China Eastern Airlines (MU) has canceled an order for 24 Boeing 787s and replaced it with an order for 45 737s, citing delivery delays and a weakening economy, it was reported Monday afternoon.

Airbus has delivered the first of five A380s to China Southern Airlines (CZ), the first A380 operator in China. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent-900 engines, the aircraft will be initially operated on domestic routes between Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Chengdu Airlines (EU) has confirmed that Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has pushed its first ARJ21 delivery into next year.

Pratt & Whitney (P&W) anticipates taking full control of International Aero Engines (IAE) by around mid-2013 if regulatory approvals and administrative business transactions are completed by mid-2012.

Engine giants Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are forming a new joint venture to develop engines for next-generation mid-size aircraft in a deal that restructures their long-standing International Aero Engines partnership.

Boeing delivered the first 747-8 freighter to Cargolux (CV) Wednesday at a ceremony in Everett, Wash., that took place several weeks later than planned.

Raytheon has partnered with AirDat LLC and Metron Aviation to develop solutions for the FAA’s NextGen weather programs.

Boeing has partnered with Lion Air (JT) and Indonesia’s DG of Civil Aviation to perform validation flights to test tailor-made required navigation performance (RNP) procedures at two terrain-challenged airports—Ambon and Manado, Indonesia. JT is the 737-900ER launch customer.