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MAY 2024

Week 21

Orient Aviation Daily Digest May 23, 2024

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

Overcapacity and price war push down Chinese carriers’ fares

Ticket prices in China’s civil aviation industry plunged in the off-peak season after the five-day Labor Day holiday ended May 5, YiCai Global reports. Read More »


 


 

News

Skymark Airlines 737-8 delivery delayed until at least July next year

Skymark Airlines announced on May 15 that it will not take delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX until at least the second quarter of financial year 2025 (July to September 2025) due to delays at Boeing. Read More »


 

News

Juneyao Air to launch its longest domestic route

On July 1 China’s Juneyao Air will launch the Shanghai - Altay route, the carrier announced on Facebook. Read More »


 

News

Japan and South Korea agree to mutually recognize aviation certificates and approvals

Last week the representatives of Japan and South Korea signed a Bilateral Arrangement for the Promotion of Civil Aviation Safety during the three-day Japan-Korea Aviation Cooperation Conference hosted in Sendai by The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) of Korea. Read More »


 

News

Korean Air to build AI Contact Center

Korean Air Lines (KAL) announced it has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop an AI Contact Center (AICC) platform that incorporates innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to improve customer center services. Read More »


 

News

Taiwan’s Transportation Safety Board disadvantaged in fight for aviation talents

An investigator from the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) recently switched jobs to STARLUX Airlines, Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reports. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Japan Airlines (JAL), Tamagawa Aero Systems Co., GTR, Héroux-Devtek Inc., and GE Aerospace. Read More »


 

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