Delta Air Lines confirmed it has issued an RFP to "several major aircraft manufacturers" regarding a future order of as many as 200 firm aircraft with deliveries beginning in 2013 to replace aging DC-9s, Boeing 757-200s and Airbus A320s on mainline domestic flying.

Rockwell Collins was selected by Vietnam Airlines to provide a suite of avionics including its MultiScan Threat Detection System and Multi-Mode Receiver Global Landing System, for 36 new Airbus A321-200s. Deliveries will begin in 2011 and continue through 2014.

AerCap Holdings said it signed 13 new aircraft lease agreements and delivered eight aircraft in the 2010 fourth quarter. Lease agreements inked during the period include three Airbus A319s for Frontier Airlines, two A320s for Brussels Airlines, an A320 for Donbassaerom, an A320 and an A319 for LAN Airlines, an A320 for P.T. Metro Batavia, a Boeing 757-200 for Delta Air Lines, a 737-400 for Vision Airlines, a 737-800 for Orenair and a 737-400 for Nok Air.

Boeing on Monday began final assembly on the 1,000th 767, a 767-300ER for ANA. ANA has taken delivery of 89 767s. GECAS delivered one new Boeing 737-800 to China United Airlines and one new Airbus A320 to Saudi Arabian Airlines, the twelfth of 15 A320s it has leased to the carrier.

Spirit AeroSystems announced it reached an agreement with Boeing regarding "certain claims associated with" the development and production of the 787-8. Neither company disclosed the precise nature of the claims, though they are believed to be related to the 787 program's continuing delays. Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds the 787's composite forward fuselage, engine pylons and wing leading edge components. Under terms of the agreement, the parties will complete formal amendments to their work agreement in the first half of 2011.