Cover Story
Recently, KLM CEO Marjan Rintel, echoed the views of her Western airline peers when she described the difficulties of flying to China in 2024. Read More »
Cover Story
Mainland international passengers return to flying
International passenger traffic at China’s “Big Three” carriers, Air China (AC), China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and China Southern Airlines (CSA) tracked significantly higher in July compared with a year ago. Read More »
Main Story
India aviation sweeps aside decades of stagnation
Indian aviation is in the throes of mega change. Read More »
Industry Insight Special Report
Air traffic recovery testing MRO capacity to unprecedented limits
Aircraft engine MRO has become a choke point for commercial aviation and the capacity shortage is likely to worsen, a recent Bain & Company study concludes. Read More »
News Backgrounder
Four Asia Pacific Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) and their country’s major airlines have launched a User-Preferred Routing (UPR) trial that promises to save carriers thousands of kilograms of fuel and dramatically reduce their carbon emissions. Read More »
News Backgrounder
China tops Asia-Pacific airport growth
Construction of new airports and upgrades to existing facilities have declined from near US$ one trillion pre-pandemic to less than $500 billion in mid-2024, a CAPA report reveals. Read More »
News
Australian government addresses failure of airlines and airports to put customers first
There are few things more important to Australia’s economy than aviation. Read More »
News
The moment that sparked off a lifetime career in journalism for our associate editor and chief correspondent, Tom Ballantyne, was a school guided tour of Edinburgh’s Scottish Daily Mail newspaper. Read More »
Addendum
Asia-Pacific leads world in airport connectivity
In its new research documenting the busiest and biggest airports across the globe, OAG reports the Asia-Pacific is home to six out of the top ten low-cost global airport hubs in 2024. Read More »
Addendum
Airline recovery accelerates digitalisation at India’s airports
The rapid transition of India’s airlines from out-dated pre-pandemic technology to modern IT systems is a business boon for industry-owned IT provider, SITA. Read More »
Addendum
Only weeks after Rex Airlines contracted to its regional roots and entered voluntary administration, another Australian airline is having a go at succeeding in the country’s battle scarred domestic market. Read More »
Comment
China has long been a critical market for Asia-Pacific, European and North American airlines. Read More »
