Virgin Blue delayed the delivery of two 361-seat 777-300ERs for its V Australia operation because of the slowdown in air travel. The fifth and sixth -300ERs have been rescheduled from 2010 to 2011 and 2012. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange, Blue said it still planned to take the "seventh" 777 in the second half of 2010. V Australia has three 777-300ERs in service operating from Brisbane and Sydney to Los Angeles and it expects to start Sydney-Perth-Johannesburg service this year.

Lufthansa Cargo will park two additional MD-11Fs in October, meaning around 30% of its fleet will not be operational. Currently, four of its 19 MD-11Fs are parked. From October, it will operate just 13 (ATWOnline, April 3).

BAE Systems Asset Management will remarket eight Avianca MD-83s powered by JT8D-219s and one Pratt & Whitney 4060-powered 767-300ER operated by the Colombian airline.

NavAero said Air Italy chose its tBagC22 computer and display systems as the Class 2 EFB flight deck hardware on its 737, 757 and 767 fleets.

Boeing said it completed major assembly of the first set of wings for the 747-8 freighter.

Delta Air Lines yesterday announced the imposition of a $50 fee for a second checked bag on international flights and the grounding of its 14 747-200 freighters, as well as 36 additional aircraft by year end, in response to a $794 million first-quarter loss, narrowed from a $6.39 billion deficit in the year-ago period when heavy goodwill impairment charges dragged on the bottom line.

Ultra announced that its Controls business, based in the UK, delivered its 1,000th aircraft active noise cancellation system. The system was delivered to Bombardier's Toronto facility as standard equipment for its Q400 production line.

Honeywell said Wizz Air selected a safety and navigational avionics suite and the 131-9A APU for installation on 70 new Wizz Air Hungary A320s, with a long-term service agreement on the APU.