Delta Air Lines' investment in its older Boeing narrowbodies gives it both insurance against more supply chain problems and some future capacity flexibility.
Leonardo has been awarded a €134 million ($151 million) contract that will enable aerospace engineering company 2Excel Aviation to begin modifying the Boeing 757 airliner.
Northrop Grumman has partnered with JetZero in its bid to develop a full-scale blended-wing-body demonstrator as a tanker-transport for the U.S. Air Force.
Icelandair’s remaining 13 Boeing 757-200/300s will be replaced in the second half of this decade and the all-Boeing operator is preparing to enter discussions with OEMs on its future aircraft options.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana has retired all of its Boeing 757s and Embraer 190s after their phase-out was accelerated following the coronavirus crisis.
All-Boeing operator Icelandair has pushed back its planning for the Boeing 737 MAX’s return to operational service by five months to May 2020, prompting a delayed phase-out of some of its 757s.