CFM International won an $80 million deal with Uzbekistan Airways for CFM56-5Bs to power six A320s scheduled for delivery in 2011.

RAK Airways, the United Arab Emirates-based startup that launched service from Ras Al Khaimah in November, selected Boeing to provide its narrowbody fleet. It placed an order yesterday for four 737-800s plus two options worth AED1.65 billion ($449.2 million), it said in a statement cited by numerous press reports from UAE.

CSA Czech Airlines took delivery of a new A319 Sunday, the first of four it expects this year. The second will arrive next month followed by units in April and September.

Honeywell said BOC Aviation selected its 131-9A APU for engine starting, electrical power and air-conditioning capacity across the lessor's fleet of A320s to be delivered from 2010 through 2012.

Austrian Arrows Q400 operating as Flight OS142 from Nurnberg to Vienna with 67 passengers made an emergency landing yesterday in the capital after the pilot noticed a problem with the main display indicating landing gear position. The aircraft climbed and entered a holding pattern, and with the main and alternative displays functioning properly touched down approximately 2.5 hr. after takeoff. All onboard were safe. Austrian Airlines Group said the aircraft will undergo a thorough technical examination in Innsbruck and results are expected within two days.

Boeing pulled back on its development of the 787-3 while trying to make up for lost time on the new aircraft's larger models, according to press reports. Workers on the -3, a shorter-range variant sought mainly by airlines in Japan, began transitioning to the 787-8 last week. A Boeing spokesperson told Bloomberg News that resources "have been temporarily redeployed. . .in an effort to support the program's nearer-term priorities." ANA has 30 787-3s on order and Japan Airlines has committed to 13.

Bombardier's long-awaited CSeries program moved one step closer to an official launch after the company's board gave the go-ahead to begin actively marketing the aircraft to prospective customers.

China Southern Airlines announced sale and leaseback deals covering 10 A330s ordered in December 2005. Eight aircraft now will be owned by and leased from Shenzhen Financial Leasing, with the remaining two owned by HSBC. CZ said the deals were "for the purpose of reducing the tremendous need of capital and relieving the pressure on the manufacture and operation of the company caused by the high asset/liability ratio."