Bombardier plans to sell the Q400 regional turboprop program to Longview Aviation Capital, parent company of Canada’s Viking Air, which previously acquired the rights to out-of-production de Havilland Canada types.

China will need more than 7,400 new passenger and freight aircraft over the next two decades, accounting for nearly 20% of the global demand for 37,400 new aircraft expected by 2037, according to the latest Airbus China Market Forecast.

The first aircraft destined for Boeing’s new 737 completion and delivery center in China—a MAX 8—left Seattle, Washington state Nov. 6.

Leonardo Helicopters has issued safety directives to operators of its AW169 helicopter to inspect tail-rotor components following a fatal crash.

The Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. is working on improvements to the MRJ70, which will be the second version of the MRJ regional jet to enter service, and is looking increasingly important.

Franco-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR has released its first-ever market forecast focused on China, estimating the thus-far-nonexistent market for regional turboprops will need 1,100 aircraft, worth $25.6 billion, by 2037.

Virgin Australia is on track to receive its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in November 2019 and is not considering further delays to the delivery date. In early 2017 the airline postponed the MAX deliveries, which were originally scheduled to begin in September or October of this year.

The first A330-800, MSN1888, completed its 4-hr. initial flight Nov. 6.