China Airlines' board has approved the purchase of five Airbus A350-1000s, five Boeing 777-9s, four 777-8Fs and two 777Fs and the disposal of four 747-400Fs freighters. The total transaction price for the 16 jets is no more than $7.85 billion, states the carrier in a 26 November Taiwan Stock Exchange filing. It details that the unit price of each A350 is no more than $449 million, and no more than $531 million for each 777-9, and no more than $519 million and $438 million for each 777-8F and 777F, respectively. At the same time, the board approved the lease or purchase of two 777Fs, with no more than $876 million for total purchase price and not exceeding $468 million for lease, states a separate same-day filing. The board also approved of the purchase of one Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 and three GE Aerospace GE9X spare engines, which power the A350 and 777-9, respectively, with a total transaction price of no more than $229 million, according to another filing. China Airlines also announced the sale of four 747-400Fs, two of which will be sold to Cargolux Airlines for around $40 million, while the other two are still "in business negotiation". The carrier has eight of the type on its fleet, with an average age of 20.2 years, fleets data shows. Excluding those, the carrier's widebody fleet comprises 15 A350-900s, 13 A330-300s, 10 777-300ERs and 10 777-200LRFs. The carrier had announced in June that its board approved the lease and purchase of five A350-900s, following on the heels of its firm orders earlier in the year for 10 A350-1000s, 10 Boeing 777-9s and four 777-8 Freighters. China Airlines also has 18 787-9s and six 787-10s on order, while it has eight 787-9s, five 777-9s and four 777-8Fs on option, Cirium fleets data shows.

Blue Islands' owners sought to sell the airline and held talks with both Loganair and Aurigny over a merger in the months before its collapse in November, the government of Jersey has disclosed. From late 2024 the regional carrier asked to defer money it owed to the government while it "explored a sale or an alternative solution", minister for treasury and resources Elaine Millar said in a 25 November statement. The Channel Island government's involvement with Blue Islands began during the pandemic when it agreed to provide it with a £10 million ($13 million) loan facility, of which £8.5 million was drawn down. Millar describes this loan as having secured "lifeline connectivity during a period of unprecedented disruption" and "allowed Blue Islands to establish itself as an independent airline operating from Jersey". The Covid loan formed part of the ongoing discussions with Blue Islands on its "viability and funding needs", she adds. In June 2025, the government says, Blue Islands approached it as a "key stakeholder", proposing three options for its future ownership: a sale to Loganair, a sale to Aurigny, or "additional government support". Loganair provided the "most compelling proposal submitted by any alternative airline", says Millar, but during the summer it was necessary for the government to provide additional financial support to Blue Islands to ensure it could continue operating. "It was apparent that, without such support, Blue Islands may have ceased trading earlier in the summer, when there were no effective contingency arrangements in place," states Millar. "This would not have been acceptable." Funding of £1.2 million and then a further £0.5 million were therefore provided until a long-term outcome could be confirmed. By 12 November, Millar says, it had become clear that Loganair could start replacement services "very quickly" in the event that Blue Islands could not continue trading. With government support of up to £1.5 million on offer to support the mobilisation of its fleet and services, Loganair committed to accelerate its mobilisation from an original estimate of 30-60 days to within 48h. Millar says that the remaining alternative options were "credible, and offered a potential prospect of recovering some of the government's Covid loan" but required "significant upfront taxpayer money" and carried "considerable financial risk". "There was also no guarantee that we would not be asked for further funds in the future and any form of loan repayment would have taken many years, which reduces its present value," she argues. "In short, we were not prepared to continue using taxpayer money in this way, given the alternative available to us. Again, this was both prudent and sensible financial management." At this stage, the government decided not to pursue the potential options that would require it to provide further financial support for Blue Islands. They also agreed to activate business-continuity arrangements with Loganair to protect air connectivity if the Blue Islands directors concluded that the company had to cease operations. Blue Islands ceased operations on 14 November. The government is a secured creditor of Blue Islands and says it expects it will be able to reclaim a majority of "recent funds" from liquidators. A total of £7 million of capital and £0.4 million of interest is outstanding from its £10 million Covid loan. Other amounts include additional support of £1.2 million provided in September and another £1 million in November. When Blue Islands ceased trading, it had an outstanding balance owed to the Ports of Jersey, relating to airport charges, of £3.2 million, Millar notes.

Emerald Airlines, which operates flights on behalf of Aer Lingus, has disclosed its first profit since beginning services. The Irish carrier made an operating profit of €9.6 million ($11.1 million) in 2024, reversing 2023's loss of €7.6 million. Revenue rose 21%, supported by a 16% increase in passenger numbers, to 2.2 million, and an improvement of 4.6 percentage points in load factor, which reached 80%. Emerald, which took delivery of its 18th ATR 72-600 in May 2024, lifted capacity 8.8%. It now operates a fleet of 20 turboprops. Chief executive Keith Butler notes that the airline now accounts for over 25% of Aer Lingus departures from Dublin airport and has become a "well established and trusted travel choice". Emerald began flights in early 2022, operating public service obligation (PSO) and franchise services on behalf of IAG-owned Aer Lingus.