Boeing said China will need 6,020 new commercial aircraft valued at $870 billion over the next 20 years.

Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre (NAC) will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of hydrogen fuel cells as replacements for aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs).

United Airlines has taken delivery of the first of 26 Boeing 787-9s it has on order.

Airbus has rolled out the first fully painted A350-900 for Qatar Airways, the launch customer for the twinjet.

Swedish company Braathens Aviation has told Bombardier it no longer wants to be the launch operator of the CSeries 110 to 169-seat airliner.

Russia’s Transaero has canceled its order for four Boeing 787-8s.

Thailand’s Nok Air has taken delivery of its first Q400 NextGen turboprop to be delivered in the new extra capacity seating configuration.

China Southern subsidiary Xiamen Airlines has taken delivery of the first of six Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners.