Lufthansa (LH) flight LH416—the first Boeing 747-8I passenger service that flew from Frankfurt (FRA) to Washington Dulles (IAD)—landed at 12:45 local time Friday, 10 min. ahead of schedule.

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Air China (CA) has signed lease agreements with Air Lease Corp. (ALC) for nine new Boeing 737-800s and four new Airbus A321-200s.

Russia’s S7 Airlines, which includes Sibir (S7) and Globus (GH), took delivery of a new Boeing 737-800 from International Finance Leasing Co. (ILFC).

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380. MAS, which is the eighth A380 operator, has ordered six 494-seat A380s with a premium three-class layout.

GECAS delivered one new Airbus A330-300 to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, one new Boeing 737-900ER to Jet Airways and three Embraer E-170s to Air France subsidiary Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne. Skyworld Aviation has been appointed remarketing agent for two ex-Colgan Airways Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft. Avolon has acquired two Airbus A321 aircraft, to be leased to US Airways this year.

Russia’s Transaero Airlines (UN) and Kazakhstan-based Air Astana (KC) have agreed to add one more frequency for each carrier on Moscow-Almaty (ALA) and Moscow-Astana (TSE) routes, due to growing demand.

Malyasia’s fast-growing low-cost carrier AirAsia (AK) is considering ordering more Airbus A320s until its A320neo aircraft arrive, CEO Tony Fernandes told ATW on the sidelines of Airbus Innovation Days in Toulouse, where he took delivery of the carrier’s 100th A320.