Aerospace News – Early October 2026
FLYONE Armenia, the country’s largest carrier, has finalised an order with Airbus for the acquisition of two A321neo (new engine option) aircraft.
The agreement was first announced as a Memorandum of Understanding during French President Emmanuel Macron’s official visit to Yerevan on May 5, 2026.
The two A321neo aircraft, representing FLYONE Armenia’s first direct order from Airbus, will be powered by CFM International’s LEAP engines.
Configured with a 239-seat all-economy layout, these aircraft are central to the carrier’s strategic fleet enhancement and represent a key milestone in its ambitious route network expansion.
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Rolls-Royce and construction firm McLaughlin & Harvey have marked the start of work on a new civil aerospace facility in Derby.
McLaughlin & Harvey has been appointed to deliver the building, which will provide space for Rolls-Royce’s manufacturing services.
The project forms part of a wider programme to deliver new facilities for manufacturing services and engineering, technology and safety (ET&S) as part of Rolls-Royce’s £140m investment at its Derby site.
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier of Bangladesh, has signed a firm order for 10 latest-generation Airbus aircraft.
The order includes four A350-900 widebody and six A321neo (new engine option) single-aisle aircraft, marking a significant step in the airline’s fleet modernisation strategy and its ambition to expand its international network.
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Avolon, a leading global aviation finance company, has placed a firm order for 110 Airbus aircraft, comprising 35 A330-900 and 75 A320neo Family aircraft.
Andy Cronin, Avolon CEO, said: “This incremental order takes Avolon’s total for the A330-900 to 114 aircraft and the A320 Family to some 650.
“We continue to see strong demand for new aircraft, and this order further strengthens our long term delivery pipeline.”
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Aerospace giant Airbus is anticipating that total demand for aviation services, including aircraft maintenance, operations and upgrades, will double over the next 19 years, reaching an estimated value of more than $420bn (£317bn) by 2045.
This will lead to a cumulative need for 730,000 maintenance technicians, 660,000 pilots and just over 1m cabin crew, totalling more than 2.44m additional skilled people.
The group’s Global Services Forecast (GSF) 2026-2045 said these services, which sustain the aviation sector’s robustness, will grow at a 3.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), supporting an increasing world aircraft fleet of 45,550 by 2045.
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