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Indian DGCA officials will travel to Seattle in June to observe Boeing's testing of a fuel-control switch module removed from an Air India 787 in February, Reuters reports, directly linking a London defect report to the Gujarat crash investigation.
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Ryanair posted a record $2.63bn profit in FY26, up 40 per cent, with revenue rising 11 per cent to $18bn. The carrier withheld FY27 guidance entirely, citing fuel price uncertainty and zero visibility on H2 pricing.
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LOT Polish Airlines opened the first airline trial over the 737 MAX crisis in Seattle on Monday, arguing Boeing hid MCAS safety concerns to avoid costly pilot retraining requirements that would have weakened its pitch against Airbus.
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IAG Q1 operating profit surged 77% on €7.18bn revenue, then the group issued a profit warning the same morning, flagging €9bn in fuel costs and free cash flow below the €3bn previously guided.
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Alaska Air has launched a $500mn senior notes offering due 2031, joining American and JetBlue in tapping debt markets — bringing the combined US airline fundraising total since the Iran fuel shock to over $2.1bn.
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Emirates posted a record $6.6bn group profit and $6.2bn airline profit for 2025-26, up 7 per cent despite Gulf disruption in February — widening the gap between Dubai and every other airline on earth.
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SWISS posted a CHF 30mn Q1 adjusted EBIT, nine times the prior-year result, but its own CFO flagged that exceptional March demand and a fuel cost lag made the quarter look better than it was.
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Lufthansa beat Q1 forecasts with a €612mn adjusted EBIT loss on record €8.7bn revenue — but warned of a €1.7bn fuel cost increase in 2026 and said full-year headroom has largely gone.
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AirAsia confirmed a firm order for 150 Airbus A220-300s at Mirabel on 6 May — the largest ever for the type, valued at $19bn at list prices, with deliveries from 2028 and AirAsia as launch customer for a new 160-seat layout.
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Frontier Airlines reported record adjusted revenue of $1.065bn in Q1 2026, beating guidance on unit revenue, while a $272mn reported net loss was driven by $212mn in non-recurring fleet and regulatory charges.
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Rolls-Royce and easyJet completed the first full-cycle hydrogen jet engine test at NASA's Stennis Space Center, the latest phase of a four-year programme — though commercial deployment remains more than a decade away.
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The UK has begun dismantling its post-EU slot allocation rules for the first time since 1993 — but the harder questions on grandfathering and secondary trading remain unresolved.