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Southwest Airlines announced (14-Jul-2025) plans to commence selling assigned and premium seating in 3Q2025. The LCC plans to operate with its new fare bundles and a reconfigured fleet, including extra legroom seating in 1Q2026. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

Southwest introduced new fare products, including Choice Extra and Choice Preferred, to coincide with assigned and premium seating sales in 3Q2025, and rebranded its Wanna Get Away fare as Basic from 28-May-2025. The retrofit programme, featuring RECARO extended legroom seats and larger bins, began 01-May-2025, targeting over 800 aircraft, with operations on retrofitted jets planned for 1Q20261 2.

No1 Lounges announced (14-Jul-2025) plans to open a 5900sqft location at Jersey Airport on 18-Jul-2025. The lounge will be the brand's only outside the UK. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

Jersey Airport previously announced that the No1 Lounges facility would feature panoramic sea views and complimentary catering, and that the opening was part of a long term master plan to enhance the passenger experience, which also included recent upgrades to security screening technology1.

Wizz Air Holding announced (14-Jul-2025) the suspension of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi operations as part of a strategic realignment. Wizz Air will suspend all locally based flight operations effective 01-Sep-2025 and intends to exit from the joint venture and focus on core markets. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi faced increasing operational challenges over the past year, including:

  • Engine reliability constraints, particularly in hot and harsh environments, which impacted aircraft availability and operational efficiency;
  • Geopolitical volatility, which led to repeated airspace closures and operational disruptions across the region, as well as affecting consumer demand;
  • Regulatory barriers, which limited the ability to access and scale in key markets.

Wizz Air CEO József Váradi said: "The operating environment has changed significantly. Supply chain constraints, geopolitical instability, and limited market access have made it increasingly difficult to sustain our original ambitions". Wizz Air will intensify its focus on core Central and Eastern European markets, as well as select Western European countries such as Austria, Italy and UK. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi had progressively suspended multiple routes in 2025, including services to Belgrade, Varna, Tirana, Krakow, Kutaisi, and Sarajevo, and had also suspended services to Cluj, Sofia, Budapest, Vienna, Katowice, Astana, and Samarkand ahead of the full operational suspension1. It also planned to suspend all services to Dubai and Abu Dhabi between 03-Jul-2025 and 15-Sep-20252.

Jetstar Airways announced (15-Jul-2025) plans to launch the following services to the Philippines:

  • Brisbane-Cebu: Three times weekly from 03-Dec-2025 with A321LR aircraft;
  • Perth-Manila: Three times weekly from 27-Nov-2025 with A321LR aircraft.

The services will add over 108,000 seats p/a from Australia to the Philippines. [more - original PR] [more - original PR - Brisbane Airport]

Background ✨

Jetstar Airways’ planned Perth-Manila and Brisbane-Cebu services were subject to regulatory approval by Australia’s International Air Services Commission, with applications for the Perth-Manila rights lodged in late Mar-2025. Philippine Airlines was the only scheduled operator on the Perth-Manila route at the time of application, while Qantas had recently launched Brisbane-Manila service, joining Philippine Airlines on that sector1 2 3.

Finnair announced (13-Jul-2025) Service Sector Employers Palta and Finnish Aviation Union (IAU) approved a settlement proposal, forming the basis for a new collective agreement for aviation services. The new agreement will be in effect for approximately 1.5 years, ending on 15-Jan-2027. As a result of the agreement, the planned strikes announced by IAU for 16-Jul-2025, 18-Jul-2025, 21-Jul-2025, 23-Jul-2025 and 25-Jul-2025 were cancelled, and Finnair will operate its flights according to the normal schedule. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

Finnair had faced ongoing industrial action by the Finnish Aviation Union throughout 2H2025, resulting in multiple flight cancellations and significant disruption to operations at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, with strike warnings issued for several dates in June and July-2025 prior to the recent settlement proposal1 2 3 4.

China Airlines announced (09-Jul-2025) plans to offer free inflight WiFi connectivity to all passengers travelling on the airline's Boeing 777s, A350s and A321neos, commencing 01-Aug-2025. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

Several Asian airlines have recently announced or launched complimentary inflight WiFi, including Cathay Pacific across its entire fleet from Aug-20251, EVA Air for business class and frequent flyers from 01-Jul-20252, and All Nippon Airways on both domestic and select international flights from 13-Jun-20253. These moves reflect a broader regional trend toward expanding free connectivity for passengers.

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Boeing, via its official website, reported (08-Jul-2025) the following commercial aircraft orders and deliveries for Jun-2025:

  • Gross orders: 116 aircraft;
    • Alaska Airlines: 12 737 MAXs;
    • British Airways: 32 787-10s;
    • Unidentified customer(s): 42 737 MAXs and 30 787-9s;
  • Deliveries: 57 aircraft;
    • AerCap: Two 737 MAXs;
    • Air China: One 737 MAX;
    • Air China Cargo: One 777F;
    • Air France-KLM: One 787-10;
    • Air India: One 737 MAX;
    • Air Lease: One 737 MAX, one 787-9 and one 787-10;
    • Akasa Air: Two 737 MAXs;
    • Alaska Airlines: Three 737 MAXs;
    • Allegiant Air: One 737 MAX;
    • American Airlines: One 787-9;
    • Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings: One 777F;
    • Aviation Capital Group: One 737 MAX;
    • Avolon Aerospace Leasing: One 787-9;
    • British Airways: One 787-10;
    • CDB Leasing: One 737 MAX;
    • CES Leasing: One 777F;
    • China Southern Airlines: One 737 MAX;
    • Copa Airlines: One 737 MAX;
    • DHL Aviation Americas: One 777F;
    • Ethiopian Airlines Group: One 737 MAX;
    • Etihad Airways: One 787-9;
    • FedEx Express: One 767-300F;
    • flydubai: Two 737 MAXs;
    • GOL: Two 737 MAXs;
    • Hawaiian Airlines: One 787-9;
    • Jackson Square Aviation: One 737 MAX;
    • JEJU air: One 737 MAX;
    • Juneyao Airlines: One 787-9;
    • Minsheng Financial Leasing: One 737 MAX;
    • Singapore Airlines: Two 737 MAXs;
    • Southwest Airlines: 10 737 MAXs;
    • SunExpress: One 737 MAX;
    • United Airlines: Three 737 MAXs;
    • UPS: One 767-300F;
    • WestJet: One 737 MAX;
    • Xiamen Airlines: Two 737 MAXs. [more - Aviation Week]

Background ✨

Boeing's Jun-2025 gross orders were significantly lower than in May-2025, when it recorded 303 aircraft orders, driven by large orders from Qatar Airways and unidentified customers. Deliveries in Jun-2025 rose to 57, up from 44 in May-2025, continuing a recent upward trend in monthly production output following a dip earlier in 20251. Airbus reported 203 gross orders and 62 deliveries in Jun-20252.

Finnair cancelled (05-Jul-2025) approximately 100 flights on 07-Jul-2025 due to industrial action planned by the Finnish Aviation Union at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. If the planned actions are implemented, they will impact all essential ground services related to Finnair operations. The cancellations will affect the travel plans of about 7200 customers. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

The Finnish Aviation Union planned industrial action impacting Helsinki-Vantaa Airport caused Finnair to cancel 100 flights on 02-Jul-2025 and 80 flights on 04-Jul-2025, disrupting ground services and affecting thousands of customers. The union announced actions for multiple dates in July-2025, with previous strikes in June also resulting in significant cancellations and operational disruption at the airport1 2 3 4.

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