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Airline BusinessHow Airbus dominated Paris air show orders after Boeing stepped back
The business at Paris air show came to a close on 19 June after 591 commercial aircraft commitments were made across the event’s four days, according to FlightGlobal data.
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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 BusinessQ1 2025 performance report for benchmark Latin American airlines
Full first-quarter results from Airline Business’ benchmark airlines in the Latin America region show declines in net profit and operating profit, while operating revenue stayed roughly flat in dollar terms compared with the first three months of 2024.
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Airline BusinessSkyWest gives Embraer biggest order on Paris day three as Airbus boosts A350 backlog
After the disappointment of losing out to Airbus with LOT Polish Airlines’ commitment for A220s on day one of the show, Embraer stepped up to the plate yesterday.
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Airline BusinessWizz chief likens GTF issue to ‘shooting a moving target’ but still orders more
Jozsef Varadi explains why the carrier has stuck with P&W, despite issues with the GTF weighing on the European low-cost carrier’s expansion plans and financial performance.
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Airline BusinessVietJet eyes another 150 A321neos on subdued second day in Paris
After the first day of this year’s Paris air show saw significant commercial order momentum, 17 June was a much more subdued affair in Le Bourget – even if one deal did catch the eye.
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Airline Business‘I like the idea’: ANA parent mulls secondary city operations but limited by aircraft shortage
As ANA Holdings firmed its orders for 77 new aircraft, its president Koji Shibata says the airline may need more jets to expand its operating hubs beyond the large metropolises of Tokyo and Osaka.
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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 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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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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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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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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Airline BusinessAvianca chief Pedreira touts revamped cost structure amid network expansion
With Colombian carrier Avianca recently stepping up flights to the USA, the airline’s new cost structure is acting as an ”enabler” that has opened new possibilities across its network.
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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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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.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 31 May - 6 June 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline Business‘There is enough for all’: Emirates’ Clark relaxed on Middle East competition
Emirates president Tim Clark is relaxed about expansion among the Dubai carrier’s Middle Eastern peers, insisting that projected demand growth will keep airlines busy as they serve local passengers and facilitate global connections.
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Airline BusinessBlended wing-body developers JetZero and Natilus court carriers with airliner concepts
In a commercial aircraft space dominated by Airbus and Boeing and the time-tested tube-and-wing design, airlines are showing interest in “all-wing” airliner concepts being advanced by Long Beach-based JetZero and San Diego’s Natilus.
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Airline Business‘It’s game on’: Air New Zealand looks to turn corner on fleet woes
As it works through fleet challenges, Air New Zealand has optimism that growth is on the horizon, with new aircraft to be delivered, and network growth in the longer term.