WestJet plans to launch flights from Halifax in Canada to Scottish capital Edinburgh on 20 June 2024. The carrier says it will operate the UK route at thrice-weekly frequency, and also intends to reinstate four-times-weekly services from Halifax to London and to Irish capital Dublin on 28 April and 19 June, respectively. Fleets data shows that Calgary-based WestJet has a fleet comprising 118 Boeing 737 narrowbodies – including 31 Max 8s – and seven 787-9 widebodies. It has 54 Max 10s on order, along with a trio of Max 7s and one more Max 8. The "return of vital transatlantic connections" to its summer schedule is described by WestJet as "successfully leveraging" its expanding Max fleet.

UAE-based Emirates has ordered 15 further Airbus A350-900 aircraft at the Dubai air show, taking its total firm commitments for the type to 65 jets. The value at list prices of the Airbus order is $6 billion, though the carrier has likely received a significant discount. The first A350 is scheduled to join Emirates’ fleet in August next year, with the carrier receiving deliveries until early 2028. “The A350-900s will add to our fleet mix and we are pleased to announce additional orders for this aircraft type. We plan to deploy our A350s to serve a range of new markets including long-haul missions of up to 15 hours flying time from Dubai,” comments Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chief executive of Emirates. The deal follows on from an order for 95 Boeing aircraft on 13 November – 55 777-9s, 35 777-8s and five 787s – as the carrier looks to revamp its fleet into the coming decade. In total, Emirates has orders for 310 widebody aircraft.

Malaysia Airlines has taken delivery of the first of its 25 on-order Boeing 737 Max 8s. Delivery of the jet had been targeted for August. The Oneworld carrier says the 737-8 will enter service on 20 November, flying domestically from Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu. Registered 9M-MVA, the jet arrived in Kuala Lumpur on 16 November after departing from Boeing's Seattle delivery centre on 13 November and making stops in Honolulu and Guam. Fleets data shows the 174-seat aircraft (MSN 66439) is configured with 12 business-class and 162 economy seats. The airline's parent Malaysia Aviation Group is set to take delivery of 24 more 737-8s through to 2026, on long-term operating leases signed with US lessor Air Lease Corporation in February 2022. Malaysia Airlines had in July 2023 indicated that it was gearing up to take delivery of the first 737-8 in August, following the jet's first test flight on 18 July.