Eurowings, Lufthansa's regional subsidiary, will phase out 17 CRJ200s and two CRJ700s during the summer schedule starting on March 28 as part of the parent company's Climb 2011 cost-cutting plan. Several hundred jobs reportedly will be cut. In a statement, Eurowings said the aircraft will be removed from the fleet over a 12-month period during which the carrier will increase the number of CRJ900s to 15.

Airbus delivered its 6,000th aircraft, an A380, to Emirates Monday in Hamburg. It is EK's eighth A380 and the 25th delivered by the manufacturer. Airbus's 5,000th delivery was an A330-200 in December 2007 and its 1,000th an A340-300 in March 1993.

Boeing on Friday said it had completed "initial airworthiness testing" on the 787, "a milestone [that] will enable more crew members to take part in flights" and allow more Dreamliners to join the flight test program. Since the first 787 flight on Dec. 15, 15 flights have occurred, accumulating nearly 60 hr. in the air (ATWOnline, Dec. 23, 2009). The aircraft has been flown to an altitude of 30,000 ft. (9,144 m.) and a speed of Mach 0.65. Initial stall tests and other dynamic maneuvers have been run.

Lufthansa Systems signed a five-year contract with Cimber Sterling for deployment of its Lido/RouteManual and Lido/TakeOff solutions.

Aeroflot announced the retirement of its last Tu-154. The aircraft flew for the final time on Dec. 31 from Yekaterinburg to Moscow Sheremetyevo, according to RIA Novosti, and will be replaced with an A320. SU once operated 23 154s.