Air travellers flying into, out of and within Malaysia increased 14.3%, to 8.8 million, in July from 7.7 million in the same month last year, the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) reports. Read More »

Among the 56 policies set out in an Australian Government aviation White Paper, released on August 26, are proposals for an industry ombudsman and a customer charter. Read More »

Airlines across India flew 13 million passengers on domestic flights in July, up 7.3% from the 12.1 million air travellers they transported 12 months ago. Read More »

Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has announced Chennai will be its first nonstop flight to India. Read More »

From late October, Japan Airlines (JAL) will fly a 767-300ER, JAL Fantastic Journey Express, featuring a livery of characters from Disney films Frozen, Peter Pan and Tangled as well as the new Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Hotel. Read More »

Qantas Airways is offering eagle-eyed customers who took advantage of unusually low fares for first class travel between Australia and the U.S., the options of business class tickets or a full refund. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from ATR, Capital A, Malaysia Airlines and Santan. Read More »

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