Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today
July 13th 2026
Today’s briefs report news from AirAsia X, Batik Air Malaysia, BOC Aviation, DHL Group, Institut Jantung Negara, Malaysia Airports, Mitsui Fudosan Group, Subang Aerotech Park, Tourism Authority of Thailand and Tourism Malaysia. Read More »
AirAsia Group and the Tourism Authority of Thailand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to boost tourism, strengthen regional connectivity and promote Thailand as a leading travel destination over the next three years.
Batik Air Malaysia, Tourism Malaysia and cardiac hospital, Institut Jantung Negara, have agreed to work together to promote preventive hearth health and promote Malaysia as a regional hub for medical travel. As part of the initiative, the hospital is providing a 15% discount for eligible Batik Air Malaysia passengers for health screening services.
BOC Aviation completed 50 transactions in the three months to June 30 2026, including commitments to purchase nine aircraft and one engine and the delivery of 14 aircraft and one engine. The company said in a regulatory filing it had 479 owned and 11 managed aircraft, as well as 321 aircraft on order, as at June 30.
DHL Group has raised its earnings guidance for calendar 2026 by 4.8% "in light to the recent earnings momentum", with the company now expecting earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to be about 6.5 billion euro (US$7.4 billion), up from its previous forecast of 6.2 billion euro. The company said in a regulatory filing group EBIT was up 29% at 1.9 billion euro in the three months to June 30. Group revenue had risen 10% year-on-year, DHL Group said, without providing details, noting its full financial report for the three-month period was scheduled for release on August 5.
Malaysia Airports and Mitsui Fudosan Group have broken ground on a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) logistics complex at Subang Aerotech Park in Kuala Lumpur. "The project is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2027, with operations targeted to commence in the fourth quarter of the same year," Malaysia Airports said.
