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SEPTEMBER 2025

Week 39

Orient Aviation Daily Digest September 23, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Hong Kong International Airport prepares for Super Typhoon Ragasa

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) is expecting significant disruptions to operations at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) from early evening today as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Read More »


 


 

News

Batik Air Malaysia adds three Singapore routes to network

Batik Air Malaysia will operate daily nonstop Singapore Changi to Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur Subang and Penang from December 1. Read More »


 

News

Vietjet joins 737 MAX club after Seattle handover ceremony

Vietjet accepted its first 737 MAX 8 on September 21 at a ceremony attended by the president of Vietnam, Luong Cuong. Read More »


 

News

Cathay Pacific returning to Seattle; increasing Dallas-Fort Worth to daily

Cathay Pacific will resume nonstop Hong Kong-Seattle next March 30 after pausing the route at the start of the pandemic. Read More »


 

News

Korean Air using domestically produced SAF on short-haul routes

Korean Air (KAL) is selectively operating two flights, Seoul Incheon-Kobe and Seoul Gimpo-Osaka Kansai, with SAF produced in South Korea. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia to expand Indonesia-Malaysia network from next month

AirAsia Malaysia will start nonstop four times weekly Kuala Lumpur-Banjarmasin on October 20 increasing AirAsia Malaysia’s Indonesia schedule to 18 destinations and 229 flights a week. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from China Central Longhao Airlines, Air New Zealand, Corporate Information Travel, Embraer, LATAM Group, Malaysia Airlines and Teleport. Read More »