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OCTOBER 2025

Week 43

Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 22, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Korean Air reports 67% drop in quarterly net profit

Korean Air (KAL) has reported net profit of 91.8 billion won (US$65.5 million) for the three months to September 30 2025, down 67% from net profit of 276.6 billion won in the same three months in 2024. Read More »


 


 

News

China Eastern Airlines returning to India

China Eastern Airlines (CEA) is restarting nonstop flights to Delhi from its Shanghai Pudong hub on November 9. Read More »


 

News

Buyer found for Australian regional carrier Rex Airlines

A U.S-based group, Air T, has agreed to buy Regional Express Holdings, administrators for Australia-based regional airline group have confirmed. Read More »


 

News

Japan Airlines reports 8.3% increase in domestic passengers flown for September

Japan Airlines (JAL) flew 3.2 million passengers on its domestic network in September, up 8.3% from 3 million in the same month last year. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia Malaysia touches down in South Kalimantan

AirAsia Malaysia has commenced four times weekly flights between Kuala Lumpur and Banjarmasin in Indonesia. Read More »


 

News

Jetstar adds new Bali link from Newcastle in Australia

Jetstar Airways has added a 10th nonstop link between Australia and the popular tourist destination Bali in Indonesia. Read More »


 

People

Former Airbus CEO, Tom Enders, has been named the chair of Netherlands-headquartered defence company KNDS.


 

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