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

Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus has taken delivery of the first of 40 Airbus A320neo aircraft, part of an order for 52 A320 family aircraft the airline placed in October 2013.

Turkish regional Borajet Airlines is to take three Embraer E190-E2s and two E195-E2s on long-term lease from Irish lessor AerCap.

In addition to NASA's hybrid-electric propulsion research for small aircraft, projects are underway in France, Russia and elsewhere in Europe.

Could short-range commuter flights to small communities lacking air service be the application that makes commercial hybrid-electric aircraft a reality?

Taiwan's EVA Air will celebrate its 25th anniversary of flights from Taiwan to Europe in November 2016. Vienna was the Taipai-based carrier's first destination. The Boeing 777-300ER has replaced the Airbus A330-200 on the Vienna-Bangkok-Taipeh route from Oct. 4. ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann was invited onboard the 777-300ER in Vienna.

The Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 has rolled out of the airbus paint shop in Toulouse.

Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has confirmed it is in talks with launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) over a further technical delay, although it insists no decision has been made.