Indonesia’s Lion Group and engine maker CFM International have finalized an order for 380 LEAP-1A engines to power the Asian group’s Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft.

Airbus’ prototype A321neo long-range (A321LR) flew 4,109 nautical miles from Seychelles to Toulouse on March 30, its longest-distance flight in the certification program.

Boeing expects to see few changes on its 787 production lines as it increases the rate from 12 to 14 aircraft per month next year, but continues to tweak processes as part of a general effort to increase efficiency.

London Heathrow Airport air traffic controllers have begun using an enhanced time-based separation (TBS) system to reduce wake separation between landing airliners.

Finnair is speeding up the arrival of two of its remaining Airbus A350s to support its continued growth push toward Asia.