In December, Japan Airlines (JAL) flew more than 100,000 passengers on its international network, its best non-domestic passenger numbers in almost two years. Read More »

Australia's Qantas Airways has applied to the country's Fair Work Commission to tear up its enterprise agreement with long-haul cabin crew. Read More »

Cathay Pacific Airways is offering pilots a bonus of up to HK$29,000 (US$3,725) to be rostered on closed loop flights, reports Bloomberg, citing a staff memo. Read More »

India has delayed the resumption of scheduled international passenger flights until February 28, the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said. Read More »

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) CEO, Captain Izham Ismail, this week expressed concern Malaysia would not be able to absorb the new airlines "flooding the market with unnecessary capacity". Read More »

Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said this week passengers arriving from nine countries - Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – will have to wait for the results of a government funded rapid RT-PCR COVID-19 test at the airport. Read More »

HAECO Group has signed off its first split scimitar winglet modification in tandem with a C Check for a Virgin Australia 737-800. The maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider said it has completed more than 110 winglet modifications on 737NGs, 757s and 767s. Read More »