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MARCH 2023

Week 11

Orient Aviation Daily Digest March 15, 2023

 

News

Emirates accelerates Asia-Pacific expansion; forward bookings “robust”

Emirates Airline is resuming daily nonstop Dubai-Hong Kong from March 29 complementing its daily Dubai-Bangkok-Hong Kong rotation. Read More »


 

News

Japan Airlines records 6.6% domestic passenger increase in February

Japan Airlines (JAL) flew 2.4 million passengers on its domestic network last month compared with 2.2 million customers in January and one and a half times the 920,158 air travellers passengers it carried in the same month in 2022. Read More »


 

News

China Airlines launches Taipei-Prague; expands to six destinations in Europe

Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) is rebuilding its network with a sixth nonstop route, Taipei-Prague, beginning on July 18. Read More »


 

News

SriLankan Airlines seeking to add five A330 family aircraft to fleet

SriLankan Airlines has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for five A330 family aircraft on six year operating leases. Read More »


 

News

China issuing visas to foreign visitors for first time in three years

China has opened its international border to foreign travellers after three years of exclusion and is resuming visa issuance into the country. Read More »


 

News

Air India boosts frequencies to key Asia destinations

Air India has added three a week flights from Delhi to Bangkok, three from Mumbai to Bangkok and one extra service from Delhi to Hong Kong and Seoul Incheon in its revised 2023 northern hemisphere summer season schedule. Read More »


 

People

Air China has promoted vice president, Wang Mingyuan, to president, effective from March 13. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Air India, China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited, Gol, Sabre, Salesforce, United Airlines and Viridos. Read More »


 

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