Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today
February 20th 2025
Today's briefs report news from AirAsia Rewards, Air Lease Corporation, Changi Airport, Nok Air, Sum Air, Textron Aviation and Qanot Sharq Airlines. Read More »
Singapore’s leader, Lawrence Wong, said S$5 billion (US$3.7 billion) will be added to a fund that supports expansion of Changi Airport including the construction of Terminal 5.
Textron Aviation is expanding its footprint in Australia with the construction of a larger and modernized service facility at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne that will maximize support for Cessna, Beechcraft and other customers in the region. Construction will commence next month with the shop scheduled to open in early 2026.
AirAsia Rewards, the loyalty and rewards platform of Capital A, is introducing a plug-and-play loyalty solution for businesses, aiming to streamline and retain corporate customer participation in the program.
Nok Air, responding to a lawsuit filed by 13 pilots, has denied allegations it required junior pilots to pay for their training as a condition of employment at the airline.
Sum Air, South Korea’s newest regional airline, has been granted an Air Carrier License (ACL) paving the way for it to receive its Air Operator Certificate (AOC). The airline said it will operate with ATR 72-600s.
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) will lease three A321-200neo XLRs and two A321-200neo LRs to Uzbek carrier, Qanto Sharq Airlines, with deliveries from ALC’s order book with Airbus from 2026 to 2027.
