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APRIL 2023

Week 16

Orient Aviation Daily Digest April 19, 2023

 

News

United Airlines to boost schedule to Australia and New Zealand

United Airlines (UA) is heading to Christchurch in December as part of its network and schedule expansion to Australia and New Zealand. Read More »


 

News

Malaysia Aviation Group narrows annual losses; flags breakeven in 2023

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) group CEO, Capt. Izham Ismail, said the Firefly, Malaysia Airlines and MASwings parent company is on track to break even in the current fiscal year after reducing full-year losses in 2022. Read More »


 

News

India’s carriers increased domestic passengers by 6.8% in March

Airlines across India carried 12.9 million in-country passengers in March, 21.4% above the 10.6 million domestic passengers they flew in the same month in 2022. Read More »


 

News

Japan Airlines posts 31.8% monthly jump in passengers

Japan Airlines (JAL) flew 3.13 million passengers on its domestic network in March, up from 2.4 million customers transported within the country in February and 74.3% above the 1.8 million travellers it carried in the same month in 2022. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia Philippines moves terminals at Manila's NAIA Airport

From July 1, all AirAsia Philippines domestic flights will operate from Terminal 2 at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport, moving from terminals 3 and 4. Read More »


 

News

Air India signs up TaxiBot for aircraft towing at Mumbai and Delhi airports

Air India will introduce KSU Aviation’s semi-robotic “TaxiBot” to tow its A320 family aircraft at Bengaluru and Delhi airports. Read More »


 

People

Stefanie Neumann took up her new role as one of two CEOs at Lufthansa Systems on April 15. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Absolut Hydrogen, Airbus, ATR, Incheon International Airport Corporation, Israel Aerospace Industries, Sharp Technics K, Swiss Aviation Software and ZeroAvia. Read More »


 

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