Russian S7 Group will announce its regional network development strategy at the end of the year, S7 Group CEO Vladislav Filev said.

EVA Airways (BR) will begin serving two more gateways with its Hello Kitty jets May 23. The airline will use two of its new cartoon character-themed Airbus 330-300s on its Taipei Songshan-Tokyo Haneda (HND) and Songshan-Shanghai Hongqiao routes. The flights (BR192/BR191 and BR 190/191) will be 2X daily. BR is also working to give two A330-200s Hello Kitty jet makeovers.

Embraer will establish the Embraer Engineering and Technology Center USA as part of its growing aeronautical cluster in Melbourne, Fla. It will be a subsidiary of Embraer Aircraft Holdings Inc., Embraer SA’s wholly owned subsidiary in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and will mean about 200 new jobs in Melbourne over the next five years. Bulgaria Air took delivery of four Embraer E-190s March 21. The remaining three aircraft will be delivered by year end.

Boeing will handicap itself on potential sales of the 737 MAX if it sticks with a sole-source engine on the aircraft, Steven Udvar-Hazy, Air Lease Corp. chairman and CEO said Tuesday.

Indian civil aviation minister Ajit Singh ended months of speculation about whether struggling state-owned Air India (AI) may cancel a portion of the 27 Boeing 787s it has on order, telling reporters Tuesday that all of the aircraft will be taken by the airline.

Boeing received an amended FAA type certificate Tuesday for GE Aviation GEnx –powered 787-8s.

Singapore Airlines’ (SQ) new medium- to long-haul low-cost carrier Scoot took ownership of its first aircraft, a Boeing 777-200, Saturday.

Kigali-based RwandAir has signed a firm order for two Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, plus two options, making it the first CRJ900 operator in eastern Africa.