Russia’s UTair (UT) has chosen CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine for its fleet of 20 Airbus A321 aircraft, part of an aircraft deal announced at the Farnborough Airshow.

Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) has announced plans to launch a 130-140-seat aircraft program, UAC president Mikhail Pogosyan said at the International Air Transport Forum in Ulyanovsk.

Japan Airlines (JAL) will install new seats in every cabin class on its 13 Boeing 777-300ERs with eight in first- , 49 in business-, 40 in premium economy- and 135 in economy-class.

Qantas (QF) has canceled firm commitments for 35 Boeing 787-9s—and reported an A$244 million ($255.1 million) net loss for the year ended June 30.

Russia’s Voronezh Aircraft Production Assn. (VASO) will deliver seven Antonov An-148s through year end, VASO and United Aircraft Corp. announced.

United Airlines (UA), the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787, said its first Dreamliner took a 3-hr.-plus pre-delivery test flight Sunday to/from Boeing’s Everett, Wash., facility.

Rockwell Collins, which announced a retrofit update to the Boeing 757/767 flight deck at the Farnborough Airshow in July, has revealed that it is planning to add synthetic vision capability by around 2016.

Lufthansa Cargo (LHC) will take delivery of the first of five GE 90-powered Boeing 777 freighters in the fall of 2013, followed by two in 2014 and two in 2015.