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OCTOBER 2023

Week 42

Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 16, 2023

 

News

MYAirline evaluating investor proposals; fleet remains grounded

Malaysia’s MYAirline has received multiple proposals since its abrupt grounding last week. Read More »


 

News

Japan Airlines to farewell last of its 777-200ERs in November

Japan Airlines (JAL) is to retire the final 777-200ER in its fleet more than two decades after the type entered service with JAL in August 2002. Read More »


 

News

EVA Airways flew 970,733 passengers for the month, airline update reports

In September, Taiwan’s EVA Airways (EVA) carried more than four times the 232,341 customers it flew in the same month in 2022. Read More »


 

News

Greater Bay Airlines to add nonstop Hong Kong-Manila to network

Great Bay Airlines (GBA) has announced the Philippines capital city will be destination seven in its network with the launch of five times a week Hong Kong-Manila on November 8. Read More »


 

News

China Airlines passengers increase 459.9% in September

Taiwan-headquartered China Airlines (CAL) flew 800,189 passengers last month, up from 142,922 air travellers a year ago. Read More »


 

News

Korean Air maintenance arm starts MRO on Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engines

Korean Air (KAL) has received its first batch of Pratt & Whitney (P&W) geared turbofan (GTF) engines at its MRO shop in Gyeonggi province’s Bucheon, located about 25km west of Seoul. Read More »


 

People

Qantas Group CEO, Vanessa Hudson, has accepted the resignation of the airline’s head of loyalty, Olivia Wirth, effective next February. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Boeing, EHang and Spirit Aerosystems. Read More »


 

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