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Airline BusinessSaudi deals help Airbus dominate orders on first day of Paris air show
An eye-catching A350-1000 commitment from Riyadh Air and a hefty agreement with AviLease gave Paris air show a Saudi flavour on 16 June and ensured Airbus dominated order proceedings.
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Airline BusinessParis air show 2025 order tracker
Tracking the orders placed at this year’s Paris air show
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Airline BusinessWeek 25 2025: India crash and Israel-Iran conflict weigh on Paris air show
The global aerospace industry has gathered in Paris for this year’s international air show with two recent developments weighing heavily on sentiment – and the activity that is likely to take place in Le Bourget.
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NewsSouthwest installing Honeywell’s runway safety software across 737 fleet
Southwest Airlines is rolling out Honeywell’s SmartRunway and SmartLanding software across its entire Boeing 737 fleet, boosting the carrier’s runway safety systems.
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Airline BusinessAir India crash comes amid unprecedented transformation effort
Air India and the wider Indian airline sector are responding to, and reflecting on, an incident that has abruptly darkened the mood in a country where optimism regarding aviation was arguably unmatched anywhere in the world.
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Airline BusinessAirline News Digest: 7-13 June 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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NewsSmith has ‘no regrets’ over Air France A380 axe
Air France-KLM chief executive Ben Smith says he has “no regrets” about his decision to remove the Airbus A380 from the group’s fleet, despite its popularity with passengers. Air France had operated as many as 10 examples but in May 2020 – at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic – ...
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Airline BusinessJetstar Asia and Silver Airways closures a reminder of tough market conditions
The past few days have seen two carriers bringing their respective journeys to an end in Singapore and the USA.
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NewsJapan orders checks on 787s, as US says grounding ‘premature’
Japanese officials have ordered the country’s carriers to inspect their Boeing 787s following the deadly crash involving a 787-8 operated by Air India, while their US counterparts stopped short of grounding the type.
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NewsAir India confirms lone survivor, 241 casualties among those aboard flight 171
As aviation accident investigators sort through the wreckage of an Air India Boeing 787-8 that crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, the carrier has confirmed that all but one person aboard flight 171 died in the accident.
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NewsJetBlue A220 leaves runway after landing in Boston
An Airbus A220-300 operated by JetBlue Airways left the runway after landing at Boston Logan International airport, stopping in a grassy area after turning off the runway.
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Airline BusinessQ1 2025 performance report for benchmark European airlines
Full first-quarter 2025 data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines Europe shows the aggregate profitability worsening slightly at an operating level but improving slightly at a net level during the seasonally weak period, as carriers experience mixed fortunes.
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NewsAir India 787-8 crashes after taking off from Ahmedabad
An Air India Boeing 787-8 has crashed after taking off from Ahmedabad on a service to London Gatwick.
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NewsBacklogs already hold 40% of forecast 20-year single-aisle demand: Airbus
Airbus has hiked its outlook for new aircraft deliveries over the next 20 years to 43,420, up by about 1,000 from last year’s prediction. Of this total, covering both passenger and freighter model, around 34,250 will be typically single-aisle aircraft. Another 9,170 will typically be widebodies – among them 970 ...
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NewsUS regional carrier Silver Airways ceases operations across network
The Hollywood, Florida-based carrier disclosed the decision in a 11 June social media post, which urged customers not to seek refunds at the airport.
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NewsAir New Zealand to operate from new Western Sydney airport in 2027
Air New Zealand will be the second international carrier to operate from the forthcoming Western Sydney International (WSI) airport, after signing an agreement with airport operators on 11 June.
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Airline Business‘10 people want every seat’: Emirates, Air India and IndiGo chiefs on traffic rights debate
For a long time it has been no secret that Emirates would like to operate more flights to India. But with the world’s airlines gathered in Delhi in early June for this year’s IATA AGM, the topic of traffic rights inevitably rose to the top of the agenda again.
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NewsATR takes largest order since 2017 with 19-strong Uni Air deal
Taiwanese regional carrier Uni Air has placed a firm order for 19 ATR 72-600s, the airframer’s largest single commitment since 2017.
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NewsEU shelves Iraqi air safety assessment visit until more progress made
European air safety assessors have shelved a potential on-site inspection of Iraq’s civil aviation regulator, citing insufficient demonstrative progress on improvements. Flag-carrier Iraqi Airways and another airline, Fly Baghdad, each remain blacklisted by the European Commission. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority presented updates on its efforts to enhance legislative and ...
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Airline BusinessWeek 24 2025: Paris beckons, but will record orders follow?
The biennial Paris air show – with its history of record order announcements – is coming in under a week, but an increasingly uncertain global operating environment might dampen the prospect of mega orders this time.