Air India's near seven decades in government hands ended yesterday when ownership of the flag carrier was formally transferred to Tata Group. Read More »

Asia-Pacific carriers flew 16.7 million passengers on scheduled international services in calendar 2021, a decline of 76.2% from 70 million passengers in the previous year, figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show. Read More »

Korean Air (KAL) has reported a net profit of 638.7 billion won (US$538.8 million) for the 12 months to December 31, swinging back to the black from a net loss of 194.6 billion won a year earlier. Read More »

AirAsia Malaysia carried 2.2 million passengers in the three months to December 31, up 164% from 834,934 passengers in the same months in 2020, figures from parent, AirAsia Group, show. Read More »

Boeing’s net loss narrowed to US$4.3 billion in the 12 months to December 31, from a net loss of US$11.9 billion a year earlier. Read More »

China Airlines (CAL) has strengthened its commitment to the airline’s air freight business with an order for four new 777Fs. Read More »

Japan Airlines (JAL) said it will be the first airline in the world to use a foam washing technique for cleaning the CF34 engines used on the Embraer E170 regional jet flown by affiliate J-Air. It has signed a contract with GE Aviation for the foam washing service. The use of foam instead of water will lower CO₂ emissions and save water.