Orient Aviation Daily Digest June 22, 2021
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Hong Kong loosens COVID-19 quarantine rules
Hong Kong is to allow fully vaccinated travellers from lower-risk countries to quarantine in the Special Administrative Region for a shortened period of seven days. Read More »
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The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is seeking public feedback to the proposed joint venture between All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Singapore Airlines (SIA). Read More »
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Vietnam Airlines to receive US$174.4 million in loans from local banks
Vietnam Airlines is expected to receive a four trillion dong (US$174.4 million) loan from a trio of Vietnamese banks, local media has reported, citing comments from a State Bank of Vietnam official. Read More »
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Garuda Indonesia CEO announces airline lost US$2 billion in 2020
Garuda Indonesia CEO, Irfan Setiaputra, has revealed the airline lost about US$2 billion on revenue of about US$1 billion in calendar 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hammered its bottom line, local media reports. Read More »
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Air New Zealand to recommence Auckland-Taipei flights in August
Air New Zealand (Air NZ) intends to recommence nonstop passenger flights between Auckland and Taipei Taoyuan from August with 787-9s. Read More »
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International travellers to and from Australia increased by 50% in April
There were 112,857 international passengers flying into and out of Australia in April, up 49.9% from 75,306 passengers in the same month a year earlier, and almost double the 58,336 passengers carried in March, data from the country's Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) showed. Read More »