Astro, a managed Airflow service and data orchestration platform, has introduced support for the Kubernetes Executor, enhancing scalability and resource management for Airflow workloads. This integration allows users to leverage Kubernetes' power for managing resources and scaling tasks without rearchitecting existing pipelines, as Astro is now the only managed Airflow service offering this capability. The Kubernetes Executor runs each Airflow task in isolated environments, providing detailed control over CPU and memory resources, making it suitable for organizations needing high performance and reliability for large-scale, compute-intensive workloads. By utilizing Kubernetes Executor in Astro, users benefit from scalability, efficient resource management, and fault tolerance, while Astro handles cluster management complexities. This feature is now generally available for Hybrid customers and in public preview for Hosted customers, promising to improve the scalability and reliability of their data pipelines while simplifying Kubernetes management.