Austral Líneas Aéreas, a subsidiary of Aerolíneas Argentina Group, has agreed to purchase two Embraer E-190s.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has signed a letter of intent to wet lease four new ATR 72-600 aircraft for 36 months from Danish carrier Jet Time.

Airbus is demonstrating a mock-up of its wider A320 economy aisle seats at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg in the hope of attracting a launch customer for the seating variant.

Airbus started construction Monday on an A320 family manufacturing facility in Mobile, Ala., where it plans to begin assembling narrowbodies in 2015 for delivery starting in 2016.

Boeing conducted a second 787 test flight related to the certification of its fix for the aircraft’s lithium ion batteries.

Oneworld member LAN Colombia is adding three new Boeing 767-300ERs on key international routes as part of a $360 million upgrade strategy.

Jeddah-based Saudi Airlines Cargo Co. (Saudia Cargo) has received its first Boeing 747-8F, which will begin commercial operations in May.

Russia’s Sberbank signaled its commitment to the commercial aircraft leasing business with an order for 12 Boeing 737-800s to be operated by Transaero.