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NOVEMBER 2024

Week 47

Orient Aviation Daily Digest November 18, 2024

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Thai AirAsia X to add India to network

Thai AirAsia X (TAAX) will launch nonstop two times weekly Bangkok Don Mueang-Delhi on December 15. Read More »


 


 

News

Boeing forecasts steady air cargo growth in next 20 years

Air freight demand is predicted to expand by 4% a year to 2043 underpinned by high growth Asian markets and a sustained rise in e-commerce, Boeing’s latest World Air Cargo Forecast details. Read More »


 


 

News

SpiceJet acquires 13 Q400s in settlement with Export Development Canada

SpiceJet will pay Export Development Canada (EDC) US$22.5 million to resolve a US$90.8 million dispute involving 13 De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400s. Read More »


 

News

HK Express accepts 10th A321neo, nears fleet target of 40 aircraft

HK Express CEO, Jeanette Mao, said the Cathay Group LCC is on track to operate 800 flights a week following the arrival in its fleet of a 10th A321neo. Read More »


 

News

Australia’s international passengers increased 9.2% in August

International airline passengers flying into and out of Australia increased to 3.3 million in August compared with 3.1 million air travellers a year earlier, Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) reports. Read More »


 

News

Hawaiian Airlines resumes Honolulu-Auckland after seasonal hiatus

Hawaiian Airlines has resumed flying to Auckland with Airbus wide-bodies. Read More »


 

People

Garuda Indonesia has announced Wamildan Tsani Panjaitan, a former Lion Air Group CEO, as its CEO, succeeding Irfan Setiaputra, a company statement has confirmed. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Airbus, All Nippon Airways, Boeing, Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Spirit AeroSystems and Travelport. Read More »