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AUGUST 2025

Week 35

Orient Aviation Daily Digest August 26, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Changi Airport passenger traffic increased 4.6% in latest month

Singapore Changi Airport’s four terminals recorded throughput of 5.97 million passengers in July compared with 5.7 million travellers a year ago. Read More »


 


 

News

Korean Air orders 103 Boeing jets and 19 GE family engines

Korean Air (KAL) has signed a US$50 billion contract to purchase a mix of 103 next-generation Boeing twin and single aisle jets, 19 spare engines from GE Aerospace and CFM International and an engine maintenance program with GE Aerospace. Read More »


 

News

Akasa Air adds 30th destination to network

Akasa Air will inaugurate nonstop 737 MAX 8 flights from Mumbai to the India coastal destination of Kozhikode on October 1. Read More »


 

News

Singapore Airlines announces changes to KrisFlyer program

Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) is increasing the frequent flyer miles required for flight redemptions on most routes from November 1. Read More »


 

News

Australia’s domestic passenger traffic increased 2.4% at mid-year

Airlines in Australia flew 4.7 million passengers on domestic flights in June, up from the 4.6 million air travellers they transported a year ago. Read More »


 

News

Hong Kong International Airport passenger throughput up 9.7%

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) said 5.2 million passengers travelled through its two terminals in July, an improvement from 4.7 million passengers a year ago. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia, HAECO Group, Japan Airlines and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Read More »