Cathay Pacific chief customer and commercial officer, Lavinia Lau, said the Hong Kong-headquartered airline will increase flight schedules to China in the upcoming “Golden Week” in response to robust bookings. Read More »

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) will resume nonstop Auckland to Hobart and to Seoul in the 2024 northern hemisphere winter. Read More »

Air Canada’s international capacity to the Asia-Pacific in the northern hemisphere summer scheduling season will expand by 30% compared with the same period in 2023. Read More »

Vietjet is bulking up its weekly flights from the popular Vietnam tourist island of Phu Quoc to Seoul and Taipei. Read More »

On July 1, Thai AirAsia (TAA) will add a fifth nonstop route from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi when it resumes flying to Hat Yai in southern Thailand. Read More »

SriLankan Airlines has brought forward the departure time for its Colombo to London Heathrow service by an hour to meet slot times at the UK airport following the recent escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. Read More »

On April 19, Qantas Group said it has brought forward John Mullen's appointment as a non-executive director and chair-elect of the company to the start of this week (April 22). Read More »

Sabre has appointed Rajiv Bhatia executive director for Asia-Pacific market expansion. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from Air New Zealand, AirX Inc., Alliance Airlines, Assaia, Bangkok Airways, Embraer, Fiji Airways, Fokker Services Group, Sabre and Safran. Read More »

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