Engineering and maintenance provider HAECO has opened Engine Workshop No. 5 at its Hong Kong maintenance base, expanding its engine maintenance capacity and strengthening support for customers across the Asia-Pacific region. The new facility adds three dedicated engine maintenance bays, increasing HAECO’s total engine bay capacity in Hong Kong from six to nine. The workshop […]
MRO provider FL Technics has appointed Saulius Bajarunas as its new chief executive, effective September 1, 2026. Bajarunas succeeds Zilvinas Lapinskas, who recently assumed the role of chief executive at Avia Solutions Group. Having played a key role in FL Technics’ international expansion and operational growth over the past several years, Bajarunas will now lead […]
Ryanair has submitted a planning application for a €50 million expansion of its engineering operations at Shannon Airport, including a new four-bay MRO hangar that will become the airline’s largest aircraft maintenance facility in Ireland. The proposed development will expand Ryanair’s existing engineering base at Shannon, where the carrier already operates a three-bay maintenance hangar […]
Saadia Zahidi is to become IATA’s next Director General. With effect from November 2026, Zahidi will be International Air Transport Association’s ninth Director General and the first woman appointed to hold the position. She joins IATA from the World Economic Forum (WEF) where she is a Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board. Willie […]
If previous iterations of the Farnborough International Airshow were defined by mega-order grandstanding, 2026 will be remembered as the year when commercial aviation finally anchored itself in operational reality. As the dust settles over Hampshire, the final tally across the OEM chalets sits at just over 350 firm orders and commitments, a number far from […]
Airbus and Qantas are currently in the process of making history by operating their longest-ever nonstop test flight with the new A350-1000ULR twinjet that will eventually be used to link eastern Australia with Europe and New York. The momentous test flight took off from Airbus’s facilities at Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) in southwestern France this […]
Premium Asian and Middle Eastern carriers offer premium economy as a separate class and product. That is how Qatar Airways markets its Comfort+ product. However, there is a key distinction that its marketing department likes to keep quiet. Comfort+ acts as upgraded economy. The downgrade compared to other carriers with a true premium economy product […]
The 2026 Farnborough International Airshow returned with strong commercial order activity as airlines and lessors scrambled to secure delivery positions stretching deep into the 2030s. Against a backdrop of tight supply chains and backlogged order books, manufacturers focused heavily on firming up commitments for narrowbody workhorses and long-haul widebodies. Leasing giant SMBC Aviation Capital set the tone […]
United States Air Force VC-46A aircraft and the Air Force VC-25B “Bridge” (aka Air Force One) aircraft are military aircraft owned and operated by the United States Air Force and are crewed and piloted by USAF commissioned officers. These are paid as US military officers, and so the Air Force has little flexibility to provide […]
Uganda Airlines has placed its first-ever order with Boeing, committing to four 737-8s and four 787-9s as the national carrier looks to modernise its fleet and expand its regional and long-haul network. The agreement, announced at this week’s Farnborough International Airshow, marks a significant milestone for the airline as it seeks to meet growing demand […]