Air Namibia will take delivery of a second A340-300 in September and phase out its last MD-11.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines took delivery of the first of four A319s. Turkish Airlines put its 100th aircraft, a 737-800, into service Friday.

The first Engine Alliance GP7200-powered A380 completed its initial test flight Friday, returning to Toulouse after flying over southern France for 4 hr. 10 min. Engine Alliance, the GE/Pratt & Whitney joint venture, delivered the GP7200s in autumn 2005 but production delays not associated with the engines pushed back the first test flight several months. It becomes the fifth A380 in Airbus's test fleet following four Trent 900-powered aircraft.

Sun-Air of Scandinavia, a Danish British Airways franchise carrier, reached an agreement to acquire three previously owned Dornier 328JETs. Two will be configured with 32 seats and the third will be fitted with a VIP layout. The first will be delivered in October, with the others expected to enter service in December and January.

China Southern Airlines ordered GEnx engines to power its 10 787s to be delivered beginning in 2008 (ATWOnline, Sept. 1, 2005). Value of the order is estimated at $240 million.

TAM took delivery of an A320, the eighth of the type delivered to it this year and the 89th aircraft in its fleet.

AMC Airlines of Egypt yesterday took delivery of its second of four 737-800s leased through GECAS.

Pulkovo Airlines Tu-154M's flight data and cockpit voice recorders were recovered yesterday by workers sifting through the debris of Tuesday's crash near Donetsk in Ukraine that killed 170 passengers and crew (ATWOnline, Aug. 23). "Both recorders seem to be in satisfactory condition," Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said, adding that the devices will be sent to Moscow for examination.