Aircraft & Engine News-Aug. 31, 2016

Taipei-based China Airlines, which expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB by the end of September, will launch its first nonstop service to Europe on Jan. 9, 2017, the China Airlines’ Vienna office confirmed to ATW.

Central Asia-based Uzbekistan Airways has taken delivery of the first of two ordered Boeing 787-8s.

Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has ordered five new Airbus A321ceos and has immediately leased them to an unnamed Asian airline.

A United Airlines Boeing 767-300, en route from Houston, Texas to London Heathrow, was diverted to Ireland’s Shannon Airport early on Aug. 31 after hitting turbulence, injuring passengers and crew.

As the former chief engineer of Boeing’s 747 program, Joe Sutter is credited with leading the development of the first widebody aircraft, which ushered in the globe-shrinking age of mass air travel. We present the best of Aviation Week & Space Technology's covers featuring the Queen of the Skies.

Miami-headquartered lessor Aerolease Aviation has finalized an order for 10 Mitsubishi MRJs and 10 options, firming a letter of intent signed at the 2016 Singapore Airshow.

Joe Sutter, who was dubbed “Father of the 747” by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, has died at age 95.