Warsaw-based EuroLOT has signed a firm order to acquire eight Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft, plus 12 options.

Air France KLM Group reported a net loss for its shortened nine-month 2011 financial year of €442 million ($580.5 million), reversed from a net profit €980 million in the year ago-period.

Aeroflot (SU) has taken delivery of its sixth Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) at Komsomolsk-on-the Amur (KXK). The aircraft, painted in the SkyTeam livery, flew from KXK to Moscow March 5. The carrier, which has 30 SSJ100s on order, operates five aircraft on its domestic and international routes.

Western-built aircraft with more than 100 seats make up 74% of the Russian airline fleet and 28% in the regional fleet.

LAN Airlines in late 2012 will become the first airline in Latin America to incorporate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner into its fleet.

Qantas (QF) on Wednesday launched inflight connectivity trials onboard six Airbus A380 aircraft flying to Los Angeles from Sydney and Melbourne. The OnAir connectivity service, using Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband, will initially be available to customers in the first- and business-class cabins.

Hainan Airlines (HU) may order Boeing 747-8s aircraft, citing repeated delivery delays of the 787.

The A350 XWB’s main and nose landing gear test bench is ready for service at the Airbus site in Filton, UK.