Airlines & Lessors

Riyadh Air has exercised options for 28 Boeing 787-9s while converting some to the family’s larger variant and firmed a commitment for six additional Airbus A350-1000s.

SMBC Aviation Capital has signed a firm order for 100 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, including 60 737-10s as it looks to meet customer demand for the higher-capacity variant.

Japanese carrier Skymark Airlines will lease seven Boeing 737 MAX-10s from Aviation Capital Group (ACG).

Hybrid-electric challenge to APUs; RTX’s power-dense motor; Vertical picks autonomy for eVTOL; South Korean firm flies eVTOL; fuel cells for drones.

Airbus and Boeing’s commercial narrowbody deliveries reached 124 units in June—one above May’s total, and the pair’s highest monthly figure in the year to date.

Cost and fares are up but passengers are paying, which is continuing the aftermarket boom.

Air Cambodia has placed an order for 20 Comac C909 regional jets, becoming the first international flag carrier to commit to the Chinese-built aircraft.

AirBaltic seeks short-term funding from bondholders to stabilize finances as it faces potential default in 2026 and explores strategic investment options.

Around this time two years ago, demand was high and uncertainty rife. Heading into Farnborough 2026, some things remain very much the same.

Asia-Pacific airlines face rising costs in 2026 despite strong 2025 profits, with fuel spending and inflation impacting profitability.

Delta returns to the Philippines market with Los Angeles-Manila flights in 2027, targeting the largest U.S.-Philippines city-pair market.

Aer Lingus cuts three U.S. routes, trims Dublin-Seattle to summer-only and adjusts four European services in a network overhaul.

Ryanair Group airline Lauda plans to extend its Airbus A320 lease contracts after it was decided that A320neos are too expensive under current market conditions.

UK investigators urge safety improvements at far-flung St. Helena Airport after difficult landings and go-arounds highlight risks from wind shear and turbulence.

Chinese carriers have again turned to Airbus for fleet expansion, with the Air China and Hainan Airlines airline groups announcing orders for a combined 95 narrowbody and widebody aircraft.

Delta Air Lines signed a five-year contract with Shell Aviation for the delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at multiple airports.

United Airlines expects industry-wide raised fares to stick, which its CEO Scott Kirby framed as a durable pricing reset driven by more than just transitory factors.

Outgoing IATA director general will become CEO of IndiGo soon after Farnborough closes.

JetBlue cuts seven routes to reallocate aircraft for Fort Lauderdale expansion following Spirit Airlines’ collapse and trims capacity in New York.

Norwegian Group took several financial hits in the second qurarter, including higher fuel costs and a one-off hit from an emissions trading legal dispute.

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

Brussels Airlines CEO Dorothea von Boxberg is leaving Lufthansa Group to join BMW, to be succeeded by ITA Airways chief strategy and integration officer Lorenza Maggio.

Boeing drives improvements in supply chain engagement and company culture.

Malaysian carrier AirBorneo has received its first jet aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, ahead of the launch of services to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Singapore (SIN).

South Korea released safety and pilot training standards for its 2028 urban air mobility launch to reduce foreign expertise reliance.