Thai Airways (TG) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380, which today flew from the Airbus plant in Toulouse to Bangkok.

Bombardier’s test pilots have begun virtual flight system trials on a full-sized “iron bird” CSeries mock-up, as work progresses toward construction of the first static test aircraft.

NATS, the UK’s major provider of air traffic services, has been selected to lead a Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) project to trial environmentally “perfect” flights across the Atlantic.

PowerJet, which manufactures engines for the Sukhoi Superjet, is facing headwinds in its production ramp-up as it battles against Airbus and Boeing to secure supply chain slots.

Transaero Airlines is acquiring Rockwell Collins PAVES high definition media server (HDMS) and entertainment control panel (ECP) for retrofit on eight Boeing 767s.

Venezuela’s Conviasa Airlines (VO) has taken delivery of its first of six Embraer E-190s ordered in July, in a deal that includes 14 options.

No cracks were found on a Boeing 747-8 freighter GE Aviation GEnx-2B engine that experienced a power loss during takeoff roll at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, preliminary investigations show.

Taiwan-based Uni Air (B7), a subsidiary of Eva Air, took delivery of its first of 10 new ATR 72-600s, the first -600 in Asia.