Air India is planning to cut down its order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners to 12 from its original 27-jet order announced in 2005, according to sources familiar with the subject.
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered its new communications satellite AsiaSat 7 to the Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan, ready for its scheduled launch on 26 November 2011.
Bombardier Aerospace is planning to build aft fuselages for its new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets at its site in Queretaro, Mexico.
Airbus has secured a contract from Air Pacific to deliver three new A330-200 aircraft as part of its plan to overhaul its long-haul fleet.
OSF Aviation has awarded a contract to United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods, to complete its four new Eurocopter EC145 aircraft.
TAM Airlines has ordered 32 A320 aircraft from Airbus, comprising 22 A320neos and ten A320s.
Eurocopter subsidiary Eurocopter Chile has delivered an Ecureuil AS350 B3e helicopter to Servicios Aereos Kipreos Marignane, France.
AAR has signed an agreement with Teleflex to acquire its two aviation businesses, Telair International and Nordisk Aviation Products, for $280m, expanding its offering to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing.
Arianespace has launched Europe's first two Galileo navigation satellites on the Russian-built Soyuz launch vehicle from French Guiana.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has started a programme, called Phoenix, which will find ways to recycle space junk thousands of miles above the Earth.
