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JULY 2024

Week 29

Orient Aviation Daily Digest July 15, 2024

By Ryan Chase

 

News

China Southern Airlines and Malaysia Airlines expand partnership

China Southern Airlines (CSA) and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) have added routes to a code-share agreed a year ago. Read More »


 


 

News

Fiji Airways applies for Fiji-Dallas Fort Worth air traffic rights

Fiji Airways has written to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) seeking permission to commence a nonstop three times a week service between its home hub and Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas. Read More »


 

News

Boeing commences 777-9X flight testing

Boeing has begun certification flight testing for its 777-9X after the program received Type Inspection Authorisation (TIA) from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Read More »


 

News

Rex director and shareholder calls for board changes

Regional Express (Rex) director and major shareholder, Lim Kim Hai, has requested a general meeting of shareholders intended to remove four members of the domestic carrier’s board and appoint two new directors. Read More »


 

News

EVA Airways flew 14.7% more passengers in latest reported month

EVA Airways carried 1.1 million passengers in June, from 983,146 air travellers in the same month in 2023. Read More »


 

News

Air New Zealand encourages Kiwis to be “beach bums” this summer

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) has added 41,500 seats to its Pacific network to capture peak southern hemisphere holiday traffic. Read More »


 

News

Vietnam Airlines to launch Hanoi-Phnom Penh in October

In conjunction with the State visit of President To Lam of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Vietnam Airlines announced it will begin nonstop direct four times a week flying between Hanoi and Phnom Penh from October 27 with A321s. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news about Airbus, Indonesia AirAsia, SITA, Tasman Cargo Airlines and Worldwide Flight Services. Read More »


 

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