Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has purchased eight Boeing 787-9s, which it will lease to Vietnam Airlines, the lessor announced Monday.

China Eastern Airlines (MU) placed an order for 20 Boeing 777-300ERs in an order worth $5.94 billion at list prices, according to the carrier’s statement released by Shanghai Stock Exchange.

A 15.1% increase in the civil jet engine aftermarket has helped French aerospace, defense and security supplier Safran post a 15.9% year-on-year (7.3% organic) revenue increase for the first quarter, bringing the total for the period to €3.1 billion ($4.1 billion).

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft has been certified to operate in the high north latitude area, after undergoing trials at Yakutia’s Tiksi Airport (IKS), located at the 71.7 degree of the north latitude.

Boeing’s North Charleston, S.C. facility rolled out its first 787 Friday. The aircraft is scheduled to be delivered to Air India in mid-year.

Lufthansa (LH) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, which will fly to its permanent home base in Frankfurt May 1.

The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to be assembled at the company’s Charleston, S.C. production facility will be rolled out Friday.

ST Aerospace has secured about $540 million worth of new contracts in the first quarter. These contracts—which are for aircraft maintenance and modification, component total support, and engine total support businesses—will be carried out at its global maintenance, repair and overhaul network. The company has inked a passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversion order for 15 Boeing 757-200s.