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Airbus has rolled out the first painted A350 XWB (MSN001) at its paint shop in Toulouse, France....More

Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has reported a 48% increase in pretax income for the 2013 first quarter and said Asia-Pacific carriers now represent almost 40% of its fleet....More

All Nippon Airways (ANA), launch customer for the Boeing 787, said it will resume Dreamliner services from June 1, following the completion of a series of battery system modifications, safety checks and test flights....More

EasyJet last week flew back a tonne of volcanic ash from Iceland as part of its contribution to an experiment planned in conjunction Airbus and Nicarnica, a spin-off company of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, to test Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and Detector (AVOID) volcanic ash detection technology this summer....More

Airbus and Dell have struck a deal to use Dell Latitude laptops as electronic flight bags (EFB) on A320 family aircraft....More

Air China has approved a plan to buy 100 Airbus aircraft for its subsidiary as the Chinese flag carrier seeks to expand its fleet....More

African low-cost carrier Fastjet has secured a Boeing 737-300 on wet lease from Johannesburg-based Starcargo Airlines, pending clearance to deploy its own Airbus A319s in South Africa....More

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines Group will add a fifth Boeing 777-200ER to its fleet from summer 2014....More

[UPDATED] As Calgary-based WestJet announced its “best ever quarterly earnings for the third consecutive quarter,” it entered into an agreement with Boeing to purchase 10 737-800 NextGen aircraft in 2014 and 2015....More

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has told reporters in Dubai that he is in talks for 10-15 Airbus A330s....More

Rolls-Royce has appointed Tony Wood to be the next president of its Aerospace division, replacing Mark King, who has resigned after four months in the role....More