Overview

• An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed near Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241 people, and investigators are examining how the aircraft rapidly lost altitude.
• Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and Commercial Airplanes chief Stephanie Pope canceled their attendance, and the planemaker has scaled back its airshow schedule to support the Indian probe.
• Recent missile strikes between Israel and Iran have disrupted regional flight operations and shifted defense discussions at the show.
• Airbus is expected to win a landmark order for around 47 A220 jets from Poland’s LOT Airlines, while Embraer and other manufacturers vie for fresh commitments.
• Boeing forecasts demand for 43,600 commercial aircraft over the next two decades, though supply chain bottlenecks, workforce shortages and tariff uncertainties persist.