Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has given the go-ahead for Qatar Airways Group to purchase 25% of Virgin Australia (VA). Read More »

An International Air Transport Association (IATA) update issued overnight said Asia-Pacific airlines achieved a 21.8% year-on-year increase in demand, added capacity of 16.5% compared with 12 months ago and lifted load factor to 86.7% in the first 31 days of 2025. Read More »

Qantas Group booked an Underlying Profit Before Tax of A$1.39 billion (US$870 million), an increase of 11% year-on-year, and a Statutory Profit After Tax of A$923 million, up 6%, for the six months to December 31, the group said. Read More »

Thai Lion Air will open Bangkok Don Mueang–Taipei Taoyuan–Nagoya on March 31, with the route to operate four times a week with 737-800s.

Asiana Airlines has received final shareholder backing for the sale of its cargo unit to Air Incheon for a negotiated price of 470 billion won (US$328 million). Read More »

Representatives of Taiwan and Finland formally committed to an air service agreement (ASA) on February 27, opening the way for the first direct route between Taipei and Northern Europe. Read More »

Asia-Pacific airlines recorded a 7.5% year-on-year increase in air freight demand last month. Read More »

Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) and non-profit organizations, Chi Po-lin Foundation and the Chin-Ai Music, have created a boarding video, “China Airlines Takes Flight with the Seeds of Environmental Education”, that will premiere on all CAL flights next month. Read More »

Today’s briefs report news from Air France-KLM, Air India, Airlines Pilots Association International, Boeing, CDB Aviation, China Southern Airlines, Colourful Guizhou Airlines, Menzies Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, SAS Scandinavian Airlines and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Read More »