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.

Several Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft delivered to Aeroflot (SU) in 2011 and 2012 could be turned into business jets and sold to other customers, according to Russia’s Prime news agency, which quoted Sukhoi Civil Aviation Co.’s (SCAC) SVP Igor Syrtsov.

Condor (DE) took delivery of its 12 Boeing 767-300ER. The aircraft, configured with 268 seats, will be used to expand its long haul business for example to South Africa and the Far East. DE has added three 767-300ERs to its fleet within 14 months. Alaska Airlines has introduced its first Boeing 737-900ER, to be used on its Seattle, Wash.-San Diego, Calif. service. It is scheduled to take delivery of 38 of the aircraft through 2017.

Bombardier has postponed entry into service (EIS) of the CSeries, its foray into the narrowbody aircraft sector, from late 2013 to around the end of June 2014.

Taiwanese airline TransAsia Airways (GE) has placed a follow-on order for six Airbus A321neos, which will be powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines.

Fastjet, the African low-cost carrier backed by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has unveiled its new brand and will begin selling tickets next week.

Russia’s UTair Aviation (UT) and VEB-Leasing have signed a financing deal for the delivery of 20 Airbus A321s the carrier ordered at the Farnborough Airshow.