Since we last published the box score a year ago, the record of the rigid airship has continued to improve. It is still true that there have been no disasters to ships of that type on the North Atlantic route. Eleven wholly successful crossings have been made. The flight on which the Graf Zeppelin had to turn back still constitutes the only departure from a perfect record.

The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) will delay the maiden flight of 150-seat trunk liner C919 to 2016, an industry insider, who asked not to be identified, confirmed to ATW.

TUI Group has placed a firm order for a single Boeing 787-9, plus one option, and has switched two of its smaller 787-8s already on order for the larger variant.

UK charter broker Air Partner has acquired aircraft remarketing specialist Cabot Aviation for up to £1.2 million ($1.9 million).

Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus has taken delivery of the first of 52 Airbus A320 family aircraft.

Iran-based Mahan Air has added nine additional Airbus aircraft to its fleet as part of modernization plans, the carrier said in a statement.

Hainan Airlines and Air Lease Corp. (ALC) have inked a long-term lease agreement covering a pair of Boeing 787-9s.

The first Airbus A350-900 for Brazil’s TAM Airlines is in the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France.