Interglobe Aviation, parent of India’s IndiGo airline, said the LCC booked a net profit of 14.2 billion rupee (US$173 million) for the three months to December 31 compared with a net profit of 1.3 billion rupee in the same months in 2021. Read More »

British Airways (BA) will resume nonstop London Heathrow-Beijing four times a week from June 3 and begin daily Heathrow-Shanghai Pudong from April 23. Read More »

AirAsia X (AAX) CEO, Benyamin Ismail, said the regional LCC was excited to be scheduling nonstop three times weekly Kuala Lumpur-Busan and has hopes of increasing its presence in South Korea. Read More »

Thai Airways International (THAI) is inviting passengers travelling on its daily TG409 flight from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to Singapore to participate in a biometrics trial. Read More »

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) has added recovery flights to Japan and Samoa to its schedule to clear a backlog of passengers stranded by recent flooding in New Zealand’s largest city. Read More »

Qantas Group CEO, Alan Joyce, has defended the number of Qantas flights that have returned to their destinations after encountering mid-flight issues, arguing they were a “symptom of strong safety systems”. Read More »

Safran has appointed CFM International executive vice president, Sebastien Imbourg, vice president sales and marketing of Safran Aircraft Engines, replacing Philippe Couteaux. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from MasterCard, Plaza Premium Group and Sydney Airport. Read More »