Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot flew a combined 3.2 million passengers in May against the 2.8 million air travellers the two carriers transported a year ago. Read More »

In full-year 2023, air carriers in the region ended three consecutive years of losses and returned to the black as a result of healthy leisure and business travel bookings and the easing of COVID travel restrictions, the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA) reports. Read More »

Airlines transported 3.3 million passengers into and out of Australia in March from 2.6 million air international travellers carried in the same month in 2023, figures from the country's Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) show. Read More »

Air New Zealand (AirNZ) CEO, Greg Foran, who was in Japan this week as a member of a New Zealand business delegation, said the flag carrier will add 30,000 seats between New Zealand and Japan from this November to next March to accommodate strong demand, particularly in its business and premium economy cabins. Read More »

Cebu Pacific and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) have signed a second consecutive Memorandum of Understanding to encourage travel to Singapore and promote “Fly, Stay, Cruise” holidays. Read More »

SriLankan Airlines is offering customers in Bangladesh the option to confirm their travel by paying in person at the Sri Lankan flag carrier’s Dhaka office. Read More »

Boeing has named former Australian diplomat, Penny Burtt, president for Southeast Asia, effective from July 3. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from Archer, Boom Supersonic, Finnair, Malaysia Airports and Signature Aviation. Read More »

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