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MARCH 2023

Week 11

Orient Aviation Daily Digest March 13, 2023

 

News

Korean Air to boost China services to 99 weekly by mid-2023

Korean Air (KAL) plans to operate 43% of its pre-COVID-19 South Korea-China schedule by June now the two countries have agreed to boost air travel capacity. Read More »


 

News

EVA Air records 693,382 passengers for February, 30 times above same month in 2022

Taiwan’s EVA Air flew 693,382 passengers last month, down 6.2% from the 739,403 customers it carried in January. Read More »


 

News

U.S. removes COVID-19 test requirements for travellers from Greater China

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ruled passengers arriving in the U.S. from the People's Republic of China (PRC), Hong Kong and Macau nonstop, or via a designated airport, no longer need proof of a COVID negative PCR test to enter the country. Read More »


 

News

Asiana Airlines plans 100% restoration of South Korea-China network

Asiana Airlines is pre-emptively responding to demand for travel to and from China by increasing weekly frequencies into the country to 89 flights – or 50% of pre-pandemic levels – from 10 flights a week at present. Read More »


 

News

Air New Zealand expands in Australia with seasonal Sunshine Coast service

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) will resume seasonal nonstop three times weekly Auckland-Australia's Sunshine Coast with A320s or A321s from June 25 to October 15. Read More »


 

News

Embraer announces fiscal 2022 US$185.4 million net loss

Embraer has reported a US$185.4 million net loss for the 12 months to December 31 compared with a net loss of US$44.7 million in the previous year. Read More »


 

People

Air China said Xiao Peng has been elected as an employee representative director and Wang Mingzhu and Li Shuxing voted employee representative supervisors at the company's employee representatives congress. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Boeing, Deem, GE, GMR Aero Technic, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines Ltd, Pratt & Whitney and Travelport. Read More »


 

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