Hawaiian Airlines added to its firm long-haul Airbus order, signing up for a seventh A330-200 scheduled for delivery in 2011. HA placed an order for six -200s and six A350-800s, plus purchase rights for six of each type, two years ago (ATWOnline, Feb. 5, 2008). It also plans to lease three additional A330s.

AWAS delivered a fourth 737-700 to Bogota-based Aires.

Pemco World Air Services reached agreements with JetBlue Airways to upgrade the seats on the carrier's 110 A320s and to extend the existing heavy maintenance contract covering the fleet.

SITA is partnering with Spanish and Portuguese air navigation service providers AENA and NAV Portugal to deliver data link infrastructure for pre-operational testing in preparation for introduction of Controller Pilot Data Link Communications across the Iberian Peninsula by 2013. CPDLC will enable pilots and ATC to exchange certain routine messages via data link and will replace radio telephone communication.

Aircelle named Safran Group executive Francois Tarel as executive VP.

Allegiant Air parent Allegiant Travel Co. will add six 757-200s to a fleet currently comprised entirely of MD-80s in order to "expand its leisure travel strategy" with nonstop flights to Hawaii.

Boeing yesterday confirmed that Turkish Airlines finalized its order for 10 737-800s and 10 737-900ERs (ATWOnline, Feb. 5). The manufacturer said the aircraft are worth $1.6 billion at list prices. ILFC said Istanbul Ataturk-based Onur Air leased three used A330-300s for five years each. Deliveries are scheduled for April and June.

United Aircraft Corp. of Russia announced that it signed an MOU to sell 18 An-148s to "three India-based nonscheduled air operators" in a deal valued at $400 million. Eight of the aircraft are passenger versions of the regional jet while 10 are freighters. UAC official Yuri Grudinin told reporters in Hyderabad that deliveries will start in 2011, according to Bloomberg News. Embraer delivered two E-170s to Gulf Air last week. Aircraft are on lease and will seat seven in business class and 60 in economy.