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Airline Weekly • Gordon Smith, Jay Shabat

Farnborough Airshow highlights spotlight major deals as earnings season pressures reshape aerospace expectations

An industry discussion reviews the key takeaways from last week’s Farnborough International Airshow, focusing on the most significant deal announcements and what they could mean beyond the show floor. The conversation also frames the outcome against near-term earnings-season realities.

2026-07-30T02:07:02.299068-07:00
Routes   Africa   Policy & Regulation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines  
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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Maldives, Ethiopia sign air services pact with fifth freedom

By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-9, © Boeing By Hilka Birns 30Jul2026 LinkedIn X Facebook Copy news link RSS Feed The Maldives and Ethiopia have signed a bilateral air services agreement that will pave the way for direct air connectivity between the two countries while giving Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa International ) access to fifth freedom traffic rights via the Indian Ocean nation, according to the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA).

2026-07-30T03:34:31.813286-07:00
Europe   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   KLM  
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Reuters • Alessandro Parodi, Joanna Plucinska

Air France-KLM beats quarterly profit expectations but trims capacity forecasts

By Reuters: Air France-KLM beat quarterly profit expectations on revenue gains from premium and long-haul travel and trimmed annual ‌capacity guidance, sending its share price higher on Thursday.

Also: FlightGlobal and Financial Times
2026-07-30T00:50:17.425953-07:00
PaxEx   North America   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Workforce & Skills Development   Air Canada   Airlines  
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Reuters

WestJet flight attendants issue 72-hour strike notice over unpaid work

By Reuters: Flight attendants at Canada's WestJet Airlines on Thursday gave a 72-hour notice of a strike during the busy summer travel season, if a last-minute deal is not reached with the country's second-largest carrier.

Also: Airline Economics, CBC and news.ssbcrack.com
2026-07-30T00:01:58.748354-07:00
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PaxEx.Aero • Seth Miller

Premium Takes Flight with Allegiant First Launching in 2027

By PaxEx.Aero: Allegiant First will fly from Spring 2027, offering more space and other amenities to travelers. And the new seating might not be the biggest change announced today.

Also: FlightGlobal, CAPA, The Points Guy, Simple Flying and 6 more
2026-07-29T14:46:53.755048-07:00
Europe   M&A   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   TAP Air Portugal   Lufthansa  
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Bloomberg • Albertina Torsoli, Henrique Almeida, Sonje Wind

Lufthansa, Air France-KLM Submit Bids for Portugal’s TAP

By Bloomberg: Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France-KLM submitted binding offers for a minority stake in Portugal’s state-owned airline TAP SA, setting up a competition between the two aviation groups for a sought-after asset that provides access to markets like Latin America.

Also: Aviation Source, FlightGlobal, Air Data News, Aviation24, One Mile at a Time, CAPA, Aviation Week, airwaysmag.com and 12 more
2026-07-29T10:31:56.666068-07:00