Air Botswana has reinstated its Embraer E170 aircraft into commercial service following the completion of safety inspections. The aircraft was recently grounded to carry out safety checks recommended by Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB), the flag carrier says. No issues were detected during inspections and the aircraft was found to be fit for commercial operation as of 27 May, it notes. The airline adds that CAAB has also reinstated the airworthiness certificate of the aircraft.

Delta Air Lines has trimmed its flight schedule for summer 2022 as part of an effort to avoid flight cancellations and delays that might be caused by staff shortages and weather conditions amid surging demand for travel. The Atlanta-based carrier has disclosed that it will reduce by 100 the number of daily flights scheduled for 1 July to 7 August. Most of the reductions in the number of flights will affect Delta's US and Latin America markets. Delta says the cuts in its summer schedule will "build additional resilience in our system and improve operational reliability for our customers and employees". Delta's chief customer experience officer Allison Ausband states: "More than any time in our history, the various factors currently impacting our operation – weather and air traffic control, vendor staffing, increased Covid case rates contributing to higher-than-planned unscheduled absences in some work groups – are resulting in an operation that isn’t consistently up to the standards Delta has set for the industry in recent years.” At 27 May, Delta's domestic capacity in July and August is set to be down 6% versus the same period in pre-pandemic 2019, data shows. At least one of Delta's US competitors is also concerned about its ability to manage summer travel demand. American Airlines' chief commercial officer Vasu Raja said at the Wolfe Research Global Transportation and Industrials Conference on 26 May that unlike some other US carriers, the Fort Worth-based carrier would not update its second-quarter guidance until it sees how well it handles travel demand during Memorial Day weekend. "We want to see how this weekend comes in," Raja says. "It's the first indication of how the summer will look, not just on demand but on how the airlines are able to meet demand. We're not ready to prognosticate."

German carrier Eurowings has put into scheduled service its first Airbus A320neo, powered by CFM International Leap engines. The narrowbody (registered D-AENA) made its first commercial flight from Dusseldorf to Palma de Mallorca in Spain, the Lufthansa low-cost subsidiary says. It adds that it will initially use the aircraft on routes from Dusseldorf to Malaga, Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona in Spain; Athens in Greece; Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg and Munich in Germany; Budapest in Hungary; Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland; Lisbon in Portugal; Lyon in France; Milan in Italy; Prague in the Czech Republic; and Vienna in Austria. The introduction of the aircraft is part of Eurowings' "wide-ranging activities and measures to significantly reduce aircraft noise and carbon emissions", it says. Following an introductory phase, the A320neo will also be deployed on flights from Hamburg airport. Eurowings says it is scheduled to receive six more A320neos this year and another one in 2024. The airline also expects to take deliveries of five A321neos in 2023.