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FEBRUARY 2026

Week 8

Orient Aviation Daily Digest February 20, 2026

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Airbus annual net profit jumps in 2025

Airbus has reported net profit of 5.2 billion euro (US$6.2 billion) for calendar 2025, up 23% from net profit of 4.2 billion euro in 2024. Read More »


 


 

News

Vietnam Airlines, Sun PhuQuoc Airways firm up orders for Boeing aircraft

Sun PhuQuoc Airways has ordered up to 40 787-9 aircraft from Boeing. Read More »


 


 

News

SpiceJet to induct 10 more aircraft into fleet in capacity ramp up

SpiceJet is targeting 300 daily flights in its schedule by the northern hemisphere winter, starting in October 2026, as more aircraft join the fleet and commence flying. Read More »


 

News

China Eastern Airlines extends Sydney-Wuhan to Beijing Daxing

China Eastern Airlines (CEA) will offer passengers from Sydney a direct, same aircraft service to Beijing Daxing from March 30. Read More »


 

News

Philippine Airlines expands pet service to entire domestic network

Philippine Airlines (PAL) passengers will be able to take their pet dog on any domestic flight in the Philippines in an expansion of a program launched in November last year on three routes. Read More »


 

News

ATR reports flat revenues for 2025, focus on lifting deliveries in 2026

Turboprop manufacturer, ATR, has reported US$1.2 billion in revenue for the 12 months to December 31, 2025, little changed from the previous year. Read More »


 

People

Fiji Airways has named Narendra Kumar as a director of the company. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from All Nippon Airways, DHL Group, eve autonomy, Fuyo Lease Group, Griffin Global Asset Management, Pratt & Whitney, Sabre and Vietjet. Read More »