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OCTOBER 2024

Week 43

Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 24, 2024

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

Air India and Singapore Airlines broadening code-share networks

Air India (AI) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) will significantly expand their code-share agreement with the addition of 11 Indian cities and another 40 international destinations across their schedules. Read More »


 


 

News

Vietnam Airlines and Garuda Indonesia confirm strategic partnership

Vietnam Airlines and Garuda Indonesia have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen and expand cooperation and enhance passenger and airfreight transportation capabilities between Vietnam and Indonesia. Read More »


 


 

News

Qantas engineers stage snap 24 hour strike at two capital city airports

Hundreds of Qantas engineers walked off the job for 24 hours earlier this week at Australia’s Melbourne and Brisbane airports. Read More »


 

News

China Airlines reports sustained air traffic growth in latest month

Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) transported 837,545 passengers in September, 4.7% more than a year ago. Read More »


 

News

South Korea’s airlines increase pilot hires to meet robust post-pandemic demand

New pilots employed at South Korean airlines were higher by 8% year-on-year to August 2024, The Korea Times reports. Read More »


 

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Tokyo Narita airport turns to retiring military personnel to relieve ground handling job shortages

Tokyo Narita’s ground handling services company, JBS, has introduced an internship program for retiring Japanese military (Self-Defence Force) personnel, Aviation Wire reports. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Australian Border Force (ABF), Boeing, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), GE Aerospace, Plaza Premium Group, Qantas Airways and Shanghai Pudong Airport. Read More »