Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Vietnam Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for potential collaboration, including code sharing on each other’s flights between Singapore and Vietnam, and other commercial cooperation. Read More »

Korean Air (KAL) will start Seoul Incheon-Brisbane with five 777 flights a week from April, Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) announced on the weekend. Read More »

SriLankan Airlines will operate Colombo to Beijing and Shanghai from April 3 with three flights a week to the cities from its home hub. Read More »

India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has fined AirAsia India, recently renamed AIX Connect, 4.4 million rupee (US$53,000) and ordered its head of training be stood down for three months after the regulator found the LCC had not followed standard procedures for pilot proficiency checks and instrument rating tests. Read More »

LCC Vietjet Air resumed nonstop twice a week Ho Chi Minh-Hong Kong from February 10. Read More »

Virgin Australia’s (VA) cargo unit has signed a 10-year lease on a new air freight cargo facility at Tamania’s Launceston Airport. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from Airports of Thailand Public Company Ltd, Boeing, Embraer and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad. Read More »

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