Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. is working with PowerJet to certify the long-range variant of its SSJ100, ahead of next year’s first delivery to Russian carrier Gazpromavia Aviation.

Pratt & Whitney will invest more than $63 million in an expansion of its manufacturing operations at its West Palm Beach, Fla. facility beginning in the first half of 2013.

Saab has formed a joint venture (JV) with Belgaum, India-based QuEST Global Manufacturing to manufacture and supply commercial aerostructure assemblies.

Airbus has moved its A350 XWB static test airframe to the facility where it will undergo testing to validate the structural design.

Austrian-based low-cost carrier FlyNiki (HG), an Air Berlin (AB) partner, will phase out all seven Embraer E-190s during the winter and exchange them with AB’s Airbus A320 family aircraft.

Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways has taken delivery of the first of two Airbus A330-300s.

China’s Tibet Airlines (TV) has taken delivery of its first A319 assembled at the Airbus Tianjin Final Assembly Line (FALC).

Africa’s new low-cost carrier Fastjet is set to launch commercial operations Nov. 29.