Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) chief executive, John Lee, said an incident on board a Cathay Pacific flight from Chengdu to Hong Kong on May 21, when cabin crew were recorded making negative comments about a passenger's lack of English, “destroyed Hong Kong’s traditional culture and values of courtesy and respect”. Read More »

Air India and its LCC affiliate, Air India Express, are scheduled to carry 18,554 passengers between India and Saudi Arabia on religious flights started this week. Read More »

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) has reported 836,000 passengers travelled on its domestic network in April, up 27.7% from 654,000 passengers in the same month in 2022. Read More »

AirAsia has signed a cooperation framework with the Fuzhou local government to establish the China east coast city as a “gateway hub” for travel to Southeast Asia. Read More »

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to add flights to Adelaide and Perth from its Changi Airport home hub, the two Australian airports report. Read More »

SpiceJet has reconfirmed plans, announced earlier this month, to restore 25 of its grounded aircraft to active flying. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from China Airlines, Elemental Cognition, Inmarsat, oneworld and Satcom. Read More »

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