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Budget airlines in the U.S. like Allegiant and Sun Country have faced a surge in costs following the pandemic and the increase in domestic capacity.

By Hanneke Weitering Science & Technology Editor AIN Jan. 10, 2026, (c) AIN: A consortium of Washington state legislators, research institutions, and local aviation industry leaders such as Boeing launched a joint initiative to rapidly scale the production and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Announced on Thursday at Boeing Future of Flight, the museum located adjacent to Boeing’s Everett production facility, the Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Accelerator (CSAA) aims to ramp the region’s SAF production capacity to one billion gallons per year by 2035.

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Karl Sinclair Jan. 8, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing is on its way back. Not to its glory days of engineering prowess. This won’t happen until Boeing develops a new airplane, and just how advanced it will be. But it’s on its way back to returning to a profitable, reliable company that puts safety and quality first.

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Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 6, 2026, © Leeham News: Airbus is tweaking the marketing messaging for the A220 to boost sales for regional airline operations. Marketing for the A220 began as the C Series when Bombardier launched the program in 2008. Bombardier positioned the 100-seat CS100 as a replacement for the Airbus A318 and Boeing 737-500/600. The 130-seat CS300 was designed to replace the Airbus A319 and Boeing 737-700.

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton and Bjorn Fehrm Jan. 5, 2026, © Leeham News: The big news at Airbus at the start of this year is the new president and chief executive officer for Airbus Commercial Aircraft: Lars Wagner. Wagner succeeds an Airbus lifer, Christian Scherer, who retired from his position on Dec. 31. He remains with Airbus for another six months in a transition capacity.

 Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Jan. 2, 2026, © Leeham News: Boeing’s 2011 decision to launch another derivative of the 737, a slow response to the Airbus A321neo, and the series of crises involving the 737 MAX beginning on March 10, 2019, caused a dramatic drop in market share that places Boeing at a distant No. 2 to Airbus.

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