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Delta Air Lines recently placed an order for up to 60 Boeing 787-10s, which will be delivered as of 2031. This is a major development for the airline, given the carrier’s wide body fleet renewal has otherwise been centered around Airbus jets, making this a big win for Boeing. However, rumors now suggest that we could now see another aircraft order from Delta, and one certainly wonders what that could entail. I first wrote about this last week, and the rumors are now becoming a little more specific, so I’d like to take a bit more focused look at how…

The European Parliament has voted against the revision of the regulations on air passenger rights, which included increasing the flight delay threshold to qualify for compensation. On January 21, 2026, MEPs voted 632 to 15 to maintain a passenger’s right to compensation for a three-hour delay and pushed back on several other suggestions they claim would “weaken air passenger rights”. The vote was held after ministers for transport at the European Council published a new framework in June 2025 for changes to passengers’ rights. Last year in its proposal the council said: “The new framework seeks to establish simpler and…

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By Chris Sloan, Tom Batchelor and Charlotte Bailey January 22, 2026, © Leeham News: After a strong 2025 marked by rising output, expanding services, and improving execution, GE Aerospace enters 2026 with momentum building across four major programs that define its near- and long-term outlook: the GE9X and the long-delayed Boeing 777X as certification advances toward a 2027 entry into service; the LEAP program as record production levels combine with durability improvements that are beginning to take hold; the widebody GEnx franchise steadily growing its installed base and aftermarket contribution; and the RISE Open Fan as a high-risk, high-reward investment…

China Southern Airlines announced it will resume direct flights between Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) and Helsinki Airport (HEL) at the end of March 2026. The move restores a route that was removed five years ago amid pandemic disruptions and subsequent airspace complications. The carrier will begin operating three weekly Boeing 787-9 services from Beijing to Helsinki  starting March 29, 2026, with departures scheduled for Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. By June 20, 2026, the frequency will increase to daily rotations as demand builds through the summer travel season. Flight CZ609 will depart Beijing at 14:20 local time, arriving in Helsinki…

Air India is facing a record 150 billion rupees ($1.6 billion) annual loss after a torrid year marred by a fatal Boeing 787-8 crash and operational troubles. According to Bloomberg, an unnamed source told the publication that Air India had hoped to break even in the year up to March 31, 2026, but plans had been scuppered by a series of events over preceding months. Most significant was the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash on June 12, 2025, which killed 229 passengers and 12 crew members. While one passenger survived, around 19 people on the ground were also killed.…

In the race to become the first commercial electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) operator at scale, Archer Aviation closed out Q4 2025 with significant strategic moves. In November, the company announced the acquisition of Hawthorne Airport in Los Angeles for $126 million, securing a strategic hub ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics.   At the same time, Archer, like several of its competitors in the advanced air mobility (AAM) space, took firm steps to strengthen its position in the defense segment. The company built upon the December 2024 launch of its defense division by signing a partnership with Anduril, one…

Discussions about a “German bomb” are like Dracula. No sooner has one killed the Transylvanian vampire than he rises again from his coffin. Since the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, when candidate Donald Trump seemed to indicate that the U.S. might no longer be willing to protect its allies, some German observers have argued that an eventual loss of the U.S. “nuclear umbrella” would make a national nuclear arsenal indispensable.Back then, the debate quickly died down. President Trump put a lot of pressure on the Europeans to raise defense spending, but he did not question America’s nuclear commitment to Europe. Moreover,…

In early 2022, American Airlines and Aer Lingus formally launched a partnership. However, the rollout has been incredibly strange. We saw reciprocal mileage earning introduced after nearly two years, we then saw reciprocal elite perks introduced after nearly three years, and now we’re seeing reciprocal mileage redemptions (finally!) after nearly for years. Details of the American & Aer Lingus partnershipIn late 2020, Aer Lingus was approved to join the oneworld transatlantic joint venture. This previously included just American, British Airways, Iberia, and Finnair. Aer Lingus is owned by International Airlines Group (IAG), though prior to that hadn’t been part of…

Two Dassault Rafale fighters from the French Air and Space Force’s fighter test and evaluation unit ECE 1/30 “Côte d’Argent” have deployed to Uppsala, Sweden, from January 19 to 23, 2026, as part of France’s Agile Combat Employment concept, known as FRA-ACE.  The detachment, drawn from Air Base 118 Mont-de-Marsan, includes around 30 personnel spanning maintenance, logistics, systems, and communications specialties, reflecting a deliberately reduced support footprint aligned with the ACE model of short, agile, and reactive deployments.  According to the French Air and Space Force, the Uppsala sequence includes experimental flights in cold weather conditions for the Rafale F4.1 standard, as well as a joint…