Germany’s Lufthansa has confirmed an incident involving a near-miss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, and a Lufthansa Airbus A321 on approach to Munich Airport Aug. 4.

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

An ASL Airlines Boeing 737-400F overshot the runway at Bergamo al Serio airport near Milan in Italy early Friday morning, Aug. 5.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Bombardier took a $492 million hit in its second-quarter financials because of deep discounts in CSeries aircraft deals with three airlines, the Canadian company said Friday.

A Malaysian government official said this week the pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 had entered a course to the southern Indian Ocean on his home flight simulator, the New York Times, AP and other news organizations are reporting.

Aircraft News-Aug. 4, 2016

July’s Farnborough Airshow produced a boost for European OEM Airbus, with sales at the UK event contributing toward a total of 146 single- and twin-aisle sales over the month.