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AeroTime • Ian Molyneaux

Pegasus completes acquisition of Czech Airlines and Smartwings Group, appoints new Smartwings CEO and CFO

Smartwings has named a new chief executive and chief financial officer following confirmation that Pegasus Airlines completed its acquisition of Czech Airlines and Smartwings Group. The leadership appointments mark an immediate management change at Smartwings under its new ownership.

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2026-10-04T20:04:42.611138-07:00

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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Singapore Airlines, Scoot extend Middle East suspensions

By ch-aviation: Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) and its low-cost subsidiary Scoot have extended the cancellations of their Middle East flights until December.

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2026-10-04T19:15:05.572543-07:00

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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

China Eastern approves $507mn Shanghai base investment

By ch-aviation: The board of China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) has approved a CNY3.4 billion yuan (USD507 million) investment in a production support area at Shanghai Pudong as part of the airport's Phase IV expansion.

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2026-10-04T19:55:00.663366-07:00

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FlightGlobal • Alfred Chua

Air Astana to launch direct Japan flights

By FlightGlobal: Japan Airlines will codeshare on the new Almaty-Tokyo Narita service. Air Astana has firmed up its plans to operate direct flights to Japan for the first time from the end of the year.

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2026-10-04T20:35:27.384734-07:00

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PaxEx.Aero • Seth Miller

Behind Alaska Airlines' Aurora Split-Cabin IFE Choice

By PaxEx.Aero: Limiting IFE screens to only some seats on a plane is incredibly rare, but Alaska Airlines will do precisely that in its upcoming Aurora premum 737 MAX 10 layout.

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2026-10-04T18:04:56.045512-07:00

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ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

Garuda Indonesia plans 124.4bn-share rights issue

By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation brief Garuda Indonesia B777-300(ER) Fleet Rendering, © Garuda Indonesia By Dirk Andrei Salcedo 05Oct2026 LinkedIn X Facebook Copy news link RSS Feed Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta ) plans to issue up to 124.4 billion new Series E shares through a rights issue as part of its 2025-2029 restructuring plan .

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2026-10-04T17:49:58.183660-07:00

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Bloomberg • Alex Wickham, Jacob Reid

UK Tories Back Heathrow Third Runway After Burnham Demurs

By Bloomberg: Britain’s opposition Conservatives will say they’ll “do whatever it takes” to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport after Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to support the planned expansion.

Also: The Independent

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2026-10-04T14:20:04.547035-07:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Biman set to order A350s and A321neos days after buying 11 more Boeing jets

By Air Data News: Biman Bangladesh Airlines is expected to sign an agreement for 10 Airbus aircraft on Wednesday, October 7, adding four A350-900 widebody jets and six A321neos to its fleet expansion program.

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2026-10-04T11:04:58.937416-07:00

Pegasus completes acquisition of Czech Airlines and Smartwings Group, appoints new Smartwings CEO and CFO

Singapore Airlines, Scoot extend Middle East suspensions

China Eastern approves $507mn Shanghai base investment

Air Astana to launch direct Japan flights

Behind Alaska Airlines' Aurora Split-Cabin IFE Choice

Garuda Indonesia plans 124.4bn-share rights issue

UK Tories Back Heathrow Third Runway After Burnham Demurs

Biman set to order A350s and A321neos days after buying 11 more Boeing jets

Air Astana to launch direct Japan flights

Pegasus Airlines installs new CEO and CFO at Smartwings following takeover

China Eastern approves $507mn Shanghai base investment

Singapore Airlines, Scoot extend Middle East suspensions

Behind Alaska Airlines' Aurora Split-Cabin IFE Choice

Garuda Indonesia plans 124.4bn-share rights issue

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