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MARCH 2025

Week 12

Orient Aviation Daily Digest March 19, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

SIA Group update reports healthy air travel demand

Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) flew 3.11 million passengers last month, up 1.7% from the 3.06 million customers flown in the same month a year ago. Read More »


 

News

First retrofitted Air India A320neo takes flight

Air India has completed the installation of new seats on the first of its 27 A320neos. Read More »


 

News

China Eastern Airlines records 1% passenger increase in February

China Eastern Airlines (CEA) passenger numbers were up 0.9%, to 12 million, last month compared with 11.9 million customers a year ago. Read More »


 

News

Malaysia Airlines expands upgrade program to third-party website Trip.com

Malaysia Airlines has selected Trip.com as the first third-party platform to offer its upgrade program, MHUpgrade, to air travellers. Read More »


 

News

Australia’s domestic travellers paying less to fly in March

Australia’s domestic economy class travellers are paying much less for their flights this month compared with a year ago, local data reveals. Read More »


 

News

China Southern Airlines reports 2.8% drop in passengers post holiday peak

Passengers flown by China Southern Airlines (CSA) declined about 400,000, or 2.8%, to 13.8 million in February, from 14.2 million a year ago. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Airbus, China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings, Ernst & Young, Rex Airlines and ST Engineering. Read More »