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The new LAX service will operate three times weekly from December using the carrier’s fleet of 275-seat A350-900 aircraft.

The jet was carrying 64 people when the incident occurred at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Thursday, sparking a huge search and rescue operation.

The previous look was launched in 2013 and designed by Paris-based Australian Martin Grant, with the new outfit set to be unveiled in 2027.

The XB-1 – or Baby Boom – is a demonstrator version of the larger Overture aircraft that will carry up to 80 passengers. Already, Boom claims to have taken 130 orders including from customers such as United, American and Japan Airlines.

The US planemaker lost US$11.8bn in 2024 to take its total losses since 2019 to more than US$35bn.

The proposed three-times weekly service was set to return on 22 June but has now been suspended “indefinitely” due to low forecasted demand.

It marks the first aggressive move to market to European destinations since the airline pulled out of flying to the hub airports of Hong Kong in 2020 and Abu Dhabi in 2017, before entering administration in 2020.