Irish regional wet-lease specialist CityJet is introducing Bombardier CRJ1000s to its fleet, with the first few aircraft scheduled to be placed with Lufthansa.
Russian airlines continue to maintain foreign-made commercial airliners despite Western sanctions that banned spare parts delivery to the country a year ago.
Governments in the Americas continue to hinder airlines, imposing high taxes and fees while failing to develop aviation infrastructure, IATA's Peter Cerda says.
Veteran Thai airline executive Patee Sarasin intends to launch a new carrier called Really Cool Airlines which would operate widebodies out of Bangkok.
The two largest remaining operators of the McDonnell Douglas-developed MD-11 freighter have announced plans to begin retiring their fleets of aging trijets.