Aircraft & Propulsion

ATR and Austrian regional Intersky (3L) have confirmed an order for two ATR 72-600s.

Rolls-Royce (RR) has completed testing of the latest version of its new two-shaft engine core.

SkyWest Airlines (OO) and ExpressJet Airlines (EV) will operate 23 Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft under a four-year capacity purchase agreement for American Eagle beginning Nov. 15.

Asian lessor BOC Aviation has received its first production line Embraer E-190 aircraft, which will be placed with Kazakhstan carrier Air Astana (KC).

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has earmarked S$200 million ($160 million) to provide seed funding to establish research institutes and think-tanks to help turn Singapore into a regional Center of Excellence for Air Traffic Management (ATM).

Low-cost carrier AirAsia (AK) is reported to be near to closing a deal for 100 more Airbus A320s.

Hawaiian regional carrier, Island Air, has signed a letter of intent with Chicago’s Aerway Leasing to lease five ATR 42 turboprops.

EasyJet (U2) will roll out allocated seating across its network from November, following trials that demonstrated it improved passenger satisfaction without affecting punctuality or adding cost.

Airbus has hit a record backlog and is keen to push up single-aisle production from 42 to 44 aircraft per month, but is worried this move could overstretch its supply chain.

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has awarded type approval for GE Aviation’s engines, CF34-8 and CF34-10Е, to operate on aircraft in Russia and the CIS.

ST Aerospace is dissolving its joint venture company with BAE Systems, Singapore British Engineering (SBE), the company announced Monday.

The UK’s primary air navigation services provider, NATS, has developed a system harnessing NASA satellite data to create what it describes as “the world’s most accurate model for testing unsafe altitudes.”

Caribbean Airlines (BW) on Thursday took delivery of the first of two ex-LAN Airlines’ Boeing 767-300ERs, on lease.

Yemen’s first privately owned airline, Felix Airways (FO), is set to launch a fleet renewal program, moving away from its low-cost carrier (LCC) business model.

ST Aerospace has warned that 300 employees could be affected by a restructuring of its ST Aerospace Solutions (Europe) A/S subsidiary.

UK aerostructures specialist GKN has been given the green light to acquire Sweden’s Volvo Aero, the aero-engine division of Volvo AB.

Air India (AI) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner.

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) will take delivery of its first Boeing 777 freighter Sept. 19, becoming the first African carrier to operate the type.

Airbus has delivered the first wing for the A350 XWB to the final assembly line in Toulouse, France, from its Broughton, UK, site.

Warsaw-based EuroLOT has converted options on six Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft to a firm order, increasing its order to 14 Q400s.

Russia’s Aeroflot (SU) will take delivery of its first Boeing 777 in 2013, part of an order for eight 777s in March 2011 and eight of the type at the Paris Air Show

Azerbaijan's air navigation service provider, AZANS, has awarded Indra of Spain the contract for installing a new air traffic control center in the nation’s capital Baku.

Lufthansa (LH) will make Chicago its third destination airport for the Boeing 747-8I, for which the carrier was the launch customer and which entered service in June.

Santiago de Chile-based LAN Airlines took delivery of its first Boeing 787 in a delivery ceremony Friday at Boeing’s Everett, Wash., facility.

Airbus, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone and China Aviation Industry Corp. (AVIC) have signed a framework agreement to extend the joint venture Airbus A320 Final Assembly Line in Tianjin beyond the 2016 expiration of the original accord inked in 2007.