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JULY 2025

Week 27

Orient Aviation Daily Digest July 1, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Asiana Airlines to return to Phuket in July

Asiana Airlines will resume nonstop Seoul Incheon-Phuket on July 25 after a two-year hiatus. Read More »


 


 

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Japan Airlines resumes Tokyo-Doha after June pause

Japan Airlines (JAL) has re-opened Tokyo Haneda-Doha after suspending the route on June 23 due to conflict in the region. Read More »


 

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Hong Kong Airlines frequent flyer program becomes revenue based

Hong Kong Airlines has updated its Fortune Wings Club frequent flyer program by awarding points based on the cost of air fares rather than the distance and the cabin flown. Read More »


 

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Qantas Group’s first A321XLR joins fleet

Qantas Airways has welcomed the first of 28 A321XLRs ordered from Airbus into its operating ranks. Read More »


 

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AirAsia X reports new Kuala Lumpur-Karachi exceeding load factor forecasts

Asia X has announced four times a week nonstop Kuala Lumpur-Karachi has delivered a load factor of 80% in the first 30 days of operation. Read More »


 

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Air New Zealand prepped for winter school holiday traffic

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) is expecting to transport about 745,000 passengers on its domestic and international services in the two weeks of school holidays that started on June 27 and run to July 13. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Boeing, HAECO, Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre, Oman Air, oneworld and Spirit Aerosystems. Read More »