A US federal judge has rejected the Department of Justice's bid to restrict American Airlines and JetBlue from entering into new partnerships similar to their now-defunct Northeast Alliance (NEA)."The court finds such a prohibition is not necessary to achieve the appropriate aims of antitrust relief, which depend considerably on the particular circumstances of the case," states US District Court of Massachusetts judge Leo Sorokin in an order. "Here, those circumstances include the nature of the defendants' business models, the characteristics of the NEA agreements, and the specific geographic region and markets for air travel that were impacted by the defendants' conduct." Sorokin also rejected the Justice Department's proposal of a provision requiring notice and a waiting period if either defendant enters into any new agreements with other domestic carriers. Moreover, the judge rejected the Justice department's proposal to appoint an independent monitoring trustee, at the airlines' expense, who would "broadly oversee the unwinding of the defendants' relationship over the next five years". Sorokin states: "The defendants entered the NEA openly, disclosed it to regulators at the outset, cooperated with the resulting investigations, and have now terminated the relationship without waiting for the court's final judgment." "We are pleased the judge has rejected DOJ's arguments for unwarranted and unnecessary relief in his final order. Once the final order is in place, we will proceed with appealing a decision that we continue to believe misapplied the law and led to the dissolution of an alliance that delivered significant, quantifiable and durable consumer benefits." Earlier this month, American Airlines and JetBlue notified their customers that sales of codeshare flights through the Northeast Alliance would cease on 21 July, the first step in a winding-down process that will take place over the coming months. In May, Sorokin permanently enjoined American and JetBlue from continuing, and restrained from further implementing, their Northeast Alliance, ruling in favor of the Justice Department in its lawsuit alleging a loss of competition in the US northeast. New York-based JetBlue on 29 June notified American that it was declining to join the mainline carrier's appeal of the ruling that ordered their codeshare be dissolved.

India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) approved on 21 July Go First’s resumption plan but set out conditions that it must comply with so it can "commence operations as a going concern". "Scheduled flight operations can be commenced only after the availability of the required interim funding and approval of flight schedule by DGCA," according to a notification. In addition, ticket sales can only begin after the regulator approves of the schedule. At the same time, flight operations “shall be subject to the proceedings and/or outcomes in the ongoing CIRP [Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process] at NCLT [National Company Law Tribunal], Delhi and other writ petitions/applications by the Lessors of aircraft leased to Go First, which are pending in the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi and NCLT, Delhi,” says the regulator. The regulator approved the resumption plan dated 28 June after conducting a special safety audit from 4-6 July. Go First's flight operations have been suspended since 2 May, and the carrier entered into insolvency resolution on 10 May. Since then, the carrier has been embroiled in a legal tussle with lessors that are looking to deregister aircraft leased to the grounded carrier.

Philippine Airlines has returned an Airbus A321ceo to service and plans to reactivate more aircraft in the fourth quarter to "boost network reliability". The airline says the 199-seater, dual-class A321ceo will be used on domestic and regional routes. Fleets data shows the airline has one A321ceo, registered RP-C9928 (MSN 7357), currently showing as stored since being parked on 17 April. The 2016 vintage aircraft is powered by International Aero Engines V2500 engines. Two more aircraft are expected to join the fleet: a 363-seat A330-300, to be deployed on medium-haul routes, and an 86-seat De Havilland Dash 8-400NG, to be used for PAL's inter-island operations. Excluding these three jets, PAL already has 63 aircraft in service. In mid March, the airline indicated it planned to reactivate more aircraft to bring its in-service fleet to 75 by the year's end. Fleets data shows that PAL has a pair of A330-300s listed as stored. MSN 1449, registered as RP-C8782, was built in 2013, while MSN 1482, registered as RP-C8786 was built in 2014. Both jets are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 772 engines. It also has a trio of Dash 8s in storage, and these are the oldest of the type in the fleet between 21 and 23 years old. MSN 4064, registered as RP-C3030, has been scheduled to be sold to an undisclosed party on 15 August since being parked in December 2020. MSN 4023, registered as RP-C3036, was parked in July 2022, while MSN 4069, registered as RP-C3031, has been parked since January 2019. PAL says it is in negotiations "to secure additional aircraft", without elaborating further. The airline commented. "We are taking various actions to boost our fleet count and enable us to meet the continuing surge in travel demand while minimising delays and cancellations," states PAL vice-president for network planning Christoph Gaertner. Gaertner says the airline has also "reduced some frequencies on a number of routes as part of a rationalisation of our schedules", to "ensure high reliability going forward". "We are working with our suppliers as well as aircraft and engine manufacturers on initiatives to increase efficiency without compromising safety, which is our absolute top priority," he adds. The airline in June firmed up the purchase of nine new A350-1000s for routes to North America and potentially to Europe. It also has 13 A321neos on order,