sábado, 22 de agosto de 2026
sexta-feira, 21 de agosto de 2026
FLEET - Avcon Jet San Marino operates an Embraer ERJ-140 (registration T7-MKTA, MSN 145554) previously associated with AfriJet Business Service, which originally sourced the over-20-year-old regional jet from U.S. lessor Regional One.
FLEET - Shenzhen Airlines / A350-900 / B-32F1
SPECIAL LIVERY - The new Airbus Flightlab Airbus A380 (2-JAYN)
Airbus and CFM International unveiled the new livery of an Airbus A380 that will be converted into a flying laboratory for testing Open Fan propulsion technology at this year's Farnborough International Airshow
Photo: A380_TLS_A350
FLEET - AirAsia Group to return 25 older aircraft by YE26
AirAsia Group plans to return 25 older aircraft to lessors during 2026 as it cuts fixed lease costs and reduces capacity in underperforming markets, while new A220-300 and A321-200NY(XLR) deliveries are due to begin in 2028, the group disclosed in its second-quarter
While it did not identify the 25 aircraft by type or air operator's certificate (AOC), group chief executive, Bo Lingam, previously said that the group plans to return twelve A320-200s to lessors in 2026, most of which will be coming from its Indonesia AirAsia (QZ, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) and Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino International) operations.
AirAsia declined to confirm the specific aircraft types and AOCs involved in this exercise.
Amid financial pressures exacerbated by the Middle East conflict and higher fuel costs during the second quarter, the group reduced fleet allocations in the Philippines and Indonesia to focus on higher-yield domestic and core Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) routes.
"Where routes or entities underperformed, specifically in long-haul Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, we acted swiftly to cut unviable capacity, right-size fleet, and delay non-essential launches like Bahrain," Lingam said.
The fleet realignment comes alongside wider capacity cuts, with group capacity down 11% year-on-year in the second quarter. AirAsia Group plans to cut third-quarter capacity by 20-25% year-on-year before restoring capacity to what it described as "pre-war levels" in the final quarter.
AirAsia Group has also suspended underperforming long-haul routes and delayed its planned Kuala Lumpur International-Bahrain International-London Gatwick fifth-freedom service, the launch of which had previously been deferred to March 2027 amid the conflict in the Middle East.
"Uncertainties persist, yet our low-cost DNA, agile network model, and dominant position on core trunk routes give us full confidence in our ability to stabilise performance, protect shareholder value and capitalise on the industry’s eventual recovery," Lingam said.
2026 ROUTES
Sundair plans Berlin – Damascus flights from 15 August 2026, with A320.
Sky Airline plans routes from Santiago de Chile to Punta Cana and Salvador da Bahia in late December 2026, with A321neo
LEAV Aviation will offer Cologne/Bonn – Deir ez-Zor service on 01 September 2026, with A320.
Juneyao Air plans Shanghai Pu Dong – Manila route on 02 September 2026, with A320neo and later A321neo.
quinta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2026
AIRPORT - Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev airport
Kazakhstan Air Defense Force (602sqn, Shymkent Airbase) - Sukhoi Su-25 SM3 'Grach / Frogfoot' - 09-YELLOW
Kazakhstan Air Defense Force (602sqn, Shymkent Airbase) - Sukhoi Su-25 SM3 'Grach / Frogfoot' - 11-YELLOWKazakhstan Air Defense Force (602sqn, Shymkent Airbase) - Sukhoi Su-25 SM3 'Grach / Frogfoot'
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2026 ROUTES
SPECIAL LIVERY / AIRCRAFT NEW - The First Airbus A350F Emerges with 'Delivery Box' Paint Job
The first flight test aircraft is now fully assembled and painted, with its maiden flight scheduled for the end of September.
Airbus has unveiled its first fully assembled and painted A350F.
The aircraft emerged from the paint hangar with a paint job resembling a large delivery package.
The paint scheme resulted from a competition organized by Airbus that attracted around 4,000 entries. Two winning concepts were combined to create the final scheme applied to the first A350F.
The aircraft is the first flight test prototype of the freighter and will now undergo ground testing before taking off.
Airbus has officially stated that the maiden flight will take place before the end of 2026.
Airbus currently anticipates the first customer delivery in the second half of 2027.
AirbusMeet the Hawaiian Airlines engineer turning historic aircraft into LEGO art
By Hawaiian Airlines
Aug 19, 2026
By day, Ashton S. helps keep Hawaiian Airlines’ aircraft cabins in top shape, designing, maintaining and troubleshooting cabin systems as a Honolulu-based interior engineer. By night, he builds detailed replicas of the airline’s most iconic aircraft from his dining room table, one LEGO brick at a time.
Through Oct. 11, Oʻahu visitors can experience Ashton’s hobby up close when visiting Bishop Museum’s “Aloha Bricks ’26: Stories of Hawaiʻi” exhibit, where five of his custom-built LEGO aircraft models are on display. The models pay homage to five aircraft types that played pivotal roles in Hawaiian’s nearly century-long history: the 1929 Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, a Douglas DC-3 and DC-9, a Boeing 717 and 787 Dreamliner.
That love of tinkering led Ashton to earn a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, before starting his career at Hawaiian. Now, he spends his days reenvisioning and finding solutions for aircraft cabin furnishings and materials, including seats, galley appliances, wall placards, stowage bins and lighting.
As he works, he draws on the problem-solving skills he developed from building with LEGO bricks as a child.