The specter of transatlantic decoupling haunts this year’s Paris Air Show. Two upcoming events, the NATO summit in the Netherlands on June 24-25 and the Trump administration’s threatened imposition of 50% tariffs on EU imports on July 9, are casting dark foreshadowings over Paris. Those two events present risks—and for some, opportunities—for both the military and civil sides of the aerospace industry.

Qatar Airways has detailed plans to exhibit its Qsuite Next Gen business class, a special livery Boeing 777 and artificial intelligence (AI) technology at the Paris Air Show.

Spirit Airlines has reached a compensation agreement for aircraft grounded due to geared turbofan (GTF) engine issues.

TOULOUSE—Airbus is looking to add two metric tons to the A330-900’s maximum takeoff weight, which promises to yield a 150-nm range improvement for the widebody.

TOULOUSE—Airbus is looking to add two metric tons to the A330-900’s maximum takeoff weight, which promises to yield a 150-nm range improvement for the widebody.

TOULOUSE—Airbus is planning to start flight tests next year to bring into service the next two evolutions of its A350 widebody, an ultra-long-range version of the -1000 variant and a freighter.

Aircraft propeller MRO provider APS has received certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) for its Asia-Pacific facility in Shah Alam, Malaysia, allowing operations in Selangor state to begin this year.

Finnair will resume flights to Canada for the first time in over a decade with the launch of nonstop service between Helsinki and Toronto next year.

TOULOUSE—Airbus this year plans to start an effort that could lead to certification of the A220-300 to carry 160 passengers, up from the currently approved 149, says Airbus program chief engineer Jean-Francois Parent.

The Americans are playing a strong technical game across the whole aerospace spectrum, and the Europeans are going to have to streamline their management, organize their resources better and cut through the national bureaucracy if they are to have any hope of keeping up the pace,” Aviation Week’s editor-in-chief wrote from the Paris Air Show—50 years ago.

LONDON—AerCap has won its claim against its insurers for the loss of 116 aircraft and 23 engines leased to Russian airlines and not returned following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The Qantas Group has announced it will close down its Singapore-based Jetstar Asia joint venture, allowing the group to move the LCC’s aircraft to the Australian market.

An Air India Boeing 787-8 crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport, India, on June 12.

Breeze Airways is moving closer to launching its first scheduled international routes after receiving approval from the U.S. Transportation Department.

Icelandic carrier Play will end its remaining U.S. routes later this year and shift to a scaled-back leisure and ACMI-focused model under a proposed management-led takeover that would see the airline delisted from Nasdaq Iceland.

Ryanair will add more CFM International Leap-1B engines to its spares pool after announcing an agreement with the GE Aerospace-Safran joint venture to buy 30 more engines.

Spirit Airlines has reached a compensation agreement for aircraft grounded due to geared turbofan (GTF) engine issues.

Air New Zealand is preparing to resume short-haul network growth as it boosts its operational narrowbody fleet, and the carrier is also looking further ahead to new long-haul opportunities.

Turkish Airlines is presently evaluating where it will source the aircraft required to meet its goal of operating a fleet of 800 by 2033, which will be Türkiye's 100th anniversary as a nation.

After more than a year restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Brazilian operator GOL has exited the process with parent Abra Group now owning a majority of its shares.

Dutch startup Maeve Aerospace has redesigned its planned hybrid-electric regional aircraft to target the replacement of today’s regional jets beginning around the middle of the next decade.

Delta TechOps will replace its legacy maintenance and engineering systems with Trax maintenance software as part of efforts to digitize MRO operations and enhance efficiency.

Vietnam Airlines will connect Vietnam and Denmark with nonstop flights for the first time this December, marking another step in the carrier’s European growth strategy.

DELHI—The chairman of Turkish Technic says discussions are underway with CFM International to explore setting up a Leap engine repair shop in Istanbul.

A St. Louis factory expansion to support full-rate production of the Boeing F-47 fighter will see open its first facilities open in 2026, the construction contractor said.