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APRIL 2023

Week 15

Orient Aviation Daily Digest April 13, 2023

 

News

Boeing booked 60 orders for March, delivered 64 aircraft to customers

Boeing reported gross orders for 60 commercial airplanes last month, including 21 737 MAX family aircraft from Japan Airlines and five 787-9s from EVA Airways. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia X adds Osaka Kansai to Japan network

AirAsia X (MAAX) will start nonstop Kuala Lumpur-Osaka Kansai on June 1. Read More »


 

News

Oceania’s Fiji Airways to acquire two more A350-900s for northern hemisphere expansion

Fiji Airways has added two A350-900s to its order book for routes to North America and North Asia. Read More »


 

News

Air Niugini accelerating fleet renewal after Easter holiday schedule breakdowns

Air Niugini CEO, Gary Seddon, has apologised to passengers impacted by the airline’s Easter holiday flight disruptions. Read More »


 

News

ZIPAIR Tokyo to start fourth trans-Pacific route with 787-8s

ZIPAIR Tokyo will launch nonstop Tokyo Narita-San Francisco (SFO) on June 2. Read More »


 

News

Myanmar National Airlines joins global airline association

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a Linkedin post Myanmar National Airlines is the newest member of the airline lobby group and the fifth carrier to sign up for membership in 2023. Read More »


 

People

Malaysia's transport minister, Anthony Loke Siew Fook, has appointed Datuk Alice Jawan Empaling to the Malaysian Aviation Commission board for a three-year term. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Aramex, Brisbane Airport, Sabre, United Airlines and Vietjet. Read More »


 

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