Airbus has been engaged to provide Lufthansa Group carriers with A220 component support. The aftermarket services agreement was disclosed by the airline group as it commemorated the 50th anniversary of its first delivery from Airbus, at the ILA air show in Berlin. Cirium data shows that Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss has 30 A220s (21 -300s and nine -100s), while ITA Airways, another group carrier, has 31 (19 -300s and 12 -100s) and one more on order (a -300). Lufthansa is scheduled to receive this year the first of 40 A220-300s on order for its City Airlines subsidiary. As part of its 2023 order of A220-300s for City Airlines, Lufthansa took 20 options. The new support deal is noteworthy as Lufthansa previously sourced component maintenance in-house or, in the case of its A380s and Embraer E-Jets, from the Spairliners subsidiary jointly owned by Lufthansa Technik and Air France Industries. Since taking delivery of its first Airbus jet in 1976, Lufthansa has operated A300/A310s, A320-family jets, A330/A340s, A350s, A380s and A220s. Later this year, it notes, it will receive its 700th aircraft from the airframer. Lufthansa Group chief Carsten Spohr describes the collaboration with Airbus as a "long-standing, trusting, and very special partnership". "Over the past half-century, we have not only taken delivery of more aircraft from Toulouse and Hamburg than any other airline in the world, but have also supported the development of numerous aircraft models as launch customers," he states, adding: "We intend to build on this foundation together to further advance aircraft technology and expand Europe's leading role in the aviation sector."

Africa World Airlines will deploy its first Embraer E190-E1s next month as part of efforts to increase its fleet capacity. Speaking on stage at the AviaDev conference in Gaborone on 10 June, Sohail Mahmood, the carrier's operating chief, says two of the regional jets will enter AWA's fleet in July to complement its existing fleet of ERJ-145s. He says adding a larger aircraft type has been discussed for several years, but there was now a risk that Ghana, and West Africa more generally, are on a "precipice" where "growth is missed", requiring the African carrier to increase its fleet operational range and capacity. Speaking to Cirium, Mahmood says that AWA will purchase the jets outright from its shareholder Hainan Airlines rather leasing them or leveraging its balance sheet. He adds that the airline plans to purchase up to 10 E190s and is considering possible sellers. Cirium data shows that it has six ERJ-145s in service and one that is in storage. All are managed by Hainan Airlines' parent company HNA Group.

Boeing last month delivered 60 commercial aircraft, up from 45 in May 2025. That brought year-to-date deliveries to 250 on 31 May, compared with 220 in the same period last year, Boeing data shows. May 2026's deliveries included 52 narrowbodies (51 Max jets and one 737NG for a Boeing Defense, Space & Security programme), plus eight widebodies: six 787s, one 777 Freighter and one 767F. February had previously been the month with the highest deliveries so far this year: 51, comprising 43 Max jets, three Dreamliners, three 767s and two 777Fs. Across the January-May period, the US airframer increased single-aisle deliveries to 200 (198 Max jets and two 737NGs) from 167 a year earlier (164 Max jets and three 737NGs). But widebody deliveries slightly declined. Boeing this year delivered 50 widebodies by 31 May (27 787s, 12 777Fs and 11 767s), compared with 53 in 2025's equivalent period (28 Dreamliners, 16 777Fs and nine 767s). The US airframer last month received 27 gross orders, spanning a previously disclosed 10 787-9s for Lufthansa, three Max jets (one for TUI and two for unidentified customers), and 14 737NGs for an unnamed Boeing Defense, Space & Security customer. Sixteen Max jets were cancelled from Boeing's orderbook, while 11 orders were moved out of the ASC 606 accounting category, which is used to recognise that not all orders lead to deliveries. May's net orders came in at 22. The Max order cancellations comprise eight for South Korean carrier Jeju Air, six for Aviation Capital Group and one each for Spain-based Air Europa and lessor BOC Aviation. Boeing's year-to-date gross-order intake reached 324 aircraft by 31 May, which translated to 298 net orders after cancellations, conversions and ASC 606 adjustments. Last year, the airframer received 552 gross and 606 net orders during the January-May period.