GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced Monday an order for 40 Boeing 737s made up of 20 MAX 8s and 20 737-800s. The order, which was accounted for in Boeing’s 2013 net orders and attributed to an unidentified customer, is valued at $3.9 billion at list prices.

Qatar Airways will take one of the two new licenses being granted by the Saudi Arabian civil aviation regulator, GACA, to create a regional carrier operating domestic services in the country.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has conducted a biofuel demonstration flight as a step toward the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Net orders for Bombardier commercial and business aircraft were down significantly in 2013 from the previous year

Airbus COO-customers John Leahy is optimistic that China will soon agree to take 27 Airbus A330s, which have been stalled by a dispute over the European Union emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Caption: In 1959, Northeast Airlines operated its first pure jet service using Boeing 707 "Intercontinental" jet liners. Northeast was the first airline to fly these high speed craft between Miami and New York and had the distinction of being one of the first airlines in the United States to offer pure jet service.

SaudiGulf Airlines—a new, full-service airline created to bring competition on domestic Saudi Arabian routes—was unveiled at the Bahrain International Airshow Thursday.

Bombardier has pushed its service-entry target for the CSeries airliner back by at least 12 months, saying it will take longer than planned to complete certification flight testing.