Air Transport World

FedEx Express has placed an order for four Boeing 767 freighters.

Russia’s Yakutia Airline has taken delivery of its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100).

African low-cost start-up Fastjet has signed a provisional deal to acquire South African low-cost carrier 1time for ZAR1 ($0.12).

Boeing and Embraer have jointly unveiled “Runway Situation Awareness Tools,” a collaborative program aimed at reducing runway excursions.

EasyJet will increase 12X-weekly Belfast-Birmingham service to 13X-weekly March 31. It will launch 3X-weekly London Southend-Newquay service June 20. Darwin Airline will launch service to Pristina from Zurich (daily) and Geneva (2X-weekly), Dec. 14. The carrier will use Belle Air Europe Airbus A319 and Airbus A320 aircraft on the routes. US Airways will launch daily Charlotte, N.C.-Sao Paulo Boeing 767-200 service May 5.

CAE has booked orders from China’s Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and Russia’s New Information Technologies in Aviation (NITA).

XL Airways Germany temporarily suspended operations for the winter season from Dec. 14.

At least three Boeing 787 aircraft—two operated by United Airlines and one by Qatar Airways—have had electrical problems this month.

Air Canada’s new leisure airline, Air Canada rouge, will launch operations July 1, 2013 from Toronto Pearson and Montreal Trudeau.

Malaysia Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding with French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR for 36 new ATR 72-600 aircraft worth MYR3 billion ($980 million).

Skymark Airlines selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine to power six Airbus A380s it has on order.

Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines has ordered up to 100 Airbus A320neos and A321neos, comprising 58 A320neos and 17 A321neos, of which 75 are firm orders.

Singapore-based lessor Avation has agreed to purchase seven additional ATR 72-600s, valued at over $160 million.

Indonesian authorities have confirmed that human error caused the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) crash in May during a demonstration flight near Jakarta.

ST Engineering subsidiary VT Aerospace has struck a deal to acquire cabin interiors specialist Volant Aerospace for $13.1 million.

Emirates launched 5X-weekly Dubai-Lyon Airbus A340-500 service. Jet Asia Airways will launch 4X-weekly Phuket-Beijing Boeing 767-200ER service in January. IndiGo will launch daily Kolkata-Bangkok service Dec. 21. Taca Airlines will launch 4X-weekly El Salvador-Medellin Embraer E-190 service Jan. 2.

Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline is using two aircraft from partner Belle Air Europe to launch services from Zurich and Geneva to Pristina, Kosovo.

American Airlines has inked agreements to begin codesharing with LATAM Airlines Group carriers LAN Colombia and Brazil's TAM.

Ukrainian AeroSvit Airline has reached an agreement with Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport and has reinstated flights.

LOT Polish Airlines is phasing out its Boeing 737 classic and 767 aircraft, LOT sales director Tomasz Dakowski told ATW on last week’s Boeing 787 Vienna-Warsaw flight.

Air France is preparing to unveil a voluntary redundancy package, warning it will be “structurally overstaffed” by 500-600 cabin crew by 2014.

UK distribution firm Stobart Group has received approval to acquire sole control of Irish regional airline Aer Arann.

Several Russian ministries have nearly completed a consolidated order for about 130 aircraft from United Aircraft Corp. (UAC), Vedomosti reported.