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MARCH 2025

Week 14

Orient Aviation Daily Digest March 31, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Air China reports reduced losses in full-year 2024

Air China narrowed its losses to 232.6 million yuan (US$3.2 million) in the 12 months to last December 31 from a 1 billion yuan net loss in 2023. Read More »


 

News

Competition regulator formally approves Virgin Australia-Qatar Airways alliance

Virgin Australia (VA) has cleared the final regulatory hurdle in its quest for approval of an alliance with Qatar Airways. Read More »


 

News

PT AirAsia Indonesia bottom line impacted by strong U.S. dollar

AirAsia Indonesia has reported net losses of 1.5 trillion rupiah (US$92 million) for the 12 months to December 31 compared with a net loss of 1.1 trillion rupiah in the previous year. Read More »


 

News

China Eastern Airlines halved losses in latest fiscal year

China Eastern Airlines (CEA) has reported an annual net loss of 4.2 billion yuan (US$582 million) for fiscal 2024, close to half the 8.2 billion yuan loss it booked in 2023. Read More »


 

News

Qantas Airways resumes Singapore-Darwin after near two decade absence

Qantas Airways commenced nonstop four times a week Darwin-Singapore on March 30, the first time in almost 20 years the oneworld alliance member is linking Australia’s “Top End” capital with Singapore. Read More »


 

News

China Southern Airlines shrinks annual losses

China Southern Airlines (CSA) has reported a net loss of 1.8 billion yuan (US$244 million) for calendar 2024 compared with net losses of 4.1 billion yuan in 2023. Read More »


 

People

Boeing has named Eric Hill vice president of investor relations. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Air New Zealand, Capital A, China Airlines, China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co, Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories, IndiGo, Indra, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Recaro Aircraft Seating, SATS, Seoul Incheon and Weihai Guangtai Airport Equipment Co. Read More »