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OCTOBER 2025

Week 44

Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 29, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

China Southern Airlines net profit up by a fifth in third quarter

China Southern Airlines (CSA) reported net profit rose 20.3% to 3.8 billion yuan (US$541 million) in the three months to September 30 2025, from net profit of 3.2 billion yuan in the same three months in 2024. Read More »


 


 

News

Greater Bay Airlines adds seasonal service to Da Nang

Hong Kong-headquartered Greater Bay Airlines (GBA) will fly to Da Nang for a two-week period over Christmas and the New Year to meet rising demand for air travel during the busy end-of-year holiday season. Read More »


 

News

Indonesia AirAsia losses grow in third quarter due to currency movements

Indonesia AirAsia has reported a net loss of 982.5 billion rupiah (US$59 million) for the nine months to September 30 2025, compared with a net loss of 598.6 billion rupiah in the prior year. Read More »


 

News

Australia’s domestic passenger traffic increased 2.2% in August

Airlines in Australia flew 5.05 million customers on domestic flights in August, up from 4.95 million in the same month a year earlier. Read More »


 

News

Drukair and Thai Airways to interline

Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines and Thai Airways International (THAI) have signed an interline agreement. Read More »


 

News

China Airlines collaborates with Disney for special Zootopia 2 livery

Taiwan-headquartered China Airlines (CAL) has unveiled a Disney-themed livery on one of its 777-300ER aircraft. Read More »


 

People

BOC Aviation said Zhang Xiaolu had resigned as a non-executive director and chair of the board due to a change in work arrangements. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Australian Productivity Commission, Batik Air Malaysia, Express Rail Link, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Plaza Premium Group, SITA and United Aircraft Corporation. Read More »