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TAP has returned to pre-COVID level operations, reporting a Q2 profit based on strong summer demand, its structural transformation and MRO business.

As airlines struggle with hundreds of out-of-service aircraft, Pratt & Whitney is working to ease the inevitable pain.

Qantas Group expects to receive 20 aircraft by the end of its current fiscal year, including its first Airbus A321XLRs.

Peach is launching its longest service yet with flights between Osaka, Japan, and Singapore.

FACC has reported significant revenue and earnings growth for the first half of 2024 backed by rate rises, notably the shift from Airbus A320neo to A321neo.

The UAE-based LCC has deferred deliveries of its A320neo family aircraft on order to 2025 in hopes that the new engine technology on the aircraft will mature.

Air Canada will restart transatlantic flights from Ottawa next March and is exploring adding Airbus A321XLR service to London.

Frontier Airlines dropped the Airbus A321XLR from its fleet plan because the aircraft’s performance fell short of the carrier’s expectations.

Modern winglet designs are improving fuel efficiency, extending range and cruising altitudes.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is benefiting from strong demand in the first six months of 2024.

Prolonged grounding of its Airbus A320neo fleet has brought HK Express into the red for the first half of 2024.

CFM International blames high-pressure turbine blade supply issues for Leap 1A delivery delays that are adding to Airbus’ production headaches.

AerCap says its deal with Spirit Airlines for 36 A320neos comes with the benefit of getting aircraft sooner than it could have by ordering from Airbus.

Air Astana Group has taken another step in its continuing expansion by signing an operating lease for seven Airbus A321LRs from Air Lease Corporation.

UK LCC easyJet has extended leases on 10 Airbus A319s, a type which it is working to phase out by 2034.

Airbus and Flynas announced an MOU during Farnborough Airshow for 75 Airbus A320neo family aircraft and 15 A330-900s.

The firm order signed earlier this year with Airbus for six A320neo family aircraft.

British Airways has improved the performance of its Airbus A320neo fleet through enhanced use of data and analytics, as it works through a transformation plan.

Pratt & Whitney has secured an order from Avolon for the PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) to power 80 Airbus A320neos.

Here is what's been happening in the industry amidst the ongoing airshow.

Drukair has signed on with Airbus for three A320neos and two A321XLRs in a move that underlines Bhutan’s ambitions to become better connected.

Pratt says SMBC Aviation Capital—one of the largest lessors for GTF-powered Airbus A320neo-family aircraft—has exercised options for a further 22 firm orders.

As Pratt & Whitney works hard to optimize the GTF, orders for A320neos equipped with the engine have slowed compared to CFM's Leap.

The Airbus A321XLR equipped with CFM Leap 1A engines has received its type certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

With no commercial aircraft on show from Boeing at Farnborough Airshow’s static or flying displays, the Airbus A321XLR is expected to garner significant interest.