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The state-owned Korea Development Bank has not decided whether to sell its holding as Korean Air prepares to absorb Asiana Airlines on Dec. 17, 2026. The potential sale would involve a 10.6% stake in Hanjin KAL, Korean Air’s parent company.
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The state-owned Korea Development Bank has not decided whether to sell its holding as Korean Air prepares to absorb Asiana Airlines on Dec. 17, 2026. The potential sale would involve a 10.6% stake in Hanjin KAL, Korean Air’s parent company.
China Express Airlines Holdings, the carrier’s controlling shareholder, pledged 24,390,247 shares to Huaneng Guicheng Trust on Oct. 13, 2026, to finance equity investments. The transaction puts a block of the airline’s shares behind the shareholder’s investment financing, though the report does not specify the pledge’s value or other terms.
All Nippon Airways expects to receive its first Boeing 737-8 in late 2026, according to a report in Commercial Aviation News. The available report provides no further details on the aircraft’s quantity, configuration or planned deployment.
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Repeated Houthi missile strikes on Riyadh International Airport are underscoring the risks to a narrow airspace corridor carrying hundreds of daily transcontinental flights. With instability spreading across Europe and the Middle East, the 85-nautical-mile-wide sliver has become a critical vulnerability for global aviation.
Lufthansa has told crews to carry extra fuel into Frankfurt as jet-fuel supply tightens at the German hub. Switzerland is releasing fuel reserves to avert a shortage at Zurich Airport, highlighting supply pressure at two major European airports and the operational measures being taken to keep flights fueled.
Hawaiian Airlines plans to furlough employees who are not represented by unions. The available report does not specify how many workers are affected, when furloughs will begin, or the company’s rationale, leaving the scale and operational implications unclear.
Mexico’s antitrust agency is expected to approve the proposed deal between low-cost carriers Volaris and Viva, according to a report in Commercial Aviation News. The article summary provides no further details on the agency’s decision, conditions or the transaction’s structure.
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