Scoot (TZ)—Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) new medium- to long-haul low-cost carrier—has agreed to acquire 20 Boeing 787 aircraft.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has agreed to order 20 Airbus A350-900s and five A380s valued at $7.5 billion at list prices.

Boeing said Tuesday it has started building the 777 at a rate of 8.3 aircraft per month, up 20% from the 7 per month rate it had been building the widebody aircraft.

Airbus has inaugurated a new 74,000 square meter A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, which will employ 1,500 staff. The new FAL will produce up to 10 aircraft a month from 2018.

Kigali-based RwandAir (WB) has taken delivery of the first of two Bombardier CRJ900s it had on order that includes two options.

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Brazil’s GOL have signed a sale and leaseback agreement for four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Boeing has confirmed that Turkish Airlines (TK) announced a commitment to order 15 777-300ERs, plus five options.

FastJet, the African low-cost carrier backed by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has signed operating lease agreements with Volito Aviation for two Airbus A319s, to be delivered in time for its November launch date.