Honeywell said Volaris will use its LED technology to upgrade A320 navigation wingtip lighting on 20 aircraft.

China Cargo Airlines selected Boeing's Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag for six new 777 freighters, as well as multiple airplane health management modules for both the 777s and its two current 747-400Fs. The China Eastern Airlines and China Ocean Shipping joint venture will take delivery of its first 777 in the 2010 first quarter.

Embraer announced the sale of two E-190s to Aircraft Asset Management of Germany, which already has agreed to place them with Augsburg Airways. Aircraft are worth $79 million at list prices and will count against the manufacturer's third-quarter backlog. Augsburg took delivery of the first in September and will take the second in 2010. Augsburg, a Lufthansa Regional partner, currently operates 16 aircraft to 21 destinations.

Boeing formally announced Air Austral's order for two 737-800s, which are worth $152 million at list prices and will replace one 737-300 and one 737-500. The manufacturer also said it delivered four 737-900ERs to Indonesian carrier Lion Air this month. Lion's 737 fleet now comprises 41 -900ERs, -300s and -400s.

LAN Airlines signed a contract for the purchase of 30 A320 family aircraft for delivery between 2011 and 2016. LAN said the aircraft are valued at $1.97 billion at list prices and "will be used for the renewal and growth of the company's short-haul fleet." It said it plans to sell five A318s in 2011 as part of the renewal effort. The LAN mainline and its affiliates currently operate 85 passenger aircraft and 11 freighters. The passenger fleet comprises 767-300ERs, A340-300s and A320 family aircraft.

Rockwell Collins will provide avionics and pilot controls to Irkut Corp. for use on the new MC-21 narrowbody passenger aircraft set to enter service in 2016. Rockwell will partner with Concern Avionica and Aviapribor on the avionics and pilot controls respectively.

Boeing flew the second 787 yesterday with much less fanfare than last week's first flight. ZA002, powered by the Trent 1000 and already painted in ANA livery, took off from Paine Field in Everett at 9:09 a.m. local time and flew for 2 hr. before landing at Boeing Field. Capt. Randy Neville and Chief Pilot Mike Carriker took the aircraft to 13,000 ft. and an airspeed of 200 kt. ZA002 test flights will focus on systems performance, Boeing said (ATWOnline, Dec. 16).

Rwandair plans to buy two single-aisle aircraft from either Airbus or Boeing for delivery in 2011 and will lease two planes in the interim, Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications Michael Peter Otieno told Reuters, adding that the carrier plans to acquire "about six aircraft" over the next five years. It bought two CRJ200s from Lufthansa that it plans to add before year end (ATWOnline, Dec. 8).