Announcing that 2012 was a record year for aircraft orders and deliveries, Airbus executives steered clear of criticizing the grounded Boeing 787.

Chile-based LAN Airlines has become the first non-US carrier to announce it will comply with the US FAA recommendation and temporarily suspend its Boeing 787 operations.

The US FAA has grounded US operators of the Boeing 787, saying it will issue an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) to address a potential battery fire risk.

Tunisia’s Syphax Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for six new Airbus A320 aircraft.

Japan Airlines (JAL) has temporarily suspended operations of its Boeing 787 fleet following Tuesday’s emergency landing by an All Nippon Airways (ANA) 787-8 that led ANA to ground all of its Dreamliners.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has grounded its Boeing 787 fleet after one of its aircraft made an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport, the BBC and other news agencies have reported.

Korean Air said it will introduce nine additional next-generation aircraft to its fleet this year.

GKN Aerospace has delivered the first production aircraft set of winglets to Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast, for the new Bombardier CSeries aircraft.