Boeing estimates China’s airlines will order 8,560 aircraft between 2023 and 2042 to meet demand for air travel. Read More »

Cathay Pacific chief customer and commercial officer, Lavinia Lau, said the appetite for air travel remained robust in August, highlighted by persistent high demand for leisure travel to short-haul destinations. Read More »

Japan Airlines (JAL) flew 3.2 million passengers on domestic flights in August from 2.8 million customers flown in the same month a year ago. Read More »

Emirates Airline and SriLankan Airlines will interline in a partnership that allows their passengers to travel on a single ticket and with luggage tagged to their final destinations on 30 routes across the Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, India, the Maldives, the Middle East and the U.S. Read More »

Qantas Group disclosed on September 20 that former group CEO, Alan Joyce, was paid A$21.4 million (US$14 million) in the 12 months to June 30, his last full year in the role before stepping down earlier this month. Read More »

International Air Transport Association (IATA) senior vice president of operations, safety and security, Nick Careen, said the airline lobby group's operational safety audits (IOSA) had made a major contribution to improving safety in the 20 years since the first airline joined the IOSA registry in September 2003. Read More »

Sydney Airport has named Scott Charlton as its new CEO. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, Capital A, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Perth Airport, Philippine Airlines, Salesforce and Sivilai Asia Co. Read More »

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