Xiamen Airlines is the first Chinese airline to conduct Required Navigational Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) flight operations using its Boeing 737 fleet.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines, part of Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group, has taken delivery of its third Boeing 747-8 freighter. The 747-8F will be used to replace older aircraft and will be deployed on the carrier’s existing network from its Moscow hub. AirBridgeCargo’s fleet now comprises five 747-400ERFs, three 747-400Fs and three 747-8Fs.

Singapore Airlines will invest S$95 million ($77.8 million) to upgrade the interiors of 10 Boeing 777-200ERs with new business class seats and larger inflight entertainment screens.

Boeing has purchased a new site in Salt Lake County, Utah to focus on fabrication of composite horizontal stabilizer components for the 787-9.

The Nigerian government plans to buy 30 aircraft for the nation’s domestic carriers to improve efficiency and lower the cost of air travel, according to media reports.

Air France-KLM is confident it will complete a long-delayed order of 25 Airbus A350s by the end of the first quarter.

US regulatory officials have launched a full review of the Boeing 787, with a focus on the aircraft’s electrical power and distribution system, but have not grounded the aircraft.

Russian carriers are increasingly looking to the west for their new aircraft purchases.