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• Miquel Ros
Strasbourg Airport is looking to turn its role as a European diplomatic hub into a route-development advantage, while seeking more based aircraft and MRO facilities. In Poland, Wroclaw Airport is positioning itself to sustain growth alongside the country’s economic expansion.
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The UK is addressing corrosion affecting its F-35B fleet as it works to recover readiness after a major deployment last year. A short-notice commitment to bolster Middle East defenses added pressure, while officials say targets for improving fleet resilience have advanced.
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Strasbourg Airport is looking to turn its role as a European diplomatic hub into a route-development advantage, while seeking more based aircraft and MRO facilities. In Poland, Wroclaw Airport is positioning itself to sustain growth alongside the country’s economic expansion.
China Eastern Airlines has signed separate agreements with Boeing and Panasonic Avionics to upgrade the cabins of its B777-300ER fleet. The announcement identifies the partners but does not specify the number of aircraft, the retrofit scope or a schedule for the work.
WestJet plans to build a 6,782-square-metre (73,000-square-foot) aircraft maintenance hangar at AirLink Business Park on the western side of Winnipeg International Airport. The project will make the Calgary-based airline the development’s first anchor tenant.
Iberia has agreed to sell Japanese trading house ITOCHU Corporation a minority stake in IAG Engine Tech, its engine-maintenance subsidiary. The deal brings an outside investor into the airline group's maintenance business; the announcement provides no valuation, stake size or transaction timeline.
Jet Aviation, the Switzerland-based business aviation services provider, is set to resume operations involving Embraer aircraft. The available report does not specify the scope, timing or aircraft types involved.
The companies are partnering on the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Center Console Refresh effort, which aims to address obsolescence in the aging tanker’s avionics and fuel systems. The work targets a strategically important aircraft that remains part of the Air Force’s tanker fleet.
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The selection covers the 101 Airbus narrowbodies China Eastern ordered earlier this year and includes spare engines and a long-term services agreement. It preserves the airline’s LEAP-1A choice across its A320neo fleet; deliveries, including A321XLRs, are due from 2028 through 2032.
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