China Southern Airlines (CZ) will equip 40 Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft with blended winglets, with retrofit performed by Aviation Partners Boeing (APB).

China Southern Airlines’ subsidiary Xiamen Airlines (MF) is reported to have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, making it the first Chinese carrier to order the type, according to an agency insider.

Emirates Airline (EK) has signed a sale and leaseback contract with GE Capital Aviation Services for three Boeing 777-300ERs, plus seven spare engines.

AirAsia X (D7) has signed a letter of intent with International Lease Finance Corporation to lease six Airbus A330-300s over 10 years.

A fan shaft fracture was the cause of a contained engine failure on a Boeing 787 during a pre-delivery taxi test, the US NTSB has determined.

Ryanair (FR) says Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) is looking at potential modifications that the Irish low-cost carrier would like to see in the C919 single-aisle jet.

Austria-based regional Intersky (3L) has ordered two ATR 72-600s for delivery in December and March 2013.

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) said it will take delivery of the first of 10 Boeing 787s it has on order Aug. 14