KLM concluded an agreement for the sale of 15 F100s operated by subsidiary KLM cityhopper, Luchtvaartnieuws.nl reported. The carrier declined to name the buyer. KLM has been looking for a buyer for its larger Fokker aircraft since 2007, when it decided to renew cityhopper's fleet with E-190s. It took delivery of its first E-190 last November and currently has four. Another six of the order for 10 plus nine options will be delivered over the next nine months.

BAE Systems Asset Management placed one BAe 146-200QT freighter with Indonesia's PT Nusantara Air Charter. It won an exclusive remarketing mandate from European Turboprop Management AB of Sweden, the previous manager of the aircraft.

Jeppesen reached agreement with Flybe to provide the regional carrier with a broad complement of services including flight planning, charts and its Airside Services program that is designed to help "airlines transition from paper to electronic systems."

Lufthansa Systems announced that Germanwings signed a five-year agreement for the use of its Lido Operations Center flight planning solution

Afrijet Airlines of Nigeria and ATR announced the signing of a Heads of Agreement deal for the purchase of four 68-seat ATR 72-500s worth a combined $80 million. Aircraft wil be powered by PW127Ms and will feature the Elegance cabin and IFE. Afrijet launched as a cargo carrier in 1999. Its passenger fleet currently comprises MD-82s and -83s.

United Airlines sent a request for proposals to both Boeing and Airbus "that could result in a potentially significant number of aircraft that could ultimately replace our widebody fleet," according to a letter to employees from Chairman and CEO Glenn Tilton obtained by ATWOnline, with The Wall Street Journal pegging the potential order at 150 aircraft.

French officials leading the investigation into the Air France A330-200 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean Sunday night about 400 mi. northeast of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago cautioned against "hasty interpretations or speculation" regarding the accident's cause, particularly since no wreckage from the aircraft has been recovered.

As more debris was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France A330-200 is suspected to have crashed Sunday night about 400 mi. northeast of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, French officials embarked on what they fear may be a difficult investigation owing to the depth of the sea at the crash site. The Brazilian air force, which on Monday spotted a 3-mi. debris field and an oil slick on the ocean's surface (ATWOnline, June 3), yesterday said it observed a "a 23-ft. piece, seemingly metallic."