Japanese LCC AirAsia Japan has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320.

The air navigation service providers of Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary have contracted air traffic management consultants Austrian Product Assurance Co. (APAC) and Helios to provide project management services to the Functional Airspace Block Central Europe (FAB CE) initiative through the rest of the year.

Embraer has seen a few short-term deferrals—but not cancellations—on deliveries despite the market downturn, according to Embraer president-commercial aviation Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva.

Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has signed a firm order for 36 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, comprising 20 of the larger A321neos, plus 14 options.

Pratt & Whitney and Russia’s Irkut Corp. signed an agreement to offer the PurePower PW1400G engine on Irkut’s MC-21 family of aircraft.

Jet Midwest Group announced it has acquired 17 complete Boeing 767 aircraft from Air Canada. Boeing delivered the first new 737-800 NextGen to Air Lease Corp. (ALC) to be operated by Korean Air (KE) from an order placed during the 2010 Farnborough Airshow. The Los Angeles-based leasing company took delivery of a Next-Generation 737-800, which will be leased from ALC and operated by KE.

Russian Yamal Airlines (YC) has added the first L-410 Turbolet aircraft to its fleet, to be used on regional routes.

EgyptAir Group is considering acquiring either Embraer E-190 or Bombardier CSeries aircraft for EgyptAir Express (MSE) as the subsidiary prepares to take over some African routes currently operated by parent EgyptAir (MS) using Boeing 737-500s.