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MARCH 2026

Week 11

Orient Aviation Daily Digest March 11, 2026

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Air New Zealand withdraws earnings guidance due to Gulf conflict

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) yesterday (March 10) suspended its earnings guidance for the rest of the 2025/26 financial year amid unprecedented volatility in global jet fuel markets due to the US- and Israel-led attack on Iran and escalating conflict in the Gulf region. Read More »


 


 

News

Hong Kong Airlines raises fuel surcharge again

Hong Kong Airlines has lifted fuel surcharges on tickets sold for the second time since the end of February. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia expands Malaysia-Indonesia network

AirAsia Malaysia will start nonstop flights from Kota Bharu in West Malaysia to Jakarta in June. Read More »


 

News

All Nippon Airways starts posts 7.8% increase in international traffic in January

All Nippon Airways (ANA) reported 787,654 passengers carried on its international network to start 2026, compared with 730,993 in January last year. Read More »


 

News

Airbus reports 35 deliveries for February

Airbus delivered 35 commercial aircraft to 21 customers in February, bringing to 54 the total number of aircraft handed over to customers through the first two months of this year. Read More »


 

News

IndiGo celebrates women pilots milestone

IndiGo said it had become the first airline in India to have more than 1,000 women pilots in its ranks. Read More »


 

People

Pieter Elbers has stepped down as CEO of IndiGo "with immediate effect", the airline announced. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co. Read More »