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FEBRUARY 2026

Week 6

Orient Aviation Daily Digest February 6, 2026

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

ANA outlines fiscal year 2026 schedule, plans Boeing 737 MAX arrival in June

ANA HOLDINGS (ANA HD) announced this week its flight schedule for fiscal year 2026 (FY2026) Starting April 1, 2026. Read More »


 


 

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AirAsia continues its fifth-freedom expansion into North Asia with Kaohsiung-Osaka route launched in June

AirAsia Malaysia said it is accelerating its fifth-freedom expansion strategy with the introduction of a new Kaohsiung-Osaka route, operated daily from June 15, 2026. Read More »


 


 

News

Tigerair Taiwan to link Taichung with Okinawa from late March

Tigerair Taiwan announced it will optimize its route network from Taichung in Central Taiwan by transferring the capacity from the currently operated Taichung-Macau route to the Taichung-Okinawa (Naha) route, launched on March 30, 2026. Read More »


 

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Air India Express expects its first operating profit since privatization

Air India Express is expected to report an operating profit in the second half of this fiscal year. Read More »


 

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Emirates introduces second daily flight to Tokyo Narita from May

Emirates has announced the expansion of its operations to Tokyo Narita with the introduction of a second daily service from May 1, 2026, operated by the airline’s retrofitted Boeing 777-300ER featuring 260 economy seats, 24 premium economy seats, 40 business class seats, and eight first class suites. Read More »


 

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Chinese airline industry moves towards regulating the seat reservation rules

The China Air Transport Association (CATA) has issued draft rules to regulate airline seat reservation practices. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Air France–KLM, Boeing, Cathay Group, CDB Aviation, De Havilland Canada, Delta Air Lines, GE Aerospace, Just Udo Aviation Private Limited (FLY91), Nexus Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group, Singapore Airshow 2026, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), ST Engineering, TrueNoord, and Qantas. Read More »