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JULY 2024

Week 27

Orient Aviation Daily Digest July 1, 2024

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Cathay Pacific expands China network, boosts Australia schedule

Cathay Pacific Airways will start four times weekly nonstop to Ningbo from Hong Kong on August 1 with two-class A321neo. Read More »


 


 

News

Air New Zealand cites intense competition across the Pacific, flat passenger numbers for reported month

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) flew 1.167 million passengers in May, little changed from the 1.168 million passengers it transported in the same month a year ago. Read More »


 

News

Fiji Airways to use American Airlines’ frequent flyer program

Fiji Airways passengers will be able credit their travel miles to AAdvantage, the American Airlines (AA) loyalty program and also to airlines that are partners with the U.S. global carrier. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia group carriers launch two routes

AirAsia Malaysia is starting three times a week Kuala Lumpur-Chiang Rai from November 2, becoming the only airline flying nonstop between Malaysia’s biggest city and the northern Thailand destination. Read More »


 

News

Passenger throughput at Kuala Lumpur International Airport improved 22.2% in May

Passengers travelling through Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) increased to 4.7 million in May from 3.8 million air travellers processed in the same month in 2023. Read More »


 

News

Jetstar and Qantas Airways head to Vanuatu

Qantas Airways and Qantas Group LCC, Jetstar, will add Vanuatu in the South Pacific to their networks later this year with the two carriers to operate a combined nine flights a week between Australia and Port Vila. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from AJet, China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings, FedEx Corp, Malaysia Aviation Group, Taiping & Sinopec Financial Leasing Co, Tasman Cargo Airlines and Travelport. Read More »


 

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