United Airlines has ordered 10 Airbus A350-1000s and has converted an existing order for 25 A350-900s into -1000s, giving the airline a total order of 35 aircraft.

Hong Kong Aviation Capital (HKAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 40 A320neo and 20 A321neo aircraft.

Florida-based Spirit Airlines has ordered 20 Airbus A321 aircraft.

Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has ordered five ATR 72-600s and Caribbean regional LIAT ordered two of the type, ATR announced Thursday at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget.

Russia’s VEB Leasing signed an MOU with Irkut Corp. for 30 MC-21s at the Paris Air Show.

Airbus president Fabrice Brégier confirmed that the much hoped-for flyby by the A350 XWB will happen around 1p.m. Paris local time Friday.

Teruaki Kawai became the new president and COO of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. earlier this year. He remarks at Le Bourget were his first public comments to international media. He is focused on achieving MRJ first flight by the end of 2013.