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MARCH 2023

Week 10

Orient Aviation Daily Digest March 9, 2023

 

News

Cathay Pacific Group “increasingly confident about prospects”; HK Express “taking off really fast”

Cathay Pacific Group general manager for finance and performance, Christopher Buckley, said there are encouraging signs the positive momentum the airline group experienced in late 2022 is continuing in 2023. Read More »


 

News

Global airline association reports 67% year-on-year growth in revenue passenger kilometres

Air travel revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) increased by 67% in January against the matching 31 days in 2022, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said overnight. Read More »


 

News

Australia’s airfares remain above pre-COVID-19 prices reports competition watch dog

Discount airfares for domestic travel in Australia declined 34% in January from a record 15-year high in December, an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Airline Competition in Australia report documents. Read More »


 

News

Air cargo demand declines 14.9% in January

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said cargo tonne kilometres (CTK), a measure of demand, were 14.9% lower in January compared with the same month in 2022. Read More »


 

News

Airbus delivered 46 aircraft in February

Thirty four customers accepted 46 Airbus commercial aircraft in February, lifting deliveries to buyers in the first two months of the year to 66 aircraft. Read More »


 

News

Qatar Airways to expand Asia-Pacific network

Qatar Airways is restoring flights to Beijing, Davao, Osaka, Tokyo Haneda and Phnom Penh. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from AerCap, GE Capital US Holdings, International Aero Engines, Japanese Aero Engine Corporation, MTU Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines International and Sabre. Read More »


 

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