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SEPTEMBER 2022

Week 39

Orient Aviation Daily Digest September 29, 2022

 

News

All Nippon Airways boosts Tokyo-Honolulu flights

All Nippon Airways (ANA) will add frequency to Honolulu from Tokyo Haneda and Tokyo Narita from December to next March. Read More »


 

News

Malaysia drops face mask mandate for all airline passengers

On September 28, Malaysia’s minister of health, Khairy Jamaluddin, announced the wearing of face masks on board commercial flights is no longer compulsory. Read More »


 

News

Hong Kong Airlines seeks court approval for US$3.863 billion debt restructuring

Hong Kong Airlines has applied to the High Court of Hong Kong and the High Court of Justice of England and Wales for approval to call a meeting with creditors to vote on its restructuring and a scheme of arrangement for debt settlement. Read More »


 

News

Regional airline association confirms return of annual Assembly of Presidents

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has announced its Assembly of Presidents, in hiatus since 2019, will return in 2022 and be hosted in Bangkok by Thai Airways International (THAI). Read More »


 

News

SATS Ltd to bulk up global presence with acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services

Singapore-based SATS Ltd has reached agreement with an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management to acquire air cargo handling firm, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), for S$1.6 billion (US$1.1 billion). Read More »


 

News

IATA survey reveals cargo industry ill-equipped to comply with regulations and growth in dangerous goods sector

A survey of professionals working in the dangerous goods (DG) sector has found only 25% of respondents believe the infrastructure of their organisations is equipped to meet future needs. Read More »


 

People

Air China said Song Zhiyong has resigned as an executive director and chair of the airline’s board after a job re-assignment. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Bangkok Airways. Read More »