Reducing taxes and airport and ancillary charges will form part of a US$1.1 billion relief package for the country’s aviation industry just announced by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Read More »

Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) and HAECO have agreed to an expanded contract, to 2029, that covers component MRO, repair management, component pooling, component engineering, consumable and expendable parts support services, aircraft on ground (AOG) support and onsite consignment stock of CAL’s 16 passenger and freighter 777s at the airline’s Taipei home hub. Read More »

Airbus said it would maintain the A320 fleets of Cathay Pacific and its LCC, HK Express, under a new multi-year, maintenance-by-the-hour contract signed overnight. Read More »

Virgin Australia (VA) plans a national campaign that will give away millions of frequent flyer points and also free business class flights to encourage Australians to vaccinate against COVID-19. Read More »

Airlines in India flew 63% fewer domestic passengers in May compared with the previous month as the country battled a devastating wave of new COVID-19 infections, figures from the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed. Read More »

China Southern Airlines (CSA) said in a regulatory filing to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong that director Ma Xu Lun had relinquished the role of president of the carrier "due to re-arrangement of work". Read More »