Airbus Group reported a net profit of €399 million ($452 million), down 50% compared to €792 million a year ago.

SriLankan Airlines is seeking to cancel some of its outstanding order backlog in an attempt to slow ongoing losses of up to LKR460 billion ($3.1 billion).

Ivory Coast national carrier, Air Côte D’Ivoire, has ordered two Airbus A320ceo and two A320neo aircraft.

Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines has ordered 20 Airbus A350-900s and 15 Boeing 787-9s to further strengthen its expanding long-haul fleet.

Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 75 Bombardier CS100s, becoming the US launch customer for the aircraft in a deal that is highly significant for the Canadian-made narrowbody. The order immediately makes Atlanta-based Delta the world’s largest CSeries customer.

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Boeing posted a first-quarter net profit of $1.22 billion, down 9% from net income of $1.34 billion in the prior-year period, and reaffirmed guidance that full-year 2016 revenue and commercial aircraft deliveries will be slightly down from 2015.

Halifax-based Chorus Aviation, the parent of Canadian regional carrier Jazz Aviation, has placed a firm order for five Bombardier CRJ900s valued at $229 million at list prices.