United Airlines and JetBlue are set to implement their "Blue Sky" collaboration, having completed the US Department of Transportation's regulatory review of the interline agreement closed by the two US carriers in May. "JetBlue and United appreciate [US Transportation] secretary Duffy, assistant secretary [Daniel] Edwards and the entire team at the DOT for their review of Blue Sky," the carriers say. "JetBlue and United will share more details in the coming weeks as implementation of the Blue Sky collaboration begins." The Blue Sky scheme establishes an interline arrangement for JetBlue flights departing New York and Boston, and for United's international flights, and links the airlines' loyalty programmes. United and JetBlue will also offer each other's flights on their respective websites and booking apps. Additionally, New York-based JetBlue will provide to United access to JFK slots for up to seven daily round-trip flights beginning in 2027. Additionally, JetBlue and United will exchange eight flight timings at the Chicago-based carrier's Newark Liberty International hub. United stopped JFK operations after October 2015, reviving them temporarily amid the Covid crisis, Cirium schedules data shows. The US major last operated JFK flights in October 2022. "It's important for us," United chief executive Scott Kirby said about United's return to JFK during a 17 July earnings call. "We've become the premier flag carrier of the United States and – being able to be in JFK – it's hard to really complete that unless we're there."

ANA Holdings has reported an operating profit of Y36.7 billion ($247 million) for the quarter ended 30 June, up 21% year-on year on the back of strong inbound -demand. "As we entered this fiscal year, we were encouraged by the continued recovery in international passenger demand alongside favorable fuel market conditions and foreign exchange rates, " says chief financial officer Kimihiro Nakahori. Its operating revenue was up 6.2% to Y549 billion, as operating expenses increased 5.2% to Y512 billion, states the group in a 29 July announcement. For the quarter, ANA's net profit fell 6.9% to Y22.9 billion. Mainline ANA recorded international passenger revenue of Y206 billion, up 8.8%, which it attributes to strong performance on three new routes from Tokyo Haneda to Milan, Stockholm and Istanbul. International ASKs were up 8.6% while RPKs were up 11.6%, pushing load factor up 2.1 percentage points to 79.3% Domestic ASKs, meanwhile, gained 1.1% as RPKs increased 5.2%, with a 2.8-point increase in load factor to 71.6%. ANA says business demand on domestic routes has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels while expenses have increased, making it a challenge to "generate profit in the domestic aviation business". Its regional low-cost regional subsidiary Peach reported a 4.5% fall in revenue to Y29.2 billion, while Air Japan's revenue jumped 51.2% to Y2.9 billion. International cargo revenue fell 2% to Y42.2 billion, even as freight volume and cargo traffic volume increased 1.5% and 2.5%, respectively. Despite concerns over US tariffs, ANA says international cargo "performed robustly" though it notes a decline in demand for triangular shipments from China to the US, which it offset by targetting demand from other parts of Asia to the US. On the domestic front, ANA's cargo revenue dipped 2% to Y5.3 billion, as freight carried and cargo traffic volume fell 2.2% and 2.1%, respectively. For the financial year ending March 2026, the group maintains a revenue forecast of Y2.37 trillion and an expected net profit of Y122 billion.

Lufthansa subsidiary Group Engine Management has agreed leases for four Pratt & Whitney PW1100 engines with CDB Aviation. The engines, which power the Airbus A320neo family of aircraft, will be used to support airlines under the Lufthansa Group, states CDB Aviation in a 28 July LinkedIn post. Group Engine Management was established in 2022 and provides engine management services to Lufthansa Group airlines.