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Air Astana Group has appointed former Wizz Air executive Johan Eidhagen to helm its low-cost unit FlyArystan.
Vietjet has signed an aircraft financing agreement with US-based Griffin Global Asset Management for six Boeing 737 Max 8 jets.
Vietnamese start-up Sun PhuQuoc Airways has placed an order for “up to” 40 Boeing 787-9s, in a deal valued at around $22.5 billion at catalogue prices.
Saudi Arabia has ordered four Leonardo C-27J Spartan tactical transports in a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) configuration.
UK airframer BAE Systems remains confident that Saudi Arabia will place a long-anticipated follow-on order for the Eurofighter Typhoon, as Riyadh also eyes a possible future role in the currently three-nation Global Combat Air Programme.
With campaigns under way in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Poland, Eurofighter partner company Leonardo is optimistic of further boosting the Typhoon’s order backlog.
As Qantas prepares to report is half-year earnings, the airline group’s refocusing of strategy to its core Australian market is expected to be under the spotlight.
Embraer and Mahindra Group will establish a maintenance, repair and overhaul capability in India should the C-390 tactical transport win the Indian air force’s Medium Transport Aircraft requirement for 60-80 airlifters to replace aging Antonov An-32s and Ilyushin Il-76s.
Indonesia and the Philippines are making progress to improved maritime surveillance capabilities through the acquisition of twin-engined aircraft.