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Air Tahiti Nui board of directors appointed (12-Feb-2026) Lionel Guérin as CEO, effective 11-Feb-2026. Mr Guérin joined the board in Apr-2025 and succeeds Philippe Marie in the role. Mr Guérin previously served in leadership and executive roles across Air France, Airlinair, Transavia France and HOP!, having most recently served with Air Moana. [more - original PR]

Virgin Australia announced (13-Feb-2026) the following executive changes:

• Appointment of Andrew Cleary as chief customer officer and CEO Velocity, effective 23-Mar-2026. The role consolidates all aspects of customer experience under one team. Mr Cleary most recently led the customer experience team at Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong, having also previously served in loyalty, customer experience and partnership-related roles at Qantas Airways;
• CEO Velocity Frequent Flyer and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines group executive Nick Rohrlach plans to depart the company, effective 30-Apr-2026. Mr Rohrlach will work closely with Mr Cleary during the transition period;
• Chief strategy and transformation officer Alistair Hartley plans to depart the company, effective 30-Apr-2026.

Virgin also announced its Strategy and Transformation team will transition to report directly to CEO Dave Emerson, effective 30-Apr-2026. The airline stated the change is "an acknowledgment of the critical nature of this function going forward". [more - original PR]

Webjet Group issued (13-Feb-2026) an update on the following previous announcements:

• On 19-Nov-2025, the company received a non-binding and indicative offer from Helloworld Travel Limited to acquire 100% of the shares in Webjet that Helloworld did not already own by way of a scheme of arrangement;
• On 21-Nov-2025, the company received a revised non-binding and indicative offer from BGH Capital to acquire all the shares in Webjet not already owned by BGH and its associates via an off-market takeover.

Webjet stated it has "engaged constructively" with both entities over the past 12 weeks, providing each with due diligence access. WebJet added that it has not received a proposal from either party which is consistent with "the respective indicative proposals" or a proposal "capable of being put to shareholders". WebJet concluded that discussions with both Helloworld and BGH have ceased. Webjet projected underlying EBITDA for FY2026 to be in the range of AUD28 million (USD19.8 million) to AUD29 million (USD20.6 million), excluding Webjet Business Travel. Webjet also confirmed it lodged the requisite notification to commence its on-market share buy-back programme of up to AUD25 million (USD17.7 million), which was put on hold following receipt of the Helloworld proposal and revised BGH proposal. [more - original PR]

Saint Helena's Government confirmed (10-Feb-2026) the temporary suspension of commercial services at Saint Helena Airport since 06-Feb-2026. Airlink (South Africa) has suspended bookings to St Helena. The government does not expect any scheduled commercial services to operate before 21-Feb-2026, "at the earliest". The suspension occurred after the airport was unable to maintain compliance with Category 6 requirements for commercial services, due to unserviceable water pumps on the airport's firefighting vehicles. The airport was approved to continue at Category 4 for medevac and executive jet operations. The government stated that restoring Category 6 status "remains our highest priority". [more - original PR]

London Heathrow Airport reported (11-Feb-2026) it handled 6.5 million passengers in Jan-2026, an increase of 2.2% year-on-year and the airport's busiest January on record. The airport reported Jan-2026 was the first month in which every passenger used new security lane technology across all terminals. The performance included multiple peak days exceeding 250,000 passengers, surpassing the previous January record of 246,000 despite adverse weather across the US and Europe. [more - original PR]

AirAsia X (AAX) announced (11-Feb-2026) plans to commence daily Kuala Lumpur-Bahrain-London Gatwick service on 26-Jun-2026 with A330 aircraft. This marks the establishment of "Bahrain as AAX's first global hub", "marking the expansion of the airline beyond its homeground Asia" and "Leveraging Bahrain's strategic location and aviation structure" to connect Southeast Asia to the Middle East and Europe. Capital A CEO Tony Fernandes stated: "This is a defining step in the next phase of AAX's growth. Bahrain as our strategic aviation hub allows us to connect Asia with the Middle East and Europe more effectively while creating a scalable platform for future growth". The LCC will be the sole scheduled operator on the Kuala Lumpur-Bahrain sector of the route, according to OAG. [more - original PR - AirAsia X] [more - original PR - AirAsia X - II] [more - original PR - London Gatwick Airport III]