Mexican airline Interjet has firmed 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 options valued at $350 million.

The larger version of Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft, the CS300, reached an altitude of 41,000 ft. (12,500 m.) and a speed of 255 knots (470 km/h) during its first flight.

In a sign of the increasing maturity of Bombardier’s CSeries airliner, the first test aircraft for the stretched, 135-seat CS300 variant flew for about five hours on its maiden flight from Mirabel, near Montreal, Feb. 27.

The unmanned aerial systems (UAS) revolution is having an effect on what’s flying and what it can do for people almost as dramatic as that of the introduction of powered manned flight.

From the March 2015 issue of ATW

Airbus Group delivered a record 629 civil aircraft in 2014 and announced plans to increase the A320 production rate from 42 to 50 aircraft per month starting in 2017.

Air Tahiti Nui (ATN), the major carrier of French Polynesia, has decided to order four Boeing 787-9 aircraft to replace its fleet of Airbus A340-300s.

Bombardier has confirmed that the first flight of the larger version of its CSeries aircraft will take place Friday, Feb. 27, from Mirabel, Québec.