Air travel revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), a measure of demand, grew by 64.4% in calendar 2022 compared with the previous year, airline lobby group, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), announced overnight. Read More »

Tata Sons has shifted several domestic routes between its full service Air India and LCC AirAsia India airlines to best tailor them to passenger demand. Read More »

AirAsia Philippines is resuming nonstop routes from Manila to three destinations in Greater China in the weeks ahead. Read More »

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) yesterday (February 7) cancelled the SpaceJet commercial aircraft program and announced its Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation subsidiary will be liquidated after years of delays and billions of dollars lost in development costs. Read More »

Oman-based SalamAir will commence twice weekly nonstop flights between Muscat and Kuala Lumpur from July 3 flying the route with A320neo family aircraft. Read More »

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is looking to add aircraft to its fleet after recently re-acquiring A330-300 registration RP-C8786 from storage at Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport in France. Read More »

Today's briefs reports news from Akasa Air, Avolon, Boeing, Malaysia Airports Holdings and SATS. Read More »

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