Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today
May 20th 2026
Today’s briefs report news from Capital A, Emirates, China Railway Construction Corporation and GE Aerospace. Read More »
Capital A has reported net profit of 22.5 million ringgit (US$6 million) for the three months to March 31 2026, down from net profit of 689.6 million ringgit in the same three months in 2025. Revenue rose 84.9% to 766.6 million ringgit, Capital A said in a regulatory filing. It was the first quarterly report without the contribution of the AirAsia group of airlines, which are now part of the AirAsia X group.
Still with Capital A, the company has confirmed the Bursa Malaysia will officially lift the company from Practical Note 17 status today (May 20). In 2020, Bursa Malaysia issued Capital A, then known as AirAsia Group, with a PN17 because of its financial standing at the time. To continue to trade on Malaysia’s stock exchange, a PN17 required a company to submit and receive approval for a financial regularization plan within a specified time.
Emirates and China Railway Construction Corporation have started construction on a new aviation engineering facility at Dubai South. The 1.1 million square metre workshop has been designed to handle up to 28 widebody aircraft at any one time. It was expected to be completed by 2030.
Still with Emirates, the aviation group has selected GE Aerospace to provide its engine maintenance engineers with the specialist skills to undertake piece part component repair on its GE90 and GP 7200 engine types used on the 777 and A380 fleets.
