KLM Cityhopper, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ regional subsidiary, took delivery of its first of 17 Embraer 175s on March 20.

Bombardier has completed its CSeries CS100 route-proving flights, which included more than 30 city-pair flights in European cities over a three-week period.

IATA has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission (EC) on behalf of its airline members that the association says has “deep concern” about the control of OEMs over aftermarket repairs, parts and services.

Behind the public debate over the future of Bombardier and government support for its CSeries airliner, the company is hard at work ramping up production and preparing the all-new narrowbody for entry into service.

Aircraft News-March 22, 2016

Most airline executives will go through their careers without seeing their company undergo a change of ownership. Managers at Antwerp-based VLM went through two in six months. Having survived that rollercoaster ride, VLM is focusing on a return to a quieter life—and profitability.

Boeing used to spend 1.5 weeks training new employees, but now it has to spend six weeks—a telling shortfall of the US education system in the digital, globalized business world, but also a poignant example of why some Americans are siding with nativist and protectionist politics in this year’s presidential race, the former head of the OEM said March 22.