Aircraft & Propulsion

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has agreed to a deal with Boeing to convert nine 767 passenger aircraft into Boeing converted freighters (BCF).

New deals are creating bigger combinations in the leasing world, which provides about half of the aircraft industry’s orders.

Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will introduce the Boeing 777-300ER onto existing services to Miami and San Francisco from Oct. 30 for the upcoming 2016-17 winter schedules.

Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines will defer 39 narrowbody deliveries from a 167-strong Airbus and Boeing aircraft order because of decreased demand resulting from a series of terrorist bombings and other economic challenges in Turkey.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed that a piece of wing trailing edge debris, found in Mauritius around May 10 is from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed in March 2014 while operating as MH370.

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Airbus and Boeing booked over $11.1 billion in combined commercial aircraft orders in September.

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has ordered a tenth Boeing 777-300ER, to be delivered in 2018, the carrier announced Oct. 7.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded type certification to the Bombardier CS300, the larger version of the CSeries slated to enter service with Latvian carrier airBaltic in the 2016 fourth quarter.

Qatar Airways has placed an order for 30 Boeing 787-9s and 10 777-300ERs, and signed a letter of intent for up to 60 737 MAX 8s.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus has taken delivery of the first of 40 Airbus A320neo aircraft, part of an order for 52 A320 family aircraft the airline placed in October 2013.

Turkish regional Borajet Airlines is to take three Embraer E190-E2s and two E195-E2s on long-term lease from Irish lessor AerCap.

In addition to NASA's hybrid-electric propulsion research for small aircraft, projects are underway in France, Russia and elsewhere in Europe.

Could short-range commuter flights to small communities lacking air service be the application that makes commercial hybrid-electric aircraft a reality?

The Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 has rolled out of the airbus paint shop in Toulouse.

Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has confirmed it is in talks with launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) over a further technical delay, although it insists no decision has been made.

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has detailed its expansion plans for 2017, which will see it add 50 aircraft and create over 3,500 new jobs.

Chinese airport officials expect relatively new intercontinental services to survive even after local government subsidies expire.

Mitsubishi Aircraft is notably failing to restate the target for first delivery of the MRJ, instead saying it is committed to achieving certification in 2018.

Major components for Europe’s laminar-flow flight demonstrator have been shipped to Airbus for installation on a modified A340-300, which is scheduled to begin flight tests in 2017.

Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has rejected reports that the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program has been delayed again.

Spike supersonic bizjet; Perlan stratospheric glider; Solar Ship hybrid; Lufthansa drones for blade inspection; UPS drone deliveries.

Taipei, Taiwan-based China Airlines (CAL) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350XWB of 14 in ordered in 2008 on Sept. 28 from the Airbus factory in Toulouse.