Two major lessors posted strong profits on the back of strong demand for aircraft in recent months driven, at least in part, by production and delivery delays.
Airbus has delivered the first A321XLR to launch customer Iberia, which plans to deploy the long-range narrowbody on a Madrid-to-Boston route from mid-November.
ZipAir is seeing strong advance bookings for its long-haul low-cost routes, especially to North America, with some destinations seeing load factors of over 90%.
Finnair is sticking to its capacity outlook despite reporting a decline in profitability over the third quarter after demand weakened in all of its markets.
Lufthansa is aiming for €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) recurring operating profits by 2028 as it works out more details of its turnaround restructuring program.
Brazilian carrier Azul has reached agreement with existing bondholders for $500 million in additional financing, a key step in its latest restructuring.
United is set to resume taking A321neo deliveries after working with the manufacturer to address a problem United said was affecting some of its in-service fleet
Natilus cites encouragement from airlines seeking alternatives to Airbus and Boeing as the driver behind its plans to develop a 200-seat blended wing body.
The traffic performance for all four major U.S. carriers in Q3 was higher than Q3 2023 and, for three of the four, greater than traffic recorded during Q3 2019.
Spirit will sell roughly 10% of its fleet and reduce its workforce, as it strives to cut costs and boost liquidity amid reports of bankruptcy discussions.
Indian LCC IndiGo broke a lengthy run of profitable quarters with a net loss for the September quarter, due in part to its large number of grounded aircraft.
Qantas is planning a cabin upgrade for some of its Airbus A330s, which will help the carrier bridge the gap until it can complete the replacement of this fleet.
