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SEPTEMBER 2024

Week 37

Orient Aviation Daily Digest September 11, 2024

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

Air China debuts C919 commercial passenger operations

Air China flew its inaugural commercial flight on September 10. Read More »


 


 

News

Air France to commence non-stop Paris-Manila in December

Air France (AF) will launch three times a week Paris-Manila on December 7 flying A350-900s equipped with 34 business, 24 premium economy and 266 economy seats on the route. Read More »


 


 

News

SriLankan Airlines and flydubai seal interline partnership

SriLankan Airlines and flydubai have commenced interlining The agreement offers flydubai passengers access to 16 SriLankan destinations including Melbourne, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo. Read More »


 

News

Jetstar CEO hints Las Vegas and Cape Town could be future destinations

Jetstar Airways is considering the U.S. and South Africa as destinations in 2025, the LCC’s CEO, Stephanie Tully, told Australia’s news.com.au in an exclusive interview. Read More »


 

News

Jetstar Asia to resume Singapore-Medan after COVID forced the route’s closure

Jetstar Asia will restore Singapore-Medan from November, the only carrier that will offer direct flights on the route. Read More »


 

News

Hong Kong Airlines continues to rebuild network post-COVID

Hong Kong Airlines will launch daily Hong Kong-Chiang Mai in the final week of October, its third destination to Thailand after the resumption of Bangkok and Phuket post-pandemic. Read More »


 

People

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has announced several appointments, effective from the start of the month. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from AISATS, Cathay Pacific Airways, ITOCHI Corporation, Killich Aerospace Ltd and San Miguel Corporation. Read More »


 

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