Austrian Airlines (OS) has signed a letter of intent to lease five of seven planned 168-seat Airbus A320s scheduled for delivery through early 2013.

AirAsia (AK) has selected GE Aviation to design and deploy a network of ICAO Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) flight paths.

Chile-based LAN Airlines said its first Boeing 787 has exited Boeing’s paint shop in Everett, Wash., completing its final assembly phase

The International Airlines Group (IAG) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) to “carefully consider” ordering the Chinese-produced C919 at the Farnborough Airshow.

Airbus has delivered the front fuselage for the first flyable 21-meter-long A350 XWB (MSN1) to the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France, from Airbus’ site in Saint-Nazaire, France.

AirBaltic (BT) is planning to add up to three Bombardier Q400s this winter and is mulling its options as four Boeing 737s come to the end of its lease.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) has revealed it will have to re-manufacture the parts for its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) prototypes following procedural issues at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).

Turboprop manufacturer ATR is entering the final stages of securing FAA certification for its ATR 42-600 and 72-600 aircraft, which it hopes to close by year-end.