Vietnam Airlines has advertised that it plans to auction off three 2007-build Airbus A321ceos during the third quarter of 2023. A notice on its tenders website shows that the aircraft are MSNs 2974, 3005 and 3013, with the airline setting a reserve price of $5 million per aircraft. Fleets data shows that the three jets are all powered by International Aero Engines V2533 engines, with two currently stored at Hanoi Noi Bai airport, while the third remains in service. The three A321ceos are the oldest in its fleet of 48 of the type, while the carrier also has 20 Pratt & Whitney PW1130G-powered A321neos in its fleet. Including the aircraft that have been earmarked for the auction, Vietnam Airlines has 91 aircraft in service and seven in storage. It also has three Boeing 787-10s on order.

TAP Portugal saw strong growth in passenger numbers through the first half of 2023 led by what it describes as “very strong growth on intercontinental routes.” In a traffic update posted on 10 July, the carrier notes that it carried 30.2% more passenger through the first six months compared to last year, underpinned by connections to Brazil, North America and Africa. These three regions accounted for 2.2 million passengers, an expansion of 31.1% on the first half of 2022. In TAP carried 7.6 million customers through the first half of this year. “Very significantly, on these intercontinental routes, TAP has already managed to increase the number of passengers carried by 14.7% compared to the pre-pandemic period, namely the first half of 2019, thus demonstrating the company's solid recovery,” it states. Within Europe it transported 5.41 million passengers in the first six months, 29.8% more than in 2022 but 10% below the first half of 2019. Average load factors reached 80.2%, up 5.5 percentage points and half a percentage point higher than before the pandemic. Available seat kilometres hit 25 million, 21.4% more than in the same period last year and 4.3 per cent above the first half of 2019.

Boeing in June delivered 60 commercial aircraft and finalised orders for 304 aircraft, up significantly from the 67 orders booked last month. June's orders were dominated by the 220 booked by Air India at the Paris Air Show late that month. The Mumbai-based flag carrier finalised the letters of intent it announced with Boeing in February, which the airframer called its largest order ever from South Asia, as the carrier also booked agreements with Airbus to grow its fleet to match its network expansion goals. Air India expects some of these new aircraft will enter service in late-2023 while most will arrive starting in mid-2025. Air India's deal with Boeing also includes options for 50 Max jets and 20 787 widebodies. Boeing disclosed that Riyadh Air in June also firmed its order commitment for 39 787-9 aircraft despite having made no announcement during the air show at Le Bourget. Emirates made the third-largest order that month, booking 16 777X jets. All but 12 of the 60 aircraft Boeing shipped in June were its bestselling Max aircraft. These 48 Max deliveries include 12 to United Airlines, 11 went to Ryanair, seven to Southwest Airlines, five to American Airlines and four to Alaska Airlines, with the remainder going to other carriers. This tally for June improved compared with Boeing's performance in May, when the airframer delivered 50 aircraft and booked orders for 67 aircraft. Net orders for Boeing during 2023 as of June jumped to 415 aircraft after the airframer factored in cancellations, conversions and the uncertainty of fulfilment.