Emirates Airline has become the first airline to operate an A380 with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to power one of the aircraft's four Engine Alliance GP7200 engines. Read More »

AirAsia Malaysia is expanding its international network to Australia with the introduction of nonstop Kuala Lumpur-Perth from next March 11. Read More »

The first A321P2F (Passenger to Freighter) to operate the Japan Airlines (JAL) and Yamato Holdings's domestic freight partnership has completed a test flight from Tokyo Narita airport ahead of the start of commercial operations in April next year. Read More »

In October, Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) processed close to five times the 757,000 passengers it recorded in the same month in 2022 and was 13.1% higher than the 3.3 million passengers travelling through the airport in September. Read More »

Virgin Australia (VA) is returning to Uluru with nonstop from Brisbane and Melbourne to commence in June 2024. Read More »

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) carrier, Firefly, has commenced twice weekly nonstop flights from Kota Kinabalu in Sabah and Miri in Sarawak. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from Airbus, Aviatron, Cathay Pacific, International Civil Aviation Organisation, Sam Engineering & Equipment and SITA. Read More »

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