Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss is evaluating options for how it can resume flights to London City with its own aircraft, after deciding last year to temporarily ground its Airbus A220-100 fleet. The airline has no other aircraft approved for London City's steep-approach requirement. Daily flights to the UK airport from Zurich are being operated for Swiss by compatriot partner Helvetic Airways under a long-standing wet-lease agreement. Zurich-based Helvetic operates the route with Embraer E190-E2s and E195-E2s using Swiss flight codes, Cirium data shows. "Our co-operation with Helvetic enables us to ensure Switzerland's connection to London City," Swiss tells Cirium. "Whether and when we will resume operating London City with our own aircraft and crews depends on further technical and operational developments. We are unable to give a specific date at this stage." British Airways additionally operates on the London City-Zurich route, with first-generation E190s. "We want to operate as many flights as possible with our own fleet and our own crews," Swiss adds. But it acknowledges that "due to engine issues and a tight supply of spare parts, we are currently reliant on operating certain routes on a wet-lease basis [to] maintain a stable flight schedule". In October 2025, Swiss disclosed a plan to ground its nine A220-100s, "initially" for 18 months, and use the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engines to keep its fleet of 21 A220-300s serviceable. Swiss said at the time that its A220-100s would be gradually removed from service in the run-up to summer 2026. Cirium data lists three A220-100s in service with Swiss. Its other six are in storage. Three of these are stored in Toulouse, Swiss says. It confirms that two of the stored aircraft (HB-JBC and HB-JBD) will be parted out. "We are securing around 2,000 selected parts, as well as the engines, for our own spare parts inventory. We are selling the other components on," it says. HB-JBC and HB-JBD were built in 2016 and were among the first A220s to join Swiss's fleet. The airline was launch operator of the A220-100, at the time still under its previous Bombardier CSeries branding. Swiss says it has made "no long-term decision" about the future of its remaining A220-100 fleet. "The current prioritisation of the A220-300 is primarily intended to stabilise operations and ensure economically sound planning." Asked whether it sees the possibility of an A220-300 steep-approach approval for London City, or of flying there with A320neos under a new required-navigation-performance procedure for which the airport has sought regulatory approval, Swiss responds that these options are part of "internal strategic considerations". It adds: "Our aim is to plan our network in such a way that we reliably ensure connections from Switzerland – and this includes London City. We are constantly reviewing exactly how we will implement this in future in terms of operations, technology and regulation." In addition to the partnership with Helvetic, Swiss has sourced A220-300s from Air Baltic under the Latvian carrier's wet-lease agreement with Lufthansa Group.

ATR has confirmed that it delivered the first of three ATR 42-600 turboprops to Papua New Guinea's PNG Air in late May. The aircraft order had been initiated in 2024 but until recently was undisclosed, ATR notes. Papua New Guinea's Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC) said in a 21 May statement that three resources-linked landowner companies were buying the aircraft and leasing them to PNG Air under long-term deals. The first delivery was MSN 1804, built in 2026 and registered P2-ATT, Cirium data indicates. PNG Air will use the ATR 42-600s to replace ageing De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100s in its fleet. In addition to the new aircraft, Cirium lists 13 turboprops in service with PNG Air: nine ATR 72-600s, another ATR 42-600, and three Dash 8-100s. A further three Dash 8-100s and one ATR 72-600 are stored by the carrier. It has six ATR 72-600s on order. ATR says the carrier will have an all-ATR fleet and grow it to 16 aircraft this year. MRDC said in its May statement that it expected the three landowner companies to acquire a further three ATRs jointly.

India's government has approved an allocation of Rs100 billion ($1.04 billion) that will allow oil companies there to provide "price stabilisation" for jet fuel used by Indian carriers on both domestic and international services. The Ministry of Civil Aviation states that the fund will provide interest-free advances to oil companies to compensate for their "losses arising from elevated international [jet fuel] prices whenever the prevailing Import Parity Price exceeds the benchmark price determined under the approved mechanism." The advances will allow oil companies to adopt fixed pricing for jet fuel on both domestic and international operations, extending a capped pricing mechanism that applies for fuel used on domestic services. "This intervention will bring significant relief to airlines by reducing uncertainty in fuel costs and will ultimately benefit our passengers through reduced airfare[s]," says civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu. The fund will operate for three years, with the advances to be repaid once jet fuel prices moderate. While not supporting airlines directly, it is the second intervention that the Indian government has made aimed at addressing the impact of the Iran war on jet fuel prices. In May, Delhi created a RS50 billion pool of credit support under its Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme to allow airline borrowers to access additional bank funding due to the effects of the Iran war.