The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Korean Air's (KAL) proposed buyout of rival Asiana Airlines after accepting KAL’s commitment to facilitate entry of Virgin Atlantic on London Heathrow-Seoul Incheon. Read More »

VietJet will start daily nonstop Ho Chi Minh City-Tokyo Haneda on April 26, connecting Vietnam’s capital with the close-in Tokyo airport. Read More »

Cebu Pacific has reached agreement on operating leases that will add five A320neo family aircraft to its fleet. Read More »

United Airlines (UA) has notified the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) it will return rights to operate seven fifth freedom flights a week on the Hong Kong-Singapore route. Read More »

Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) director general, Subhas Menon, forecasts the region’s carriers will be fully recovered from COVID by early next year, FlightGlobal reports, citing Menon’s speech at Aviation Festival Asia in Singapore. Read More »

Air India will recruit 4,200 cabin crew and 900 pilots in 2023 to support its five-year transformation program, Vihaan AI. Read More »

Sabre’s president, Kurt Ekert, will commence as the company's CEO on April 27. Read More »

Today's briefs report news from China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co and SMBC Aviation Capital Ltd. Read More »

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