EasyJet has joined the United Nations-backed "Race to Zero" campaign to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. This means the UK low-cost carrier aims to set an interim science-based target for 2035 as well as to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Trade group IATA in October also passed a resolution encouraging the global aviation sector to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The airline says it will submit its interim science-based target to the Science Based Targets initiative for validation and present its net-zero roadmap in the coming months. “Our ambition is to ultimately achieve net-zero emissions flying in the UK and across Europe and we are proactively working alongside industry leaders, such as Airbus and Wright Electric, to help support and champion zero-emission technologies for passenger planes of the future,” EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren says.

Boeing during October delivered 27 commercial aircraft and logged net orders for seven aircraft after factoring three cancellations. In September, Boeing had delivered 35 aircraft and booked 22 net orders. Orders placed during October were comprised of eight 737 Max aircraft for unidentified customers and orders for two 777 freighters placed by Danish shipping company Maersk. These 10 total orders twere partially offset by Air Lease, which cancelled orders for two 787-10s, and one Max order cancelled by Aviation Capital Group. Deliveries in October included 18 Max jets – two to Aeromexico, one to Air Canada, two to CDB Aviation, one to Turkish Airlines, two to United Airlines, six to Ryanair, two to AerCap, and two to Tui Travel. The airframer also delivered two 737NG-based military surveillance aircraft and two 737-800-based business jets. Five widebodies were delivered in October – one 777F and one 767F to FedEx, one 747-8F to UPS, one 777F to Eva Air, and one 767-based refuelling tanker to the US Air Force. Increasing 737 deliveries is a priority for Boeing after the US Federal Aviation Administration lifted its flight ban on the Max variant in November 2020. Boeing says it aims to increase 737 production to 31 per month by early 2022 and may further increase that rate "based on market demand and supply chain capacity". Its current 737 production rate is 19 jets per month. Meanwhile, the FAA and Boeing are still co-ordinating quality inspections for 787's, of which the airframer has paused deliveries. Boeing ended the third quarter with 105 undelivered 787s in storage. Boeing as of 31 October had 5,038 unfilled orders, along with 268 aircraft deliveries and 373 net orders so far during 2021.

Ryanair has established new bases in the Danish city of Billund, at Stockholm Arlanda in Sweden and at Turin in Italy. The Irish budget airline says it has stationed two aircraft at the Billund base to support the launch of 14 new routes, including eight summer and six winter routes. Destinations include Brussels Charleroi in Belgium, Memmingen in Germany, Gothenburg in Sweden, Lisbon in Portugal and Bari in Italy. Four aircraft stationed at the Stockholm Arlanda base will support the launch of 35 new routes, which includes 23 scheduled for winter and 12 for summer 2022, the airline says. Destinations include Barcelona in Spain, Liverpool in the UK, Vienna in Austria, Lulea in Sweden and Poznan in Poland. Ryanair has also deployed two aircraft at the new Turin base to support the launch of 19 new routes. Summer destinations include Copenhagen in Denmark, Malaga in Spain and Tel Aviv in Israel. New winter routes include Agadir in Morocco and Zadar in Croatia. The new Billund base will support 60 direct jobs, while Stockholm Arlanda and Turin bases will support 120 and 60 direct jobs, respectively.