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Aircraft Finance & Leasing Airbus A320 Airlines

ch-aviation • Paul Ash

IndiGo inks $328 million financing deal for eight A320-family jets

IndiGo has signed a $328 million financing deal covering eight A320-family aircraft. The available report does not specify the financing structure, counterparties or delivery timing.

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Aviation Capital Group places its largest order for Airbus jets

Reuters

ACG orders 75 Airbus A320neo jets in lessor's biggest purchase yet

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2026-10-15T22:55:30.599524-07:00

MRO Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Airbus A320 Boeing Boeing 737

Aviacionline • Pablo Diaz

GA Telesis to dismantle its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 for the spare parts market

By Aviacionline: The company adds the 737 MAX 8 to its disassembly program after acquiring three A320neo airframes, in a used-serviceable-material market that already counts its first scrapped MAX aircraft.

Also: Air Data News

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2026-10-15T18:04:53.218601-07:00

Accident Aviation Safety & Regulation

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

PC-12 and BN-2 pilots unaware of one another’s presence before serious Caribbean airprox

By FlightGlobal: Language conflict and absence of transponder cited after Islander overtaken by faster aircraft on same route.

1 Source

2026-10-16T00:04:55.160406-07:00

ATC Europe Aviation Safety & Regulation Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management

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Reuters

Air traffic disrupted in Italy due to technical fault

By Reuters: Air travellers were facing delays and cancellations across Italy on Friday ‌due to a technical fault affecting air traffic control, which authorities said was not caused by malicious activity.

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2026-10-16T01:04:25.671021-07:00

Airports Asia-Pacific (APAC)

ch-aviation • Paul Ash

Sch'd flights resume at Gulmi, Nepal after four-month pause

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2026-10-15T22:15:31.670725-07:00

Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Philippine Airlines' $400k Saipan marketing deal approved

By ch-aviation: Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino International) is set to participate in a USD400,000 joint marketing campaign to promote air services to the Northern Mariana Islands after the territory's tourism authority approved a sole-source contract covering the winter 2026/27 and summer 2027 seasons.

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2026-10-15T21:35:14.028159-07:00

China eVTOL Orders Asia-Pacific (APAC)

ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Sichuan Airlines Group unit buys 20+30 Volant eVTOLs

By ch-aviation: A "low-altitude investment subsidiary" of Sichuan Airlines Group has signed a purchase agreement with China's Volant for fifty VE25-100 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) passenger aircraft, including 30 options.

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2026-10-15T20:55:38.472748-07:00

M&A Airline Industry & Market Trends Airlines

ch-aviation • Korean Air (KE

Dev't bank undecided on sale of Korean Air parent stake

By ch-aviation: State-owned Korea Development Bank has yet to decide on a possible sale of its 10.6% stake in Hanjin KAL, parent of Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon), as the carrier prepares to absorb Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) on December 17, 2026.

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2026-10-15T20:05:01.680796-07:00

IndiGo inks $328 million financing deal for eight A320-family jets

Aviation Capital Group places its largest order for Airbus jets

ACG orders 75 Airbus A320neo jets in lessor's biggest purchase yet

GA Telesis to dismantle its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 for the spare parts market

PC-12 and BN-2 pilots unaware of one another’s presence before serious Caribbean airprox

Air traffic disrupted in Italy due to technical fault

Sch'd flights resume at Gulmi, Nepal after four-month pause

Philippine Airlines' $400k Saipan marketing deal approved

Sichuan Airlines Group unit buys 20+30 Volant eVTOLs

Dev't bank undecided on sale of Korean Air parent stake

Air traffic disrupted in Italy due to technical fault

GA Telesis to dismantle its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 for the spare parts market

PC-12 and BN-2 pilots unaware of one another’s presence before serious Caribbean airprox

IndiGo inks $328mn finance deal for eight A320 family jets

Sch'd flights resume at Gulmi, Nepal after four-month pause

Philippine Airlines' $400k Saipan marketing deal approved

China Express Airlines parent pledges 24.4mn shares

The world’s most important airspace is a sliver of sky between two wars

Japan's ANA expects first B737-8 in late 4Q26

NASA’s new Boeing 777 flying laboratory nears first research mission

Portugal selects Lufthansa for up to 49.9% stake in TAP, choosing its proposal over Air France-KLM

Portugal selects Lufthansa for up to 49.9% stake in TAP, choosing its proposal over Air France-KLM

Portugal selects Lufthansa for up to 49.9% stake in TAP, choosing its proposal over Air France-KLM

JAL orders 16 Embraer E190-E2s, with options for 10, to replace J-Air’s regional fleet

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