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OCTOBER 2024

Week 44

Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 30, 2024

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Asia-Pacific airlines post 18.8% increase in international passengers

Asia-Pacific airlines flew 29.2 million international passengers in September against the 24.6 million international passengers they carried in the same month in 2023. Read More »


 


 

News

China Southern Airlines books US$447 million net profit in latest quarter

China Southern Airlines (CSA) has reported net profit of 3.2 billion yuan (US$447 million) for the three months to September 30, down 23.9% from a 4.2 billion yuan net profit in the matching month in 2023. Read More »


 


 

News

Emirates Airline signs partnerships with two Vietnam-headquartered carriers

Emirates Airline has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Vietnam's largest carriers - Vietnam Airlines and LCC Vietjet - intended to expand connectivity between Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates. Read More »


 

News

Regulator approves Air India application to move aircraft interior modifications in-house

Air India is to commence its own aircraft design modifications. Read More »


 

News

Australia reports 1.2% improvement in domestic passenger traffic in August

Airlines operating in Australia carried five million passengers on scheduled domestic flights in August, up 1.2% from 4.9 million in-country passengers transported in the same month a year earlier. Read More »


 

News

Finnair reaffirms Asia as a focus of capacity expansion

In its latest financial report, Finnair said it is on track to grow capacity 10% this year compared with a year ago. Read More »


 

News

Air Astana’s Asia schedule will expand in northern hemisphere winter cycle

Air Astana is to add three times a week Astana-Phuket to its existing 11 times weekly Almaty-Phuket and daily Almaty-Bangkok rotations. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Airports Council International, Boeing, China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited, International Air Transport Association, International Civil Aviation Organization and Safran. Read More »