A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800—enroute from Istanbul Ataturk to Nevşehir Kapadokya—flew through a flock of birds on final approach to Nevşehir on Tuesday, causing extensive damage to the aircraft’s radome.

Tier 1 aerostructures specialist GKN Aerospace plans to substantially increase its presence in Asia in the next few years, a company executive said.

Lufthansa has confirmed its first Airbus A350-900 will be based at its second major hub in Munich at the end of 2016.

Airbus pulled into the lead for commercial aircraft orders in 2015 with 228 gross commercial aircraft orders, compared to rival Boeing’s 152, following an April 30 order placed by Colombian carrier Avianca for 100 A320neo family aircraft.

American Airlines’ fleet planning strategy hinges on having a variety of different-sized aircraft that can match varying route needs, but there is a gap in an aircraft type that would fill the role of the Boeing 757, the airline’s head of network planning said Thursday.

Bombardier has confirmed that Swiss International Air Lines will be the first operator of the CSeries, with service entry slated for the first half of 2016.

The CFM International LEAP-1B engine that will exclusively power the re-engined Boeing 737 MAX is now in flight testing.

Aircraft & Engine News-May 7, 2015