Malaysia Airlines has accepted the first of 25 737 MAX 8s it had ordered via operating leases with Air Lease Corporation. Read More »

Batik Air Malaysia will start nonstop Kuala Lumpur-Tashkent in Uzbekistan on December 15 with a flight a week to be flown with an A330-300. Read More »

Air China, China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and China Southern Airlines (CSA) have reported triple digit year-on-year increases in air traffic in their latest traffic updates. Read More »

Asiana Airlines will add a second Australian destination to its network when it begins seasonal two times a week Seoul Incheon-Melbourne next month. Read More »

An Australian court has pronounced Qantas guilty of illegally standing down a worker who expressed concerns about the cleaning of aircraft arriving from China in the early days of the pandemic. Read More »

SriLankan Airlines has installed self-service passenger facilities at Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport allowing its customers to check in, select seats, print boarding passes and bag tags and deliver luggage to self-bag drop collection points. Read More »

This news roundup from the 2023 Dubai Airshow includes announcements from Airbus, Boeing, CAE, EGYPTAIR, Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways, flydubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub and Safran Nacelles. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from Air bp, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, H2FLY GmbH, Embraer, Japan Airlines, Jio, Sabre, Scoot, SITA, Universal Hydrogen Co and ZeroAvia Inc. Read More »

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