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Europe Airline Industry & Market Trends Airlines KLM

Reuters • Alessandro Parodi, Joanna Plucinska

Air France-KLM tops quarterly profit expectations on premium/long-haul strength, trims annual capacity guidance

Air France-KLM reported quarterly profit beating expectations, supported by revenue gains from premium and long-haul travel. The group also reduced its annual capacity guidance, while shares rose following the results, signaling improved earnings visibility but a more cautious capacity outlook.

Also: FlightGlobal and Financial Times

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2026-07-30T00:50:17.425953-07:00

Event Farnborough Airshow Orders Industry Leader Profiles & Interviews

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Airline Weekly • Gordon Smith, Jay Shabat

Airshow Highs and Earnings Season Realities

By Airline Weekly: Gordon and Jay discuss the highlights from last week's Farnborough International Airshow, reviewing the big deals and longer term impact of the event.

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2026-07-30T02:07:02.299068-07:00

PaxEx Airline Industry & Market Trends Workforce & Skills Development Air Canada Airlines

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.

Aviation Source

NDP Backs WestJet Flight Attendants as Public Supports Fight Against Unpaid Work

Also: CBC and news.ssbcrack.com

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2026-07-30T00:01:58.748354-07:00

Europe Aircraft Finance & Leasing Orders Airbus Airbus A320 Airlines

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Icelandair further expands A320neo fleet through additional lease agreement

By FlightGlobal: Six more aircraft to arrive for summer 2028 operations.

2 Sources

2026-07-29T22:50:14.810782-07:00

Leadership M&A Aircraft Finance & Leasing Airlines

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

South Korea's Air Premia seeks $76mn in rights issue

By ch-aviation: Air Premia (YP, Seoul Incheon) plans to raise KRW110 billion won (USD75.9 million) through a shareholder rights issue of 550 million new common shares priced at KRW200 (USD0.13) each.

1 Source

2026-07-29T20:31:56.732530-07:00

Event PaxEx Airline Industry & Market Trends Airlines

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.

Airline Geeks

Allegiant Introduces New Premium Seats

One Mile at a Time

Allegiant Air Launching First Class Cabin, Adding Free Drinks In Economy

Also: FlightGlobal, CAPA, The Points Guy, Simple Flying and 6 more

14 Sources

2026-07-29T14:46:53.755048-07:00

Europe M&A Airline Industry & Market Trends Airlines TAP Air Portugal Lufthansa

Bloomberg • Albertina Torsoli, Henrique Almeida, Sonje Wind

Lufthansa, Air France-KLM Submit Binding 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.

Airline Geeks

Lufthansa Group, Air France-KLM Submit Bids for Minority Stake in TAP Air Portugal

ch-aviation

Air France-KLM, Lufthansa Group submit binding bids for TAP

Also: Aviation Source, FlightGlobal, Air Data News, Aviation24, One Mile at a Time, CAPA, Aviation Week, airwaysmag.com and 12 more

38 Sources

2026-07-29T10:31:56.666068-07:00

Air Cargo & Freight Logistics M&A Orders Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Embraer

Aviation Week • Adrian Schofield

ANA Reveals Lease Arrangements With IBEX For New Embraer Order

By Aviation Week: ANA orders eight Embraer E190-E2s to lease to IBEX under ACMI deal, expanding Japan’s regional aviation network.

Also: ch-aviation

3 Sources

2026-07-29T11:05:03.190504-07:00

Air France-KLM tops quarterly profit expectations on premium/long-haul strength, trims annual capacity guidance

Airshow Highs and Earnings Season Realities

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

NDP Backs WestJet Flight Attendants as Public Supports Fight Against Unpaid Work

Icelandair further expands A320neo fleet through additional lease agreement

South Korea's Air Premia seeks $76mn in rights issue

Premium Takes Flight with Allegiant First Launching in 2027

Allegiant Introduces New Premium Seats

Allegiant Air Launching First Class Cabin, Adding Free Drinks In Economy

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

Lufthansa Group, Air France-KLM Submit Bids for Minority Stake in TAP Air Portugal

Air France-KLM, Lufthansa Group submit binding bids for TAP

ANA Reveals Lease Arrangements With IBEX For New Embraer Order

Airshow Highs and Earnings Season Realities

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

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

Icelandair further expands A320neo fleet through additional lease agreement

South Korea's Air Premia seeks $76mn in rights issue

ANA Reveals Lease Arrangements With IBEX For New Embraer Order

Airbus Profit Rises on Aircraft Deliveries; Maintains Targets

Australia's FlyPelican adds first BAe Jetstream 41

The Dulles revamp is long overdue. It could have happened decades ago.

Qantas backs expansion at Melbourne, Australia

Saab books ~SEK 10.1B GlobalEye order: two AEW&C aircraft for 2030 deliveries from undisclosed Middle East customer

GE touts hybrid-electric altitude breakthrough as Safran lifts outlook and Jet2 adds 54 Airbus A320neo with LEAP-1A

GE touts hybrid-electric altitude breakthrough as Safran lifts outlook and Jet2 adds 54 Airbus A320neo with LEAP-1A

JetBlue launches “BlueFirst” domestic first class, with new fare tiering and expanded basic fares

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