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AirBorneo chooses ATR to modernise Rural Air Service fleet in East Malaysia

AirBorneo and ATR announced a strategic partnership to modernise Malaysia’s Rural Air Services (RAS) fleet, with AirBorneo confirming a firm order for eight ATR aircraft. The agreement comprises five ATR 72-600s and three ATR 42-600s, with purchase rights for four additional aircraft...

Boeing and Air Cambodia announce airline's largest single-aisle order for up to 20 737 MAX jets

Boeing and Air Cambodia announced the airline's largest single-aisle order for up to 20 737 MAX airplanes in an agreement unveiled at the Singapore Airshow. This marks the Southeast Asian carrier's first purchase of fuel-efficient Boeing airplanes. With the 737 MAX, Air Cambodia will re...

Embraer signs AHEAD agreement with Virgin Australia for predictive maintenance support

Embraer signed a long-term agreement with Virgin Australia to equip its E2 fleet with the AHEAD (Aircraft Health Analysis and Diagnosis) system. The solution helps airlines implement digital predictive maintenance on their E-Jet fleets, using data to identify and predict potential issues before they become critical. AHEAD provides real-time monitoring of systems including the Auxiliary P...

Air India orders 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets to expand single-aisle fleet

Boeing and Air India announced today the airline has ordered 30 more fuel-efficient 737 MAX jets, expanding its Boeing order book to nearly 200 airplanes across the company's single-aisle and widebody airplane families. The airline finalized an incremental purchase of 20 737-8 jets this month and an order for 10 737-10 airplanes was previously unidentified on Boeing's Orders & Del...

Etihad Airways launches first-ever nonstop flights between the Middle East and Calgary

Etihad Airways launches of the first-ever nonstop flights between the UAE and Calgary, creating a new strategic air link between the Middle East and Western Canada. Launching on 3 November 2026, the route marks another step in Etihad’s global expansion and supports Abu Dhabi’s long-term ambitions to drive international trade, tourism and investment. The new service directly lin...

A new home for training excellence: Alaska Airlines unveils state-of-the-art Global Training Center

Thousands of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines employees will now undergo training in a new 660,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility, which officially opened its doors today. The facility will be a hub for flight attendants, pilots, customer service agents and more, and will centralize operations into one space.The investment in training capacity and quality will continue to fuel the Ala...

Qantas doubles capacity on popular Sydney – Sapporo service to meet demand

Qantas has increased capacity on its popular Sydney – Sapporo route for the 2026/27 season, with flights expanding from three per week to up-to five per week in response to strong performance and exceptional demand during the current ski season.The enhanced schedule represents over a 50 per cent capacity increase for next&...

SWISS to operate new Airbus A350s on its Zurich-Seoul route

Following initial deployments on European short- and medium-haul services and an intercontinental début on the Zurich-Boston route, SWISS' new Airbus A350s are now to be assigned their first truly long-haul role: from 29 March onwards, the advanced new twinjets will operate services between Zurich and Seoul, bringing the brand-new ‘SWISS Senses’ cabin concept to the Asi...

Thales and Air India debut region’s first new 787-9 aircraft flying with Thales’ AVANT Up Inflight Entertainment System

The future of Indian aviation takes flight with the entry into service of Air India’s new 787-9 aircraft equipped with Thales’s AVANT Up inflight entertainment platform on 1 February 2026. Air India, the country’s leading global airline and largest international carrier, continues to elevate its passenger experience with 6 new 787-9 aircraft equipped with AVANT Up. Rajesh Dogr...

STARLUX Airlines and Hajime Sorayama unveil AIRSORAYAMA on two Airbus A350-1000 aircraft

STARLUX Airlines partnered with visionary Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama to launch AIRSORAYAMA, turning two Airbus A350-1000 aircraft into flying masterpieces. This innovative project marks the first time Sorayama’s iconic metallic aesthetic has been realized on a full-scale commercial aircraft. The two AIRSORAYAMA aircraft are scheduled to enter service in Q3 2026. AIRSORAYAMA...

Delta Air Lines grows Airbus fleet with order for 31 additional widebody aircraft

Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 31 latest generation aircraft including 16 A330-900s and 15 A350-900s. Once delivered, Delta’s widebody fleet will have grown to 55 A330neo and 79 A350s. Delta Air Lines currently operates more than 500 Airbus aircraft from all of the Airbus product families from the A220 to the A350-900. Delta Air Lines’ current Airbus backlog is...

RECARO Aircraft Seating and Air India prepare for the first linefit B787-9 to enter service

RECARO Aircraft Seating partnered with Air India to bring a new experience to passengers around the world. Originally announced in 2024, the first of Air India’s newly linefit B787-9 multiclass cabins will take to the skies on February 1 2026, featuring PL3530 Premium seating and the award-winning CL3710 Economy Class seating options from RECARO. Rajesh Dogra, Chief Customer Experience Of...

Riyadh Air partners with Neo Space Group to introduce cutting-edge high speed in-flight connectivity on its new Airbus A321 fleet

Neo Space Group announced a strategic partnership with Riyadh Air, Saudi Arabia’ new national carrier, to equip its Airbus A321 fleet with NSG Skywaves - group’ advanced in-flight connectivity solution. This collaboration marks a major milestone in Riyadh Air’s digital transformation, accelerating our vision to become the world’s first digitally native airlin...

flyadeal in 2025: year of record-breaking milestones

flyadeal wrapped up 2025 in resounding fashion with record-breaking achievements and milestones that marked 12 months of continuous growth. Passenger numbers grew 33 per cent to surpass the 10 million mark for the first time in a calendar year and, in doing so, far outstripped the 21 per cent seat capacity increase during 2025. The airline operated 66 per cent more routes compared with 2...

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