The Airbus A350 XWB (MSN 2) is undergoing more extreme weather testing at the McKinley Climatic Lab at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Royal Brunei Airlines has ordered seven Airbus A320neos, plus three options, under the latest phase of its fleet modernization program.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways—which recently announced luxury innovations on its Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 aircraft—will launch A380 service to London Heathrow and Boeing 787-9 service to Düsseldorf from December.

Spring Airlines is planning to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange to raise funds for fleet expansion.

IATA has awarded Airbus ProSky, the air traffic management (ATM) subsidiary of Airbus, a contract to develop an Asia-Pacific (APAC) Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) Implementation Strategy to support the collaborative efforts of key aviation states.

Lufthansa is considering operating a separate Airbus A340-300 unit on selected long-haul routes to be able to offer lower fares.

German investor Intro Aviation—which has finalized the acquisition of Irish regional CityJet and its subsidiary Belgium-based VLM—is looking to replace its fleet of Avro RJ85 aircraft and will decide on the type “by the end of this year,” a senior executive said Thursday.

Bombardier reported first-quarter net income of $115 million, down 22.3% from a net profit of $148 million in the prior-year period, on essentially flat revenue of $4.35 billion.