Singapore will include Cambodia, Fiji, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Turkey in the country's vaccinated travel lane (VTL) program from December 9. Read More »

The CEOs of Garuda Indonesia and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have deepened their partnership with an agreement “to explore a wide-ranging commercial partnership” that will “include potential alignment of frequent flyer programs, joint marketing activities and initiatives that will promote inbound tourism into Indonesia, subject to regulatory approval”, SIA’s Goh Choon Phong and Garuda’s Irfan Setiaputra, said in a joint statement on November 26. Read More »

Cathay Pacific has told Reuters news agency pilot resignations have "risen beyond normal levels since the end of October". Read More »

Singapore has closed its border to certain non-citizens who have been to seven countries in Africa - Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe – in response to the emergence of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Read More »

AirAsia Malaysia CEO, Riad Asmat, has called on regulators to approve the LCC's request to boost frequencies on flights between Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak for the Christmas and Chinese New Year period to support lower fares. Read More »

Virgin Australia (VA) has introduced a vaccination requirement for travellers on its international routes, effective immediately. Read More »

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed lifting the number of domestic flights and again to allow airlines to offer on board service beyond the supply of drinking water. Read More »

Global MRO, SR Technics, and VietJet have signed a US$150 million Memorandum of Understanding for MRO services on the LCC’s CFM56-5B engine fleet that powers its A320s and A321s. Read More »