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JANUARY 2026

Week 5

Orient Aviation Daily Digest January 30, 2026

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

Global airlines association names 2025 the year of record high demand and delivers stern message

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released the 2025 full-year and December 2025 passenger market performance, showing record-high demand. Read More »


 

News

Regional airlines association declares solid traffic growth in 2025

Preliminary traffic figures for the full calendar year 2025, released on January 29, 2025, by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), showed robust growth in both international air passenger and cargo markets, underpinned by resilient economic conditions and healthy travel demand, even as trade and geopolitical uncertainties remained elevated. Read More »


 

News

Air India places order for 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets

Boeing and Air India announced today that the airline has ordered 30 more fuel-efficient 737 MAX jets, expanding its Boeing order book to nearly 200 airplanes across the company’s single-aisle and widebody airplane families. Read More »


 

News

Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines formalized joint business partnership

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) today confirmed the formalisation of their joint business partnership following the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia’s (CAAM) approval in January 2026 and the approval by the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore in July 2025. Read More »


 

News

Wings India 2026: Airbus, ATR share their outlook on India’s market growth, country moves closer to realising its aircraft manufacturing ambition

Indian carriers will triple the size of their fleets to 2,250 jets over the next decade, Airbus said during the “Wings India 2026” airshow. Read More »


 

News

Asia-Pacific airlines led the air cargo demand growth in record 2025, says global airline association

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for the full year 2025 and December 2025 global air cargo market performance, showing Asia-Pacific airlines saw 8.4% year-on-year demand (CTK) growth for air cargo in 2025, the strongest among the regions. Read More »


 

News

China Airlines upgrades its premium economy class, positioning it closer to business class

Taiwan-headquartered China Airlines (CAL) said it has comprehensively upgraded its Premium Economy Class product. Read More »


 

News

SAS launches two new routes to Thailand in Northern Winter season

SAS Scandinavian Airlines announced the Copenhagen-Phuket and Copenhagen-Krabi routes, to be launched in the Northern Winter 2026/27 season, along with a return to Dubai. Read More »


 

News

Tigerair Taiwan introduces measures to protect its frontline staff's privacy protection

In response to the rise of social media, which has led many passengers to record their flights, and to balance service identification with frontline staff privacy, Tigerair Taiwan announced that, starting February 1, 2026, frontline staff can choose to apply for a new version of their work ID or name tag. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Australian Airports Association, FedEx, Greenport Agency (GPA), LOT Polish Airlines (LOT), and Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA). Read More »