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OCTOBER 2022

Week 43

Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 24, 2022

 

News

Malaysia Airlines to boost Japan schedule

Malaysia Airlines will add flights between Kuala Lumpur and Japan from November 1 “in anticipation of a surge in travel demand” now the country has reopened its international border. Read More »


 

News

Thai AirAsia to launch Taipei-Chiang Mai in peak holiday season

Thai AirAsia (TAA) plans three times weekly nonstop flights between Chiang Mai and Taipei Taoyuan from December 15. Read More »


 

News

Amazon Air leasing 10 converted A330-300P2F freighters

Amazon Air has signed a firm agreement with Altavair to lease 10 A330-300P2F (passenger to freighter) converted aircraft for its delivery services. Read More »


 

News

Virgin Australia's application to expand Alliance Aviation partnership set for rejection

Australia's competition regulator intends to turn down an application from Virgin Australia's (VA) regional arm, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA), and Alliance Aviation Services to extend their partnership on charter and fly-in fly-out (FIFO) services. Read More »


 

News

IndiGo opens four more domestic routes

India’s leading airline, IndiGo, will add eight flights on four domestic routes to its northern hemisphere 2022 winter schedule: one additional return service to Bhopal-Udaipur, Ahmedabad-Jammu, Ranchi Bhubaneshwar and Indore-Chandigarh. Read More »


 

News

Thailand bankruptcy court signs off THAI corporate restructuring plan

Thai Airways International (THAI) said the country's Central Bankruptcy Court has approved the airline’s business reorganisation plan. Read More »


 

People

Cathay Pacific’s Richard Jones, now head of South West Pacific and regional head of marketing and sales for the region, has been appointed head of marketing and sales for the Americas. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from China Aircraft Leasing Group, Embraer and Nordic Aviation Capital. Read More »