Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2017, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Citing the rapid progress in electric propulsion, Airbus is now working on a larger and more powerful aircraft, dubbed E-Fan X, that could fly within three years.

Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Group posted a 2016 net profit of 638.4 million Hong Kong dollars ($82.3 million), up 67.9% from the company’s HK$380.2 million net profit in 2015.

Leonardo looks to invest in the AW139, but development of the future light-twin helicopter is hazy.

Boeing’s task is to develop an A300/310 done right, a technologically up-to-date yet affordable 757/767 hybrid. Easily done? Absolutely not. Impossible? Absolutely not.

Aviation Week's helicopter evaluation pilot finds Bell’s Model 505 Jet Ranger X does a good job of hitting the company’s goals for full-authority digital engine control, a glass cockpit, roomy cabin, cockpit visibility and price.

After MSH postponed certification several times, shareholder Lynwood wants MSH to end its laboratory culture and become a full-fledged rotorcraft manufacturer.

The Vahana autonomous air taxi, the vertical-takeoff CityAirbus and the Pop.Up modular ground/air concept vehicle are all visible evidence of Airbus’s intensifying studies of urban air transportation.