Bank of China subsidiary BOC Aviation has placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A320 family aircraft, including 25 neos.

ST Aerospace has dissolved investment holding and aircraft leasing business ST Aviation Resources 1 Ltd (STAR1).

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it has moved materials from the Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787 that caught fire last week from Boston to Washington DC for detailed examination.

Embraer delivered 106 commercial airplanes in 2012, compared to 105 in 2011, including 23 commercial jets in the fourth quarter.

Garuda Indonesia’s low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Citilink has placed a firm order with Airbus for 25 A320neos.

Xiamen Airlines is the first Chinese airline to conduct Required Navigational Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) flight operations using its Boeing 737 fleet.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines, part of Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group, has taken delivery of its third Boeing 747-8 freighter. The 747-8F will be used to replace older aircraft and will be deployed on the carrier’s existing network from its Moscow hub. AirBridgeCargo’s fleet now comprises five 747-400ERFs, three 747-400Fs and three 747-8Fs.

Singapore Airlines will invest S$95 million ($77.8 million) to upgrade the interiors of 10 Boeing 777-200ERs with new business class seats and larger inflight entertainment screens.