China and the United Arab Emirates are in talks to increase flights, Bloomberg Markets reports, with meetings to be held in Beijing in coming weeks to discuss a new traffic rights agreement. Read More »

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is collaborating with the Aviation Sustainability Forum (ASF) to compile a standardized Cabin Waste Composition Audit (CWCA) that will be available from September. Read More »

AirAsia will focus its Japanese market route development to second tier cities. Read More »

Tata Group’s Air India is evaluating an expansion of its regional domestic operations, India’s media reports. Read More »

On July 2, Jiangxi International Cargo Airlines, a subsidiary of Jiangxi Railway Aviation Group and Nanchang Linkong City Investment Group (operating for Capital Airlines), inaugurated all-cargo three times a week direct Nanchang-Oslo. Read More »

Passenger flow through Shanghai’s Pudong and Hongqiao airports is forecast to reach an average of 360,000 travelers a day between July 1 and August 31, a 16% rise over a year ago China News Service reports. Read More »

Today's brief reports news from Queenstown Airport. Read More »

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