Seventeen years after it ceased operations, a revived Uganda Airlines has ordered four Bombardier CRJ900s and agreed to purchase two Airbus A330-800neos, the two manufacturers said July 18.

Mitsubishi Aircraft’s forthcoming MRJ70 regional jet hopes to take advantage of an approaching bulge of elderly regional aircraft coming to the end of their leases, according to the company’s chief development officer Alex Bellamy.

Mexico’s ultra-LCC VivaAerobus has firmed up an amendment for 25 incremental A321neo and converted 16 A320neos to A321neos to their existing purchase agreement.

Boeing is standing up an organization to leverage its research into autonomous flight and advanced propulsion and explore new transportation markets.

As the US and Europe diverge over regulations for future supersonic transports (SST), a report by an environmental research group suggests such aircraft would dramatically increase carbon emissions, airport noise and fuel burn compared with subsonic airliners.

Thales has evolved its Avionics 2020 cockpit electronics demonstrator into a still-unnamed conceptual flight deck that will make the most of growing data processing capabilities.

A pair of undisclosed Airbus customers have committed to $13.1 billion worth of new A320neo and A330neo aircraft.

Air China will receive its first Airbus A350-900 from early August, following final approvals from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) this week for A350 certification.