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JUNE 2025

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Orient Aviation Daily Digest June 9, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

China Southern Airlines and Vietnam Airlines set up joint-venture

China Southern Airlines (CSA) and Vietnam Airlines have announced a joint-venture (JV) partnership on flights between Mainland China and Vietnam. Read More »


 

News

Virgin Australia relisting on local stock exchange this month

Virgin Australia (VA) has filed a prospectus with the Australian Securities Exchange to return to being a publicly listed company five years after it emerged from voluntary administration under new owners Bain Capital. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia MOVE CEO says no tickets sold in Philippines at prices exceeding approved fare structures

AirAsia MOVE CEO, Nadia Omer, has told an inquiry in the Philippines the booking platform did not sell any tickets at prices which exceeded the country’s approved fare structures. Read More »


 

News

Boeing deliveries to Mainland China resume: report

In a sign Boeing may be resuming commercial aircraft deliveries to Mainland China, a 737 MAX 8 painted in Xiamen Airlines livery took off from Seattle late last week and travelled to Kailua-Kona in Hawaii and then onwards to Guam. Read More »


 

News

Transnusa to double flights to Perth

Indonesia-based LCC Transnusa is adding more flights on its Denpasar-Perth route to provide a double-daily service next month. Read More »


 

News

Cathay Pacific grows European network to 12 destinations with return to Rome

Cathay Pacific has resumed nonstop flights to Rome from its Hong Kong hub. Read More »


 

People

AirAsia Aviation Group has appointed Captain Achmad Sadikin Abdurachman as acting CEO of Indonesia AirAsia while a search is underway for a permanent replacement for Veranita Yosephine, who resigned late last month. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from China Airlines, DHL Aviation, Eve Air Mobility, HAECO, Malaysia Airports and Thales Group. Read More »