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Aviation Week has released its 2027 Commercial Fleet & MRO Forecast, offering a detailed 10-year outlook on the deliveries, retirements, fleet composition and MRO demand trends that will reshape Europe's commercial aviation landscape.

Aviation Week's new 2027 Commercial Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast reveals how much of global maintenance demand will be claimed by Europe over the next decade.

By buying a large stake in TAP Air Portugal, Lufthansa Group stands to lower its average fleet age with more new-generation aircraft under its umbrella.

The two leading airframers’ commercial gross orders for September came to 182 total units.

Airbus and Boeing delivered 110 total commercial narrowbodies and 16 widebodies to customers in September.

Following news of the merger between AAR Corp. and MRO Holdings, Aviation Week data reveals how many heavy checks each has performed over recent years.

There was a 15% uptick in aircraft retirements over the first nine months of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, although the change was not uniform across aircraft classes.

The maiden flight of the first A330P2F conversion by Israeli Aerospace Industries marks a significant development in the widebody freighter market.

GE Aerospace has long stood out as the leading widebody engine manufacturer in terms of utilization although Rolls-Royce has been making inroads.

Commercial aircraft operators based in the Middle East restored their performance levels in August, Aviation Week's Tracked Aircraft Utilization tool shows.

Korean Air's current efficiency is weighed against how the airline's newly confirmed order will support its carbon-reduction goals.

Demand is strong for the IAE V2500 engine as it enters the mature phase of its life cycle, with the longevity of its use being driven by prolonged durability issues and supply chain constraints for new-generation engines.

The leading airframers' commercial narrowbody deliveries in August were down six from July and two from August 2025.

Airbus and Boeing’s commercial gross orders for August reached 82 units with that number heavily weighted in favor of the European OEM.

Boeing has delivered 418 aircraft through Aug. 31, and the year continues to be the manufacturer’s best for deliveries since 2018.

Airbus delivered 57 commercial aircraft to 31 customers in August, down from 67 aircraft delivered in July.

Utilization of the global Airbus A380 fleet has changed this year.

The 2026 Commercial Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast projects that demand in Europe will account for 21% of the global engine maintenance market for 2026-35.

The second quarter showcased strong financial and traffic performance from the four largest U.S. carriers in the midst of a challenging fuel environment.

BermudAir plans to take on 10 Airbus A220-300s; Carbon Analysis considers the effect this will have on the young airline's efficiency.

In line with the Farnborough International Airshow taking place this week, the Carbon Analysis studies some major European Airline groups.

The gross commercial order total for Airbus and Boeing in June was approximately half that of the previous month.

As Pratt & Whitney works through the well-documented issues with its GTF engine and has seen orders slump as a result, data reveals a broader effect on the A320neo backlog.

Data from Aviation Week's database shows the trajectories of Airbus and Boeing's delivery rates and order backlogs since the last Farnborough Airshow in 2024.

ATR, Comac and Embraer collectively delivered more airliners in the first half of 2026 than they did during the same period of 2025, but the performance of the airframers was not uniform.