Cebu Pacific has ordered 70, A321neos from Airbus, after striking a preliminary deal with the European airframer for up to 152 narrowbodies. In July, the Philippine carrier disclosed a memorandum of understanding to order up to 102 A321neos and take purchase rights on another 50, A320neo-family jets. The new order increases to 94 the number of narrowbodies in Cebu Pacific's backlog with Airbus, says the airframer. It notes that the carrier also has seven A330-900 widebodies on order. Data shows that Cebu Pacific's single-aisle backlog includes nine A321XLRs. The airline's current fleet comprises 22 A320neos, 16 A321neos, 20 A320ceos, seven A321ceos and nine A330-900s. Cebu Pacific selected Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines for the A320neo-family jets in its fleet and those on order. The carrier's chief executive Mike Szucs states that the new order "signals our ongoing dedication to expanding air travel accessibility and affordability, while supporting the Philippines' broader economic growth and connectivity goals".

Swiss and compatriot regional carrier Helvetic Airways have announced plans to "extend and deepen" their wet-lease agreement for a further five years. Helvetic will continue to operate Embraer 190 and 195 aircraft, including E2s, on Swiss's behalf across its European network. Swiss's commercial chief Heike Birlenbach states that Helvetic "fully and consistently meets all our high safety standards and all our premium aspirations, and is well liked by our customers", adding: "I'm delighted that we can now extend our successful partnership. Our collaboration not only enables us to cover our operating peaks: with Helvetic's smaller aircraft, we can also serve destinations for which our own Swiss aircraft would be too big." Helvetic chief Tobias Pogorevc notes that the partnership dates back to 2007 and declares that its extension "confirms to us that we consistently meet Swiss's high quality and reliability standards, and that our advanced regional twinjets ideally supplement the Swiss aircraft fleet". Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss says Helvetic will operate up to nine aircraft on its behalf during the coming winter season, increasing to fifteen in summer 2025. Seventeen E190/195s are operated for Swiss,

A British Airways A350-1000 damaged in a low-speed ground collision at London Heathrow in April has returned to service following repairs. The widebody (registration: G-XWBC) had sustained damage to its right-hand horizontal stabiliser when the left-hand wing-tip of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 (G-VDIA) impacted the BA jet during pushback from its stand at Heathrow's Terminal 3 on 6 April. Repairing the A350 required a new pair of horizontal stabilisers, which were delivered by Airbus to Heathrow on 9 September on board a specially chartered BelugaXL. Flight-tracking data shows that the five-year-old A350-1000 was flown from Heathrow to Toulouse on 24 September, concluding a 171-day period of being parked at the London hub.
G-XWBC was returned to revenue service on 28 September, operating flight BA7 to Tokyo Haneda.