The United Kingdom’s approval of the revised Korean Air-Asiana Airlines merger plan is looking more of a reality.

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific (CX) announced that it was in talks with aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus about potential orders for its medium-haul fleet and cargo fleet. This comes as the carrier continues to rebuild to reach pre-pandemic levels after the pandemic suppressed it.

Singapore Airlines has reached an agreement with Air India, lowering the former’s stake in Vistara from 49% to 20-25%.

According to Airbus, Brazilian carrier Azul (AD) has ordered an additional three Airbus A330-900 aircraft. This brings the airline’s fleet of Airbus A330neo to eight examples.

Sun Country Airlines (SY) plans to grow its network with 15 new nonstop routes for summer 2023 from its hub at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport (MSP). With these new routes, the carrier’s network would include service to 90 airports and 120 routes across North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Singapore Airlines (SQ) has stated that it will depend on the Boeing 777-330ER to accommodate delays in the Boeing 777-9 program. While the carrier was supposed to receive the first of thirty-one examples of the aircraft in 2023, due to delays, Singapore is set to accept the first 777-9 in 2025.

On Friday, low-cost Czech carrier Smartwings (QS) landed one of its seven Boeing 737-8 in Antarctica. After three stops, the MAX aircraft registered OK-SWA landed at Troll Research Station on Friday, November 11.

US-based regional carrier Republic Airways (YX) has canceled orders for 31 Embraer E175s. According to the Brazilian manufacturer, the Indianapolis-based airline has cut their order from 100 to 69.

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Global (RSG), responsible for the construction of the Red Sea International Airport (RSI), has confirmed that the airport is set to open by the end of 2023.

This weekend, Frontier Airlines (F9) started a new service between the carrier’s hub at Denver International Airport (DEN) and Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) in Palm Beach, Florida. The service started on Sunday and is the only nonstop flight between the two cities.

Air New Zealand has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo, which will be used on domestic flights. This is the first of seven domestic A321neos Air New Zealand will receive through 2026.

AirAsia Aviation Group has sold the remaining equity shares in AirAsia (AK) to flag carrier Air India (AI), which the Tata Group owns. The company will receive Rs1.56bn (US$18.8bn), and there will be no gain or loss on the sold shares.

Today, British Airways (BA) CityFlyer launched a new route between Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ) and London City Airport (LCY) for the winter season. Flights will operate from November 1 until January 22, 2023, using an Embraer E190 aircraft.

ROAM Maui, a new semi-private carrier, recently launched its service between the Hawaiian island of Maui and three destinations in the mainland United States: Los Angeles, San Jose, and Seattle. ROAM is the first of its kind for Maui, as it utilizes a membership-based model specifically for Maui homeowners.

During the next six months, Air China (CA), China Southern Airlines (CZ), and China Eastern (MU) are expected to fly over 140 overseas routes. Even though it is still behind pre-pandemic levels, Chinese regulators’ confidence in air travel is gradually increasing, according to the Chinese news outlet Global Times.

Air France-KLM has said it is interested in taking a stake in TAP Air Portugal (TP). At the group’s Q3 press conference, Chief Executive Officer Ben Smith stated that TP might be an “option.”

Denver-based Frontier Airlines (F9) has announced that beginning in the spring of 2023, passengers can purchase an unlimited travel pass called the “GoWild!”. The carrier hopes that this pass will help them fill seats that would otherwise be empty.

Oslo-based Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY) plans to base two aircraft at Riga International Airport (RIX) for the summer of 2023 to test the viability of expanding its network beyond its current market. The low-cost carrier is set to add more Boeing 737 MAX to its fleet, mainly Boeing 737-8 aircraft.

Asiana Airlines’ (OZ) only Boeing 747-400 jet is returning to operation as the airline is upping its capacity on flights to China.

On October 22, 2022, Bahamasair (UP) retired the last of its Boeing 737-500 aircraft, thus ending the airline’s 10-year run with the type. Boeing produced almost 400 examples of the short-fuselage twinjet, whose first flight was in 1989. Around 70 are still flying today.