ST Aerospace has acquired a 35% stake in EADS EFW and plans to begin an Airbus A330 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) engineering development phase this month.

AirAsia X has introduced a “quiet zone” for ages 12 and up in the first seven economy class rows on Airbus A330-300 long-haul flights.

Russia’s Yakutia Airlines has taken delivery of its first Bombardier Q400 aircraft.

Russian aviation authorities have given Aeroflot permission to operate its Boeing 777-300ER.

Embraer estimates it will deliver between 90 and 95 commercial jets in 2013, a slight decrease from 106 aircraft delivered in 2012.

The All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 lithium ion battery that failed Jan. 16 exhibits signs of “thermal runaway,” according to Japanese investigators.

Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has ordered 25 Airbus A350 XWBs plus five options.

Yakutia Airlines has taken delivery of its second Sukhoi Superjet 100. It will be used on routes from Yakutsk to Khabarovsk, Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok and other cities in Russia’s Far East and Siberia. It will also be used on routes to Harbin, Niigata and Seoul.