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SEPTEMBER 2025

Week 39

Orient Aviation Daily Digest September 25, 2025

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

Feedstock available to meet Sustainable Aviation Fuel airline demand global study reports

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), in partnership with Worley Consulting, has published a study demonstrating enough Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) feedstock exists to enable the airline industry to achieve net zero CO₂ emissions by 2050. Read More »


 


 

News

Vietnam Airlines in market for 30 more wide-body jets

Vietnam Airlines is seeking to acquire up to 30 more wide-bodies, the carrier announced in a procurement invitation post issued earlier this week. Read More »


 

News

COMAC to reduce 2025 production rates, Bloomberg Business reports

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) now intends to deliver 25 C919 planes this year, instead of 75 it announced earlier this year. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia plans to land in Vietnam; also considering touch downs in Laos and Brunei

"It is no secret I have wanted to operate in Vietnam for a long time. Read More »


 

News

Azerbaijan Airlines and Maldivian establish interline partnership

Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) and the national airline of the Maldives, Maldivian, have signed an interline agreement. Read More »


 

News

South Korea to mandate SAF use on outbound international flights from 2027

The South Korean government will require the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on all international flights departing from the country’s domestic airports from 2027, Yonhap News Agency reports. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Beijing Daxing International Airport, Hamad International Airport, Hiroshima International Airport Corporation, Lufthansa Systems and Thai Airways International. Read More »