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British Airways partnered (23-Oct-2025) with British wellness specialist anatomē to launch a new limited-edition range of amenity kits in its Club World long haul business class cabin for services from London Gatwick Airport, effective 26-Oct-2025. [more - original PR]

Manchester Airport, via its official Twitter account, announced (22-Oct-2025) Icelandair and Air Transat plan to move operations to Terminal 2. Icelandair services will move to the terminal on 28-Oct-2025, with Air Transat services moving on 02-Nov-2025.

Finnair announced (22-Oct-2025) plans to replace approximately 1700 seat covers in eight A321s. Six aircraft will return to service within a week and all eight A321s will be back in service by the end of Oct-2025. New seat covers are being installed to allow the aircraft to return to service. New covers are being sourced from multiple suppliers. As previously reported by CAPA, Finnair temporarily suspended operations of eight A321s on 13-Oct-2025, after being informed by the seat cover manufacturer that the impact of washing on fire protection of the seat covers was not verified in the required manner. The affected seat covers were manufactured by a long standing Finnair partner, based on specifications provided by the original seat manufacturer. The covers were washed in accordance with the information received from the original seat manufacturer. Finnair had to cancel approximately 70 flights since 13-Oct-2025, affecting travel plans of around 11,000 customers. [more - original PR]

Berlin Brandenburg Airport reported (22-Oct-2025) it handled its 100 millionth passenger since commencing operations. The busiest day in the airport's history was 17-Oct-2025 with 101,893 passengers. [more - original PR]

Onex Partners and WestJet closed (22-Oct-2025) the sale of minority equity stakes in WestJet to Delta Air Lines, Korean Air and Air France-KLM. Delta Air Lines has acquired a 15% minority equity stake in WestJet from the Onex Group, with Korean Air acquiring a further 10%. Upon closing, Delta Air Lines sold and transferred a 2.3% stake in WestJet to its JV partner Air France-KLM. As a result, the respective stakes of the partners stand as follows:

• Delta Air Lines: 12.7%;
• Korean Air: 10%;
• Air France-KLM: 2.3%.

The Onex Group will continue to own and control WestJet, retaining 75% of the group's original investment. [more - original PR]

VietJet Air confirmed (22-Oct-2025) the suspension of Hanoi-Con Dao and Ho Chi Minh City-Con Dao services operated with COMAC C909 aircraft. The LCC said the decision had been made "to streamline operations and further enhance its products and services on these routes". VietJet stated it intends to resume the services in mid Nov-2025. As previously reported by CAPA, VietJet launched the twice daily services on 19-Apr-2025, which were operating under a wet lease agreement with Chengdu Airlines. It marked the first time the C909 had been deployed on routes within Vietnam. VietJet is the third carrier in Southeast Asia to operate the C909, after Lao Airlines and TransNusa Air Services. [more - Aviation Week]