing to Haikou before deploying it on North American routes, increasing the frequency of its Beijing-Seattle, Beijing-Toronto and Beijing-Chicago services, with several new destinations.

Tunisian carrier Syphax Airlines has converted its memorandum of understanding (MOU) for three Airbus A320neos and three A320ceos into a firm order.

Air Baltic CEO Martin Gauss has told ATW he will make a final call on whether to exercise the Latvian carrier’s 10 Bombardier CSeries options and take a CSeries simulator next year.

UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines will take a pair of new Airbus A321-200s on long-term lease from Air Lease Corp. (ALC).

LOT Polish Airlines will become an all Boeing 787 long-haul operator from August, replacing its 767 workhorses that have served the airline for years.

Air Berlin is wet leasing an ATR 72-200 from Latvia-based Danu oro transportas owing to difficulties in obtaining crew and pilots, a source from the Air Berlin management told ATW.

Ethiopian Airlines has received its latest Boeing 777-200LR, expanding its fleet to six of the type.

Air Berlin is wet leasing an ATR 72-200 from Latvia-based Danu oro transportas owing to difficulties in obtaining crew and pilots, a source from the Air Berlin management told ATW.