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Orders Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines Embraer

FlightGlobal • Alfred Chua

JAL orders up to 26 Embraer E190-E2s to replace J-Air’s E170s and E190s

Japan Airlines has ordered 16 E190-E2s, with options for 10 more, to renew the regional fleet operated by subsidiary J-Air. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in fiscal 2029, making JAL the second major Japanese airline group to commit to Embraer’s E2 family.

Airline Economics • Lavanya Ahire

JAL orders 26 Embraer E190-E2 jets for regional fleet renewal

Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Japan Airlines orders up to 26 Embraer E190-E2 jets, following rival ANA

Also: Aviation Week and en.traicy.com

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2026-10-14T02:05:30.990759-07:00

Europe M&A TAP Air Portugal Lufthansa

Bloomberg • Henrique Almeida, Sonja Wind

Lufthansa Is Said to Be Frontrunner to Buy Minority Stake in TAP

By Bloomberg: Deutsche Lufthansa AG has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire a minority stake in Portugal’s state-owned airline TAP, according to people familiar with the matter.

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2026-10-14T02:05:30.057575-07:00

BizAv Dassault Aviation

ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

Gestair Aviation Malta adds Falcon 900LX

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1 Source

2026-10-14T01:55:26.610297-07:00

Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management Policy & Regulation Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines

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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Malaysia Airlines' India growth curbed by traffic rights

By ch-aviation: Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur International) says bilateral traffic rights are restricting expansion in India, where it operates 80x weekly to ten destinations.

2 Sources

2026-10-14T02:35:30.745883-07:00

Helicopter Europe

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Norway to use competitive dialogue for air ambulance tender

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1 Source

2026-10-13T23:55:09.674606-07:00

Africa Orders Boeing 737

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Nigeria's Air Peace adds first B737-900

By ch-aviation: Air Peace (P4, Lagos) has added two pre-owned new-generation B737s to is fleet – including its first B737-900 – both formerly operated by Georgian Airways.

1 Source

2026-10-14T00:36:06.404947-07:00

Middle East Aircraft Finance & Leasing

Bloomberg • Kari Soo Lindberg

Dubai Aerospace Seeks $2.1 Billion Loan, Mainly From Asian Banks

By Bloomberg: Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd. is seeking a $2.1 billion-equivalent loan, according to people familiar with the matter, in another sign of Asian banks’ willingness to lend to certain borrowers in the Middle East, despite the continuing conflict in Iran.

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2026-10-14T00:05:17.957780-07:00

eVTOL AI

eVTOL Insights • Thomas Sleightholm

Horizon Aircraft Selects AEE Avionics Platform for Cavorite X7 Demonstrator

By eVTOL Insights: Canadian aerospace company Horizon Aircraft has selected Germany-based AEE Aircraft Electronics Engineering GmbH to supply its MIAU 1000 avionics platform for the powered-lift control system of its Cavorite X7 hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft demonstrator.

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2026-10-14T00:15:13.323795-07:00

JAL orders up to 26 Embraer E190-E2s to replace J-Air’s E170s and E190s

JAL orders 26 Embraer E190-E2 jets for regional fleet renewal

Japan Airlines orders up to 26 Embraer E190-E2 jets, following rival ANA

Lufthansa Is Said to Be Frontrunner to Buy Minority Stake in TAP

Gestair Aviation Malta adds Falcon 900LX

Malaysia Airlines' India growth curbed by traffic rights

Norway to use competitive dialogue for air ambulance tender

Nigeria's Air Peace adds first B737-900

Dubai Aerospace Seeks $2.1 Billion Loan, Mainly From Asian Banks

Horizon Aircraft Selects AEE Avionics Platform for Cavorite X7 Demonstrator

Gestair Aviation Malta adds Falcon 900LX

Malaysia Airlines' India growth curbed by traffic rights

Japan Airlines picks Embraer 190-E2 for regional fleet renewal

Lufthansa Is Said to Be Frontrunner to Buy Minority Stake in TAP

Norway to use competitive dialogue for air ambulance tender

Nigeria's Air Peace adds first B737-900

AXIS Aviation adds Falcon 6X in Austria, CJ in San Marino

Maldivian seeks two A220-300s to replace A320

Argentina authorizes JetSMART Chile to operate domestic flights under ninth freedom

Flight Pro International Upgrades Connect Trip-planning Software

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Delta A330neo evacuated at Tel Aviv after anonymous bomb threat; security inspection finds no credible threat

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