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NEW YORK — Boeing secured orders for nearly 1,200 commercial planes last year, topping European rival Airbus for the first time since 2018, according to figures released on Tuesday.The US aviation giant booked 175 orders in December, taking the total for 2025 to 1,173.Airbus on Monday disclosed net orders of 889 aircraft for the year.Boeing still lags behind Airbus in terms of the total number of undelivered planes following stumbles in the wake of fatal 2018 and 2019 crashes of the 737 MAX that have weighed on the US company.But Boeing on Tuesday also received a boost from an order by Delta Air Lines to purchase 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with options for 30 more of the wide-body jet.Delta CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC that the company was the only major US carrier without the popular plane but it was “confident” based on Boeing’s efforts under Kelly Ortberg, who joined as chief executive in 2024.“Watching the progress that the team has made, we realize that turnaround is still in midst,” Bastian said.Delta’s order was not included in Boeing’s 2025 figures.Progress with FAAThe improvement in orders marks the latest sign of progress for Boeing after a bruising 2024. Last year opened with a near-catastrophic emergency landing on an Alaska Airlines flight in January, and concluded with the restart of plane production in the Seattle region following a lengthy labor strike.After the Alaska Airlines incident, Boeing fortified its quality control and manufacturing operations under close scrutiny by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).In October, the FAA granted approval to Boeing to increase production on the 737 MAX to 42 per month from 38, a key sign of progress.“Our team did great work throughout 2025 to improve the on-time delivery of safe, quality airplanes to our customers to support their growth and modernization plans,” said Boeing commercial plane chief Stephanie Pope.“We’re focused on getting better every day and building on the momentum in the year ahead.”Boeing said it delivered 63 planes in December, taking the annual total to 600 for all of 2025.While that figure marked the most since 2018 and a big jump from the strike-plagued 2024 season, it came in well below the 793 delivered by Airbus.Airbus has dominated deliveries in recent years in the aftermath of the two crashes of Boeing 737 MAX planes that occurred in 2018 and 2019, respectively.Airbus also still holds a sizable advantage in terms of orders, pointing to a backlog of 8,754 at the end of 2025.Boeing currently lists 6,720 unfilled orders with a backlog of 6,130 after an adjustment under US accounting standards.Morningstar analyst Nicolas Owens said the 2025 result was positive for Boeing, but needs to be weighed against the accumulated orders, which is a “better benchmark,” he said.Boeing’s outpacing of Airbus’ orders in 2025 is “a nice bit of news for Boeing, but it is just one year in a competition for a very large market that plays out over decades,” Owens said in an email to Agence France-Presse (AFP).Boeing shares rose 2.0 percent.
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Number of the Day - 14 January 2026: 2.6%Vusi.BafetaneWed, 01/14/2026 - 18:07 2.6%: Why Global Growth Isn’t the Good News It Sounds LikeAt first glance, 2.6% global growth sounds reassuring.The World Bank has raised its forecast, and the global economy has weathered trade tensions, tariffs, and geopolitical shocks better than many predicted. In that sense, the world has proved more resilient than expected.But as Francis Herd explains in this episode of Number of the Day, resilience is not the same as recovery.Global growth is actually lower than last year and well below the pre-COVID average of around 3.2%. According to the World Bank, the world may now be stuck in a structurally slower growth phase; a reality with long-term consequences.For South Africa, the picture is even more complex. The country tracked global growth trends until around 2010, but since then has fallen behind. While projections for 2025 and 2026 show modest improvement, growth remains too weak to meaningfully reduce unemployment or raise living standards.As the episode makes clear, economic growth is not an abstract concept. It determines jobs, incomes, tax revenue, and whether everyday life gets easier or harder.The number of the day is 2.6%; and it tells a story that’s far from simple.Catch up on all Number of the Day episodes here: https://www.enca.com/number-day-podcast
The latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons expansion has arrived earlier than expected Engadget11 Things To Do Before Animal Crossing: New Horizons' 3.0 Update GameSpotAnimal Crossing: New Horizons: Hotel Guide - Tickets, Tourists, DIY Requests, Grams' Catalog Item List Nintendo LifeEnjoy creative collaborations between the LEGO® Group and Animal Crossing: New Horizons WebWireTo Nuke Or Not To Nuke? Animal Crossing Players Prep For New Update Kotaku
For a number of very obvious reasons, we don’t want to roll back the clock to early 2020. No thank you. But if there was a feel-good lockdown story, it was the perfectly timed arrival of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which allowed friends who could no longer meet up IRL to do so virtually on their carefully pruned islands.The game will almost certainly never be as popular as it was back then again, but Nintendo is hoping a good chunk of lapsed islanders will return for its latest DLC drop, which has arrived a day earlier than planned. As spotted by Eurogamer, the free Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update is available to download now and, as previously announced, brings a host of new features to the cozy life sim, including a brand new resort hotel on the pier that you can help decorate.There are new items and quality-of-life additions too, as well as the ability to build fresh islands with your friends and family in the “Slumber Island” dream world. All you need to do is go to the New Horizons game icon on your Switch’s home screen and download the software update.Nintendo also announced last year that New Horizons would be coming to Switch 2 on January 15, improving the visuals, unlocking mouse controls and GameChat functionality, and expanding the online multiplayer capacity from eight players to 12. As of now, the Switch 2 edition of the game remains locked, so you’ll be stuck with the standard Switch version until tomorrow. Upgrading costs $5, while first-time players can purchase the Switch 2 version of Animal Crossing: New Horizons for $65.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/the-latest-animal-crossing-new-horizons-expansion-has-arrived-earlier-than-expected-160739040.html?src=rss
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