Still suffering from the 737 Max grounding, Boeing continues to be optimistic about the services market, forecasting it will be worth $3.1 trillion over the next 10 years, of which a little more than half will be for commercial aircraft services.

German firm Dr Peters has reached an agreement with Air France over the return of one of its Airbus A380s.

Over the past 20 years ATR has carved a dominant position in the turboprop market, while sales of its competitor, the Q400, dwindled to such an extent that Bombardier sold the aircraft line last year.