Portuguese wet lease operator Hi Fly has made its first direct booking with Airbus, ordering two A330-200s, the Lisbon-based company announced at the Paris Air Show June 21.

El Al Israel Airlines firmed up orders for two Boeing 787-8s and one 787-9 valued at more than $729 million at list prices.

Los Angeles-based Air Lease Corp. (ALC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to order five 737 Boeing MAX 7s and seven 737 MAX 8s.

China and Russia each have displays of new commercial airliners – current and future – on at this week’s Paris Air Show, including a model of a widebody that the two countries plan to develop collaboratively. ATW correspondent Polina Montag-Girmes photographed their aircraft in the static display and models on their exhibit stands.

Boeing outlined the design of its projected new midsize airplane (NMA), or middle of the market aircraft, but is keeping the details close to its chest as it waits for the expected response from Airbus.