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JANUARY 2026

Week 4

Orient Aviation Daily Digest January 21, 2026

By Ryan Chase

 

News

ANA flags international growth, flat domestic network for year ahead

All Nippon Airways (ANA) will increase flight frequencies on its international network by 5% in the upcoming fiscal year amid "robust demand" for air travel. Read More »


 

News

Malaysia Airports tops 100 million passengers for 2025

Malaysia Airports reported its 39 airports across Malaysia grew passenger numbers by 11.2% to 104.4 million last year, from 93.8 million in 2024. Read More »


 

News

Japan Airlines expands first class on domestic network, adds new Fuji Dream Airlines codeshare

Japan Airlines (JAL) will operate 787-8 aircraft with a first class cabin on select flights on the Osaka Itami-Sapporo New Chitose route from March this year in response to strong demand. Read More »


 

News

Solomon Airlines launches new N.Z.-Vanuatu route

Solomon Airlines is expanding its Pacific Islands network with a new nonstop service between Port Vila in Vanuatu and Christchurch on N.Z.’s South Island. Read More »


 

News

Vietjet to open new Japan-Vietnam route

Vietjet will start nonstop flights from Hanoi to Shizuoka, located about 80km from Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji next month. Read More »


 

News

Qantas’s Fokker 100 replacement to arrive by end of the year

Qantas Group will take delivery of three "mid-life" Embraer E190 aircraft by the end of the year as part of its replacement program for the Fokker 100 fleet flown by its Network Aviation subsidiary in Western Australia. Read More »


 

People

AirAsia X (AAX) has announced Bo Lingham as its new group CEO. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Changi Airport Group, SATS, Singapore Airlines, and Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport. Read More »