Discover Airlines (4Y, Frankfurt International) will introduce its first A350-900 in June 2027, the company confirmed in a statement. The aircraft will initially be deployed on high-frequency short-haul routes for training purposes, before moving on to transatlantic routes, most likely connecting Frankfurt to Edmonton International or Orlando International.

With the planned addition of a second A350 to the fleet in December 2027, further destinations will be added, the company said. Starting December 14, 2027, Discover Airlines will take over the route from Frankfurt to San José Juan Santamaría, currently operated by Lufthansa.

Two of the six weekly flights to San José will be operated as triangular routes with onward travel from the Costa Rican capital to Belize City International, a new addition to the leisure airline’s flight schedule. It will also be Belize's first-ever transatlantic route, ch-aviation previously reported.

The third and fourth A350s are scheduled to join Discover Airlines’ fleet in the summer of 2028, after which nine deliveries of the aircraft will remain.

Discover Airlines operates a fleet of 33 aircraft, comprising eighteen A320-200s and fifteen A330-300s. It recently retired its last three A330-200s in a bid to reduce operational complexity.

By mid-2028, the carrier's long-haul fleet is expected to grow to a total of 20 aircraft, including the four A350s currently operating for Lufthansa out of Munich.

LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin) has retired its last E170 after more than 22 years of operations with the type. The final revenue flight operated from Vienna to Warsaw Chopin on October 30, 2026, the carrier confirmed in a statement.

ADS-B flight-tracking data shows that SP-LDH (msn 17000069), a 76-seat GE Aerospace CF34-powered jet, completed its final passenger rotation on the Warsaw-Vienna-Warsaw route that day. The 21.6-year-old aircraft was delivered to LOT in March 2005 and is owned by Falko Regional Aircraft, which leases it to the Polish carrier, according to ch-aviation data.

The airline's other remaining E170, SP-LDI (msn 17000073), operated its last revenue flight from Katowice Pyrzowice to Warsaw on October 18. The 76-seat aircraft, also leased from Falko, has subsequently been stored.

LOT was the global launch operator of the E170, introducing it into commercial service in March 2004. Its first aircraft, SP-LDA (msn 17000023), operated the type's inaugural passenger flight to Vienna, the same destination used for the final rotation more than 22 years later.

The retirement does not mark the end of Embraer operations at LOT, as it continues to operate E175s, E190s, E195s, and E195-E2s, ch-aviation data shows. At peak, the Polish airline flew 10 units of the E170.

As previously reported by ch-aviation, LOT has ordered twenty A220-100s and twenty A220-300s to renew its regional fleet, with purchase rights for another 44 aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled between 2027 and 2031, with the Airbus jets set to eventually replace the remaining Embraer regional fleet.

Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has agreed to sell forty-four B737-800s and their eighty-eight CFM International CFM56 engines to UK-based aviation aftermarket specialist AerFin, the buyer announced on November 4, 2026.

The aircraft will be transferred progressively over seven years, with the first handovers expected before the end of 2026. The parties did not disclose the transaction value or identify the individual aircraft involved.

Qantas' domestic chief executive, Markus Svensson, said the B737s would continue operating for several years alongside newer aircraft. The agreement would allow the airline to adjust the timing of the retirements as replacement aircraft arrive.

The Australian flag carrier is in the midst of a fleet renewal programme, under which it is replacing its B737-800s with A321-200NY(XLR)s. As ch-aviation previously reported, Qantas plans to begin retiring its older B737-800s in late 2026, although it acquired four midlife units in 2025 to offset Airbus delivery delays.

According to ch-aviation data, Qantas currently operates seventy-nine B737-800s and seven A321-200NY(XLR)s. On the widebody front, it operates fifteen A330-200s, thirteen A330-300s, ten A380-800s, and fourteen B787-9s.