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APRIL 2025

Week 14

Orient Aviation Daily Digest April 3, 2025

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

United Airlines to expand to Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Adelaide and Manila

United Airlines (UA) intends to be the only U.S. airline to serve Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City. Read More »


 

News

Virgin Australia seeking to relist in mid-year 2025?

Virgin Australia (VA) is planning to return to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after an absence of five years, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) exclusively reports. Read More »


 

News

Vietnam Airlines books “outstanding increase” in fiscal 2024 profits

Vietnam Airlines achieved “an outstanding increase” in revenue and profits in 2024, reporting the best results in its history, the airline said. Read More »


 

News

Hong Kong Airlines wants “as many jets as possible” to revive network

Hong Kong Airlines will acquire as many second-hand aircraft as are available to rebuild its intercontinental operations, the airline’s vice president, Gary Zhan, told Bloomberg News. Read More »


 

News

Air India Express completing acceptance of 50 737s from former Boeing customers in China

Air India Express will be required to have deliveries of 737 MAXs from Boeing paused from mid-year after accepting jets from storage originally ordered by airlines in China, Bloomberg Markets said. Read More »


 

News

Skymark Airlines starting international charter flights this month

Skymark Airlines will return to international flying in mid-month after a hiatus of five years, Nikkei reports. Read More »


 

People

Do Vinh Quang, a son of the founder of conglomerate T&T Group, Do Quang Hien, is the new chair of Vietravel Airlines. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from CFM International, Embraer, Japan Airlines, SATS, SIA Engineering Company, Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Turkish Aerospace (TUSAŞ). Read More »