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MARCH 2025

Week 10

Orient Aviation Daily Digest March 3, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

IndiGo adding Seychelles to international network

IndiGo is expanding its presence in Africa from March 22 with four times a week nonstop Mumbai-Seychelles. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia X net profit declines 37.5%

AirAsia X (AAX) recorded a net profit of 229.1 million ringgit (US$51 million) for the 12 months to December 31 compared with a 336.5 million ringgit net profit in the previous year. Read More »


 

News

Global airports association forecasts 22.3 billion air travellers by 2053

Airports Council International World’s (ACI World) has predicted air travellers will reach 17.7 billion by 2043 and 22.3 billion at the close of 2052. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia group airlines increase revenue in full-year 2024

Capital A said its AirAsia group of airlines booked 19 billion ringgit (US$4.3 billion) in revenue for the 12 months to December 31, a 39% improvement from a year earlier and a result of sustained travel demand and advantageous fuel prices. Read More »


 

News

Bangkok Airways delivers 22.2% profit increase in 2024

Bangkok Airways has reported a net profit of 3.8 billion baht (US$111 million) for calendar 2024 against a net profit of 3.1 billion baht in the same months in 2023. Read More »


 

News

Embraer customers to accept up to 85 E-jets this year

Embraer is scheduling delivery of 77 to 85 commercial aircraft to clients in 2025, an increase from 73 aircraft in full-year 2023. Read More »


 

People

BOC Aviation has promoted deputy chief financial officer, Wen Lam, to chief financial officer with immediate effect following the retirement of Wu Jianguang on February 28.


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from AerCap, Air India Express, Embraer, Rolls-Royce, Sabre, Spirit AeroSystems and ST Engineering. Read More »