Ryanair Group has removed restrictions on the buying of its shares by non-EU nationals, having surpassed a regulatory threshold that says it must be at least 50% owned within the bloc. The Irish airline has imposed restrictions on the purchase of its stock by non-EU nationals since 2002, extending this to UK citizens at the start of 2021 as the country left the EU. At the same time, Ryanair said shares held by non-EU nationals would be treated as restricted shares, barring their owners from attending the airline's general meetings and stripping them of voting rights. In September 2024, with EU ownership of the airline approaching 50%, it announced plans to review these policies to broaden its appeal to shareholders. Following that review, the airline has decided it is "in the best interest of the company and shareholders" to end the purchase restrictions, meaning that both EU and non-EU nationals can now invest in its stock listed in Dublin or the USA. Ryanair will continue to curtail the voting rights of non-EU shareholders, however, "until such time as the board determines that it is possible to vary or remove such restrictions without there being any risk to the airline licences held by the company's subsidiaries”. These decisions have been taken following "feedback from investors representing a significant majority of the company's issued share capital, and the company's regulators", it adds. Ryanair notes that it could reintroduce the purchase prohibitions if necessary to remain in line with the ownership regulations, highlighting that newly issued share capital should be at least 20% EU-owned. The airline also plans to update the market "on the proportion of the company's issued share capital held by EU nationals", it says, without providing a timeline.

Airbus will surrender the type certificate for the A300B4 variant at the end of 2025, the airframer has confirmed. This follows a decision communicated via an operator information transmission in January 2024, notes Airbus. It has no plan to surrender type certificates for the subsequent A300-600 and A310 models. Cirium lists six A300B4s in service and three in storage. The nine aircraft – eight of which are freighters – were all built between 1979 and 1984, and are powered by GE Aerospace CF6-50C engines. Pratt & Whitney JT9Ds were alternatively available to power the model. The only one of the nine A300B4s users for passenger operations is in service with Iran Air. Seven of the eight freighters are based in Kyrgyzstan. Moalem Aviation and KAPKG Cargo each have one in service and one in storage. Aerostan, Gewan Airways and Sky Jet have one in service each. The other freighter is managed by US-based South Aircraft Leasing and stored at Orlando Sanford International airport in Florida. Airbus manufactured 188 A300B4s between 1974 and 1984. Type certificates for the earlier-generation A300B1 and -B2 were surrendered by Airbus in 2023.

Airbus added orders for 14 A321neos in February: six from Korean Air and eight from an unidentified customer. Korean had in December 2024 disclosed its intention to exercise options on six A321neos. The SkyTeam carrier now has 41 of the aircraft on order, Airbus data shows. The European airframer lists no change to Asiana Airlines' previous order for 25 A321neos. In December, Korean completed acquisition of a majority shareholding in Asiana. Beyond the A321neo deals, Airbus had no orders or cancellations in February. It delivered 37 single-aisles – 20 A321neos, 12 A320neos, four A220-300s and one A319neo – and three widebodies: two A330-900s and an A350-900. Chief executive Guillaume Faury last month said the number of A320-family deliveries would be lower in 2025's first quarter than in the same period last year because of reduced engine deliveries from CFM International. He expects the situation to normalise in the year's second half. Airbus delivered 53 A320-family jets across January and February, down from 65 in the same month last year.