Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Air Astana has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, becoming the first airline in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to operate the type.

Papua New Guinea carrier PNG Air has converted five options for ATR 72-600 regional turboprops into firm orders.

The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) received an order from China Aerospace Leasing for 20 firm and 20 options of ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Zhuhai Air Show Nov. 1.

Uzbekistan Airways will order three additional Boeing 787s, the carrier said Nov. 5 while taking delivery of a second 787-8 from a previous contract.

Boeing tallied a gross firm order total of 85 commercial aircraft in October, valued at approximately $22.9 billion at list prices.

Evidence of fatigue cracking has been discovered in the fractured high-pressure turbine disk from the GE Aviation CF6 engine that suffered an uncontained failure on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300 a week ago.

From design tools to flexible electronics, advances that proliferate sensing and communications throughout aircraft, engines and the factories where they are made will result in profound design and engineering changes.