Commercial aircraft engine manufacturer CFM International posted 4,244 orders in 2014, a 55.9% year-over (YOY) increase from 2,723 engine orders in 2013.

Allegiant Travel Co. has agreed to purchase two additional Airbus A320s, which are currently operated by Philippine Airlines.

US Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) president and CEO Marion Blakey has been appointed president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America starting in May.

SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, will add five Boeing 737-800s to its fleet this year, from an order for 25 of the type and up to 25 737 MAX 8s placed in February 2014. Deliveries are scheduled through 2021.

Trans States Holdings, parent of US regionals Trans States Airlines, Compass Airlines and GoJet Airlines, remains “comfortable” with its order for 50 Mitsubishi Regional Jets and expects to begin taking delivery of the aircraft in 2017.

Construction on the Airbus Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Mobile, Alabama is moving forward and is on track to deliver its first A321 aircraft to JetBlue Airways in “late spring-early summer 2016,” an Airbus spokesperson at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport told ATW.

Las Vegas, Nevada-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of “ultra” low-cost carrier Allegiant Air, has agreed to purchase six additional Airbus A319 aircraft, as part of a plan to increase its A320 family fleet from 14 to 44 by the end of 2018.

Transport Canada has issued a flight permit for the first Bombardier CS300 flight test vehicle (FTV) to join the CSeries flight test program.