China’s XiamenAir has committed to purchase 150 CFM LEAP-1B engines and MRO support for 20 engines, valued at $2.05 billion.

The FAA’s national drone registry has surpassed 1 million recreational and commercial small unmanned aircraft users, US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said.

China’s Hainan Airline Holding Co. and CFM International have signed an MOU for the purchase of LEAP-1A engines to power 55 Airbus A320neo aircraft.

AirAsia achieved its goal of adding 22 more aircraft to its fleet by Dec. 31, 2017 as the multinational LCC group ramps up its growth.

Boeing HorizonX, which the manufacturer set up to pursue potentially disruptive ideas inside as well as outside the company, has flown a prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned cargo aircraft.