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Since its foundation a little over a decade ago, ABL Aviation has emerged as one of the most dynamic players in the global aircraft management and leasing scene.  As of September 2025, this young, independent company has deployed over US$7 billion of capital in aircraft investments, a figure that includes 116 aircraft transactions of different types and sizes. The firm has also started to expand into the maintenance repair and operations (MRO) market and other asset classes. And its founder and sole owner, Ali Ben Lmadani, is just getting started.  In an exclusive interview with AeroTime, Ben Lmadani confirmed plans…

Airbus A380 fans rejoice, or something. Recently, I covered how a former Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 suddenly returned to the skies, as it’s being prepared for a “new A380 customer.” Well, there’s some more surprising Airbus A380 movement, as reported by aeroTELEGRAPH, and there’s even less information about what’s going on here… Former Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380 flies to Abu Dhabi On October 1, 2025, a 12-year-old former Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380 with the registration code 2-JAYN flew from Tarbes, France (LDE), to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH), in a flight time of 6hr35min. In Abu Dhabi, the plane…

Emirates continues to push the limits of its flagship Airbus A380 fleet in 2025. Despite being in the later stages of its production life, the superjumbo remains central to the airline’s long-haul operation. Emirates will operate some of the longest nonstop A380 routes in the world this year, with block times exceeding 16 hours. These services highlight both the endurance of the aircraft and the scale of Emirates’ global hub in Dubai. Ultra-long haul flights are nothing new for Emirates, but their continued reliance on the Airbus A380 for these sectors underscores the jet’s unmatched capacity. Destinations across North America,…

Ultra-luxury hotel group Aman has announced the location for its newest property, and it’s yet another city hotel… Aman Singapore will open in The Skywaters development Plans have officially been announced for Aman Singapore, with an opening expected in 2028. The hotel will make up a small part of The Skywaters, which is a new mixed-use sksycraper that’s currently under development, at the intersection of the Central Business District, Marina Bay, and the Greater Southern Waterfront. Aman Singapore building The Skywaters will be 305 meters (1,001 feet) tall, making it the country’s first super tall skyscraper (typically defined as being…

In 2024, Ontario International Airport welcomed just over seven million round-trip passengers. It was the first time traffic had exceeded seven million in 17 years. Compared to before the pandemic in 2019, throughput increased by more than a quarter. This growth was particularly driven by incumbents Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Volaris. However, the arrival of Avianca in 2021, followed by Avelo in 2024 (although it has since exited). STARLUX launched in 2025. Against this background, Ontario’s management attended Routes World in Hong Kong. Among a huge number of heavily branded pop-ups by airports, tourism bodies, countries, etc., from…

US lawmakers are urging Boeing to resolve a strike at its defense plants in Missouri that has now stretched into a third month, affecting production of fighter jets, weapons, and other military aircraft.  The walkout began on August 4, 2025, when about 3,200 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 837 went on strike after rejecting Boeing’s contract offer. Workers cited concerns over wages, benefits, and job security. Since then, the strike has devolved into a protracted standoff, with union members twice voting down company proposals and later submitting their own contract plan, which Boeing reportedly…

EgyptAir is planning on launching two new routes to the United States, including its longest flight yet… EgyptAir adding Chicago & Los Angeles routesEgyptAir has filed with the Department of Transportation (DOT), requesting permission to launch flights to Los Angeles (LAX) as of May 2026, and Chicago (ORD) as of June 2026.EgyptAir wants to launch two new United States routesThe airline is requesting the necessary exemption as soon as possible, so that it can start marketing and selling these flights. There’s no reason EgyptAir shouldn’t get the exemption authority that enables it to operate these flights, so I’d imagine the airline…

When we compare the United States’ F-22 Raptor with China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon, the image is of two aircraft designed for generally similar missions: air superiority, air defense penetration, and networked combat reconnaissance. Yet, the two are shaped by divergent strategic doctrines, industrial bases, and eras of design and technology. The price of these awe-inspiring and fear-inducing weapons of the air is daunting to say the least. At a unit cost of about $150 million each, the US Air Force (USAF) procured 187 in total before the production line at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works shuttered. The mighty Raptor entered service…

In 2024, Air Canada very nicely improved its economy experience in most markets, by introducing free beer and wine on most flights. There’s now a positive update, as this has been expanded even further, and is now available on all flights. Air Canada’s improved economy experience Air Canada is now offering free beer, wine, and snacks, in economy, on all flights globally. This has of course been the standard in long haul markets for many years. Then in June 2024, the airline expanded this to domestic and transborder flights. Now the airline has expanded this to flights to Mexico and…

In this article, we look at some rare flights scheduled on the Airbus A350 in 2025, and, interestingly enough, all of them come from just one carrier – Vietnam Airlines, which has a total of 14 examples of the A350 in its inventory. Interestingly, the 96-plane-strong fleet also has the highest number of parked A350s anywhere on the planet. The flag-carrier has five A350-900s parked at the latest count. There can be several reasons why a carrier chooses to operate such flights, and we try to decode some of them in this article. So, using data from Cirium, let’s break…