Cebu Pacific will increase the number of new aircraft deliveries this year to 21 from 15 to "further improve operational resiliency amid growing demand for air travel". Seventeen will be Neos, while the remaining four are Ceos on short-term leases, the Philippine carrier states. This is the second time the airline has raised its delivery target for the year. In January, Cebu Pacific disclosed plans to introduce 10 new aircraft, comprising three Airbus A320neos, three A321neos and four A330neos. This was raised to 15 in a 5 May investor briefing, with the addition of five leased A320s. In that May briefing, the airline's chief executive Mike Szucs said he foresees it would be on average "maybe one or two aircraft down in terms of the flying lines" due to aircraft and engine shortage, which had already crimped the carrier's ability to operate planned capacity in March and April. The airline disclosed the new delivery target as it inducted its ninth new aircraft, an Airbus A321neo, on 27 July. "This aircraft delivery allows us to increase our operational resilience while continuing to provide safe, reliable, and affordable air travel to our passengers," says Alex Reyes, chief strategy officer, Cebu Pacific. Flight tracking data shows the narrowbody, registered RP-C4133 (MSN 11335), was flown from Airbus' Hamburg Finkenwerder delivery centre on 26 July, stopping in Muscat and Ho Chi Minh City before arriving at Ninoy Aquino International airport in Manila on 27 July. Fleets data shows that the airline is listed as the owner of the Pratt & Whitney PW1133G-powered A321neo. The all-Airbus operator has a fleet of 61 aircraft, which are predominantly A320 family jets, with 56 in service and five in storage, and orders for 10 A320neos, 10 A321XLRs, 10 A321neos and 11 A330-900s.

Saudia has disclosed the introduction of Airbus A321neo aircraft to its fleet. The Saudi Arabian carrier says it is scheduled to receive 20 A321neos through to 2026. Fleets data shows the airline has a further 15 units of the in-development A321XLRs on order. Saudia opted to power its A321neos with CFM International Leap-1A engines. Its existing fleet includes 41 A320ceos and 15 A321ceos, all powered by CFM56s. The carrier additionally operates A330s and Boeing 747s, 777s and 787s.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched a lawsuit against Qantas alleging that it misled customers by continuing to sell tickets for flights that had been proactively cancelled between May and July 2022. In a statement, the ACCC says that the airline kept selling tickets on its website for more than two weeks after cancelling 8,000 flights that were scheduled to depart over the three month period. It also alleges that Qantas failed to notify ticketholders for more than 10,000 flights scheduled to depart that they had been cancelled for an average of 18 days. The Commission has filed the lawsuit in Australia's Federal Court on the basis that the airline engaged in "false, misleading or deceptive conduct", in contravention of the country's consumer law. Maximum penalties available for breaches include a fine of up to A$10 million ($6.5 million), three times the total benefits obtained, or up to 10% of the company's annual turnover if the value cannot be obtained. In response, Qantas says that it takes the allegations seriously and will respond to them fully in court. "We have a longstanding approach to managing cancellations for flights, with a focus on providing customers with rebooking options or refunds. It’s a process that is consistent with common practice at many other airlines," it states. Qantas adds that during the time period mentioned by the ACCC that the airline industry was experiencing major challenges. "All airlines were experiencing well-publicised issues from a very challenging restart, with ongoing border uncertainty, industry wide staff shortages and fleet availability causing a lot of disruption." In May 2022 Qantas announced that it was cutting back planned capacity in the domestic market between July and August from 107% of pre-Covid capacity to 103% in response to high fuel prices, although at the time it noted that the adjustments "are not expected to materially impact customers due to the large number of flights on most routes". The court action comes as Qantas defends its role in apparently lobbying the Australian government to deny a request from Qatar to increase the number of flights available under its bilateral air services agreement.