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APRIL 2025

Week 18

Orient Aviation Daily Digest April 28, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Changi Airport passenger traffic exceeds pre-pandemic throughput

Singapore Changi Airport recorded throughput of 17.2 million passengers in the three months to March 31, 4.3% higher than the 16.5 million passengers that passed through its four terminals in the same quarter in 2024. Read More »


 

News

Thai Airways International establishes freighter conversion joint venture

Thai Airways International (THAI) and Kansas Modification Centre (KMC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a joint venture at Bangkok Don Mueang Airport to convert 777-300ERs to freighters. Read More »


 

News

Singapore Airlines partners with OpenAI to expand AI applications

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is collaborating with OpenAI to develop tools to improve passenger support technologies, such as virtual assistants, and garner efficiencies across the operational side of its business. Read More »


 

News

Cathay Pacific touches down in Dallas-Fort Worth and Urumqi

Cathay Pacific has commenced flying to two new destinations. Read More »


 

News

Jetstar application to add flights to Philippines approved

Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) will allow Qantas Group LCC, Jetstar Airways, to open two more routes to the Philippines from November 27. Read More »


 

News

Pakistan excludes India from its airspace after 26 killed in Kashmir attack

Pakistan has closed its airspace to all of India’s airlines as tensions escalate between the two countries following a militant attack in the resort town of Pahalgam in India-administered Kashmir. Read More »


 

People

John Plueger will step down from the Spirit AeroSystems board at the company’s May 23 AGM to focus on his role as Air Lease Corporation CEO. Read More »


 

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