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Comac handed over 15 C919s to Chinese state-owned airlines during 2025.

Munich Airport CEO Jost Lammers has started a two-year term as chair of ACI World’s governing board composed of 28 airport CEOs.

Hiring and access to working capital are the main challenges for UK aerospace suppliers, says a director at industry lobbying group ADS.

Members of the European Parliament’s transport and tourism committee voted for a controversial three-hr. delay threshold in passenger rights reform.

Airbus says uncertainty involving Pratt engine deliveries will persist this year, said Christian Scherer, departing CEO of the commercial aircraft unit.

Airbus delivered 136 aircraft in December 2025 bringing the full-year total to 793 units to 91 customers.

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Regional aircraft lessor, TrueNoord, has sold two Embraer E190 aircraft to existing lessee customer, Airlink.

Etihad Airways has reported its strongest year on record after carrying 22.4 million passengers in 2025.

Allegiant’s acquisition of Sun Country will combine two leisure carriers with almost no route overlap—a network structure that could simplify regulatory review.

Ethiopian Airlines has officially launched construction of Bishoftu International Airport.

Joining IATA marks an important step in the development of Indian LCC Akasa Air’s international operations.

CDB Aviation’s Hong Kong business has secured $710 million in fresh funding from a syndicate of banks, through a five-year sustainability linked loan (SLL).

Allegiant Air has agreed to buy Sun Country Airlines in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.5 billion including net debt.

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KF Aerospace earned Transport Canada approval for its Boeing 737-800 Combi supplemental type certificate (STC).

Wichita-based Lee Air, a family-owned engineering and manufacturing firm, has acquired the assets of Advent Aircraft Systems in Tulsa.

Private equity-led deals made up almost a fifth of M&A activity in the MRO sector in the first half of 2025, research done for Inside MRO by Accenture says.

Norsk e-Fuel plans to collaborate with Outokumpu to use carbon monoxide from ferrochrome production in Finland as a feedstock for power-to-liquid SAF.

IAG CFO Nicholas Cadbury plans to leave the business in June and will be replaced by José Antonio Barrionuevo, the group announced Jan. 9.

Israel’s second-largest airline, Israir, has entered widebody operations and returned to the U.S. market.

The crew of an EasyJet Airbus A320 left a post-deicing checklist unfinished, which prevented the cabin pressurization system from operating, AAIB said.

The deterioration in China-Japan relations is increasingly evident not only in diplomatic rhetoric and trade measures, but in a rapidly shrinking air corridor that had only recently recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

Jin Air is launching codeshare operations with Air Busan, representing a preliminary step toward the planned merger of the two LCCs.