China’s Ruili Airlines has received its first direct-purchase Boeing 737-700.

Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee’s Aviation Register (IAC AR) has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate to Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) for its Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to perform vertical navigation (VNAV) for all stages of flight.

Colorado-based Frontier Airlines has placed its first Airbus A321 order, inking a deal for nine of the type to join its all-Airbus fleet.

Louis Chenevert, the architect of the biggest aerospace and defense (A&D) acquisition ever and a driving force behind Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan (GTF) engine, has stepped down as chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corp. (UTC).

Avianca Holdings plans to order more than 160 narrowbody aircraft by the end of the year, chairman Germán Efromovich told ATW in Abu Dhabi.

ATR has obtained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for approach avionics developed for its ATR 42-600 and ATR 72-600 aircraft.

Boeing has started final assembly of the 787-9 Dreamliner at its South Carolina facility.

Emirates Engineering has completed a 3C check, the largest maintenance check on any aircraft, on the first A380 delivered to Emirates Airline.