ST Aerospace has broken ground on a new $11 million, 3,600 sq. m. narrowbody aircraft hangar at its Singapore Changi facility.

Qatar Airways (QR) has taken delivery of its first of 30 Boeing 787s. The aircraft, the first to be delivered to an airline in the Middle East, will be used on its Dubai, London Heathrow, Delhi and Zurich routes.

Mexico’s Interjet (4O) has signed a purchase agreement for 40 Airbus A320neo aircraft.

The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has won 50 orders for the 150-seat C919 at the Zhuhai Air Show.

Boeing has rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner built at the new production rate of five-airplanes-per-month.

Gulf Air (GF) has renegotiated its 2008 orders covering 20 Airbus A330s and 24 Boeing 787s, agreeing instead to take up to 24 A320s and a maximum of 16 787s.

Libya-based Afriqiyah Airways (8U) has placed a follow-on order for four Airbus A350 XWBs and converted its earlier order for six A350-800s to the larger A350-900.

Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY) will take the delivery of its first Boeing 787 in April 2013.