Bombardier intends to move forward on a larger version of its popular 70-seat Q400 turboprop, Commercial Aircraft President Gary Scott said yesterday. Speaking at the SpeedNews Commercial Aviation Industry Suppliers Conference in Los Angeles, Scott said, "We will build a bigger version of this airplane. It is just the timing to be determined." Responding to a question from the audience, he said, "We're looking at how big, 90 or 100 seats, and should it be a simple stretch or more? Over the course of the next 12-24 months we will sort that out."

MexicanaClick, Mexicana's low-cost/regional subsidiary, will lease 25 717-200s from Boeing Capital Corp. Delivery will begin this month and aircraft will replace Click's F100s. The 717s will seat 20 in business class and 84 in economy. Contract includes provision of training for flight crew, cabin staff and maintenance technicians, as well as spare parts, by Boeing's Commercial Aviation Services division.

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies announced a 25-year pressure sensor contract with Honeywell, which will use them on the A350 XWB's air management and conditioning system. Contract is expected to generate $80 million, GE said.

Rossiya took delivery of two leased 128-seat A319s. It expects to add eight more A320 family aircraft by year end.

Investigators in Australia remained baffled by two major incidents involving Qantas.

AD Aerospace said charter carrier Air Italy selected its CabinVu-123 cockpit door surveillance technology for its 737s.

Boeing booked three commercial aircraft orders in the week ended March 3, one 777 for Air New Zealand and two 777s for an unidentified customer(s). Gross year-to-date orders reached 22, compared to 190 in the year-ago period, although the 2009 net remained negative (-10) thanks to 32 787 cancellations. The other 19 orders this year were for 737s--13 from Ryanair, five from Southwest Airlines and one from Alaska Airlines.

Aurigny Air Services of Guernsey took delivery of the first of two ATR 72-500s ordered in 2007. Aircraft seats 72 and will replace a 72-200.