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APRIL 2026

Week 17

Orient Aviation Daily Digest April 24, 2026

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

Qantas betters Virgin Australia in domestic on-time performance in Australia in March

For March 2026, the Qantas network (Qantas and QantasLink combined operations) recorded 80.1% for on-time arrivals, while the Virgin Australia network (Virgin Australia and Virgin Australia Regional Airlines combined operations) recorded 77.7%, the data published by Australia’s Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) indicated. Read More »


 


 

News

Boeing CEO called on the U.S. administration to help unlock major order from China

“Without the administration’s support, I don’t think we’ll see any near-term large orders out of China,” Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. Read More »


 

News

Singapore Airlines is reported to deepen its involvement in Air India

In recent months, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has moved some of its employees to Air India, placing its executives in key roles across flight operations, engineering, and maintenance, as India’s flag carrier battles record losses and recent safety lapses, Bloomberg Markets reported. Read More »


 

News

Taiwanese carriers will double cargo fuel surcharges in May

Major airlines headquartered in Taiwan, China Airlines (CAL), EVA Airways, and STARLUX Airlines will raise cargo fuel surcharges starting in May, with rates for shipments to the United States, Europe, and Asia set to roughly double. Read More »


 

News

Korean Air hosted global predictive maintenance workshop

On April 22 and 23, 2026, Korean Air (KAL) hosted the “2026 Predictive Maintenance Airline Workshop”. Read More »


 

News

Japan Airlines transports “Delivered from the Sky” tuna to local consumers

Japan Airlines (JAL), through JAL Group’s entities JAL JTA Sales and JALUX, is partnering with Sakashita Suisan in Okinawa to deliver fresh, never-frozen tuna “nama maguro” (raw tuna) to mainland Japan. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from China Aircraft Leasing Group Holding (CALC), HAECO, and Satair. Read More »