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DECEMBER 2025

Week 50

Orient Aviation Daily Digest December 10, 2025

By Tomasz Sniedziewski and Ryan Chase

 

News

IndiGo CEO declares operations "stable"

IndiGo CEO, Pieter Elbers, is "profusely apologetic" to the thousands of passengers impacted by the LCC’s flight cancellations of late last week. Read More »


 


 

News

Australia’s domestic airfares highest in three years

Average airfares charged by Australia’s domestic airlines increased to near three-year highs in October amid moderate capacity growth and strong demand during school holidays and for major sporting events. Read More »


 

News

Jetstar headed to Sri Lanka next year

Jetstar Airways will start nonstop Colombo-Melbourne on August 25, 2026. Read More »


 

News

SpiceJet adds two 737s to fleet

SpiceJet inducted two 737s into its fleet late last month to strengthen operational capability and grow capacity across its domestic and international networks. Read More »


 

News

China Southern Airlines and Virgin Austria sign code-share

China Southern Airlines (CSA) and Virgin Australia (VA) are to code share between Australia and China. Read More »


 

IATA Global Media Day 1

Airlines worldwide forecast to deliver total net profit record in 2026

Global airlines are expected to achieve a total net profit of US$41 billion in 2026 compared with $39.5 billion in 2025, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced in its latest financial outlook. Read More »


 

People

BOC Aviation has appointed Chen Xiang as a non-executive director of the company. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from AerCap, Airbus, Boeing, Incheon International Airport Corporation, My Freighter, Riga Airport and Spirit AeroSystems. Read More »