Southwest Airlines has successfully completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), which is designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline. The US carrier says it has joined the IOSA registry for a two-year period, after which it must complete a further audit to remain on the registry. It adds that the initial audit assessed safety standards across all of its operating departments, including manuals, procedures and safety programmes. "Along with our robust safety management system and safety culture we already have in place, successfully completing IOSA reinforces our commitment to safety and makes us accountable to the high standards upheld by airlines around the globe," states Southwest chief operating officer Andrew Watterson. Southwest says that the IOSA registration is a "key step" toward potential new partnerships. The carrier in September 2024 disclosed that it had formed an airline partnership with Icelandair.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has certificated ATR 72 turboprops to be equipped with internet access via SpaceX's satellite constellation. ATR says it tested the system in flight trials over the past months and that Air New Zealand will be the system's first customer, with a planned launch on domestic flights in 2025. PMV Engineering has developed modifications for the Starlink aeroterminal on the turboprop. The equipment is available as a retrofit option on ATR 72-500s and -600s. "Starlink opens up a new era for ATR, offering unparalleled levels of comfort and passenger experience in the regional market," states the airframer's senior vice-president engineering Daniel Cuchet.

Air China has cited growing competition in the domestic market and “heightened uncertainties” in the international market among the factors that will drive it to report an operating loss for the year ended December 2024. The airline says in a Hong Kong Stock Exchange disclosure that its "operating quality and efficiency continued to improve", achieving a "significant reduction in losses year-on-year". "However, amid an increasingly complex and volatile operating environment, intensified competition in the domestic market, heightened uncertainties in the international market and price fluctuations in factors such as oil and exchange rates, the company remained in an operating loss position in 2024," it adds. While the operating loss was not quantified, it expects to report a net loss attributable to shareholders of approximately CNY160 million ($21.9 million) to CNY240 million for 2024, narrowing from a loss of CNY1.05 billion in 2023. The carrier anticipates net loss attributable to shareholders after deducting non-recurring profit or loss to be between CNY1.9 billion and CNY2.7 billion as compared to a loss of CNY3.18 billion in 2023.