Airstream International Group was named as exclusive agent to offer for sale or lease one BAe 146-200 and one -300 on behalf of Tronos Ltd. Aircraft most recently were operated by Flightline Ltd. on behalf of BA CityFlyer.

Joint US/Australia naval communications base in Exmouth, Western Australia, is not to blame for two air data inertial reference unit failures on Qantas A330s (ATWOnline, Jan. 6), according to the base manager. Russell Levine told The Sydney Morning Herald that it was "highly, highly unlikely" that radio signals from the base could scramble a commercial aircraft's navigation systems because the two use completely different frequency bands. Levine said the very low frequency signals from the Harold E.

Continental Airlines 737-500 that crashed on takeoff at Denver last month suffered a ruptured fuel tank in the right wing (ATWOnline, Dec. 23, 2008), causing fuel to spill onto the engine, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said, according to the Rocky Mountain News.

Russian aerospace manufacturer NPK Irkut invited bids from both domestic and foreign suppliers to provide engines and major systems for the prospective medium-range MS-21 twinjet.

The mystery surrounding what is now dubbed the Ningaloo Triangle centered at Western Australia's North West Cape near Exmouth deepened last week when it was confirmed that Qantas experienced a second air data inertial reference unit failure in just four months in the area (ATWOnline, Nov. 17, 2008).

Copa Airlines announced a firm order for four 737-800s for delivery "within the next three years." It now has 13 737s on order, plus options, and currently operates 27 737NGs and 15 E-190s.

Airbus delivered its 12th A380 in 2008 and fourth to Emirates on Dec. 30 in Hamburg, meaning the manufacturer met its delivery schedule for the year, President and CEO Tom Enders announced. "This gives us a good basis to further ramp up our production in 2009," he said. Singapore Airlines took five A380s last year and Qantas three.

Naverus reached a deal with LAN Peru to provide its Performance Based Navigation technology following regulatory approval.