AirAsia X (AAX) has selected Nairobi as its first destination in Africa with plans to start four times a week Kuala Lumpur to the Kenyan capital on November 15. Read More »

Boeing has reached agreement to buy back aerospace supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, in an US$8.3 billion transaction that includes Airbus acquiring “certain commercial work packages that Spirit performs” for the Toulouse-headquartered company. Read More »

India-based Akasa Air is adding Abu Dhabi to its international network with daily flights from Mumbai to the United Arab Emirates hub to commence on July 11 and be flown with 737 MAX 8s. Read More »

Vietjet is to launch another nonstop route between Vietnam and South Korea with the commencement of daily Nha Trang-Daegu on October 27. Read More »

Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA) director general, Subhas Menon, welcomed more than 100 delegates to the association’s first turboprop safety conference, held in Kuala Lumpur last week. Read More »

Air Astana expects to add more flights to China after its government and the Mainland announced broadened traffic rights at last month’s China-Central Asia Aviation Co-operation Group in Xi’an. Read More »

BOC Aviation has named non-executive director, Zhang Xiaolu, as the company's chair. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from Amadeus, CDB Aviation, Colorful Guizhou Airlines, Eve Air Mobility, Thai Airways International and Vietnam Airlines. Read More »

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