The next wave of airline IT changes may include new jargon: Speech recognition to turn voice into text, natural language processing and artificial intelligence.

Aircraft News-May 24, 2016

Réunion Island leisure carrier Air Austral has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787, becoming the first French operator of the type.

TAP Portugal has taken delivery of its first Embraer E190, which will be operated by regional subsidiary TAP Express.

Low-cost carrier Norwegian has firmed up eight Boeing 737 MAX 8 purchase options and agreed to lease two more 787-9s.

The Embraer E190-E2 has achieved first flight in São José dos Campos, Brazil.

The Egyptian military has deployed an autonomous submarine to assist a multi-national contingent of aircraft and ships in the search for the main wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 in the Mediterranean Sea.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has said the Irish budget carrier is likely to firm all of its Boeing 737 MAX options to fuel its growth beyond 2023.