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• Hilka Birns
Nigeria’s Flybird has wet leased an Embraer E140, adding leased aircraft capacity to its operations. The available report does not identify the lessor, lease duration, aircraft configuration or intended routes, leaving the scale and operational purpose of the arrangement unclear.
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: Airline has 12 examples on order. Malaysia Airlines will take delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max 10 in 2029, says airline chief Nasaruddin Bakar.
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• Hilka Birns
By ch-aviation: Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport) will conduct a feasibility study into resuming flights to Equatorial Guinea and potentially establishing an African operations hub in the country.
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• Hilka Birns
By ch-aviation: Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) owed the Kenyan government KES122.95 billion (USD940 million) as of June 30, 2026, making it the country's second-largest debtor among state corporations after Kenya Railways Corporation, according to the National Treasury's Annual Public Debt Management Report for FY2025/26.
Reuters
• Julie Zhu, Rozanna Latiff
By Reuters: Malaysia is weighing how to support AirAsia without risking public funds and will not simply pump money into the private airline, said Anthony Loke, who resigned this week as the nation's transport minister.
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• Luciano Braganca
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• Vanja Popovic
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Bloomberg
• Danny Lee
By Bloomberg: Air New Zealand Ltd. has called for industrywide change to how aviation safety agencies approve aircraft interior designs, which is adding to already lengthy delays in deliveries of new planes.
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