Croatia Airlines signed an order for two Q400 NextGens plus four options in a deal valued at $57 million, possibly rising to $180 million if all options are exercised.

Honeywell yesterday said Tiger Airways selected its avionics suite for eight A320s slated for delivery over the next two years. Suite includes RDR-4B weather radar, Quantum Line Comm Nav Surveillance, TCAS, EGPWS, Solid State FDR and CVR, Flight Data Acquisition and Management System, ACARS, ELT and HF radio.

Air Caraibes signed an MOU with Airbus for three A350-1000s, becoming the European launch customer for the largest version of the A350 XWB. The French carrier said it would configure the aircraft to seat 440 passengers in three classes and operate them on flights from Paris to Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guyana.

Boeing remains bullish on the scientific progress of biofuel development, with Director-Environmental Performance Billy Glover saying this week that the manufacturer is confident commercially viable biofuel will be available to partially power aircraft by 2013. Speaking in Seattle at an Air New Zealand environmental briefing, Glover reiterated his previous statements that the pace of breakthroughs has been "remarkable" in recent years, telling ATWOnline, "We are making amazing progress and I continue to be surprised."

Montenegro Airlines placed an order with Embraer for one E-195 with purchase rights for two more. The deal is valued at $39.5 million, which could increase to $118.5 million if both purchase rights are exercised.

AAR was selected by United Airlines to remarket and provide technical advisory services on the carrier's soon-to-be-retired fleet of 94 737 Classics. AAR said it will help place the aircraft with airlines around the world, focusing on operators outside the US.

Aviation Partners Boeing said it expects its 767 winglet program to be a runaway success and this week announced agreements to fit blended winglets on 767-300ERs operated by Air New Zealand and Hawaiian Airlines.

Airbus agreed to sell its UK-based wing component and assemblies manufacturing unit at Filton to GKN for £136 million ($243.9 million) under a deal announced yesterday that aims to advance the Power8 restructuring initiative and transfer operations, assets and certain activities to GKN. The agreement follows a deal reached last month by Airbus to sell its Laupheim plant to Diehl and Thales (ATWOnline, Aug. 4).