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MARCH 2026

Week 12

Orient Aviation Daily Digest March 16, 2026

By Ryan Chase

 

News

AirAsia Indonesia posts 1.3 trillion rupiah annual loss

PT AirAsia Indonesia Tbk has reported a 1.3 trillion rupiah (US$77 million) net loss for the 12 months to December 31 2025, compared with a net loss of 1.5 trillion rupiah in calendar 2024. Read More »


 


 

News

Vietjet boosts Southeast Asia network with new Jakarta, Singapore services

Vietjet will start a new five times weekly nonstop service between Da Nang and Jakarta from April 29. Read More »


 

News

Qantas to pay A$105 million to settle class action on flight credits

Qantas Airways has agreed to pay A$105 million (US$73 million) to settle a class action brought against the company alleging it breached its contractual obligations regarding refunds to customers for cancelled flights between 1 January 2020 and 1 November 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More »


 

News

U.S. government grants temporary waiver extension to American, Delta on China slots

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved requests from American Airlines and Delta Air Lines to extend their temporary waiver to retain frequencies they hold for flights between the U.S. and Mainland China they did not intend to use during the northern hemisphere summer scheduling season from the end of this month to October. Read More »


 

News

IndiGo rebuilding flight schedules to Oman, Saudi Arabia and U.A.E

IndiGo has scheduled 252 flights to the Gulf over the next two weeks as it rebuilds its operations to the region following the Israel and US-led war against Iran. Read More »


 

News

Akasa Airlines to establish maintenance facility at Noida

India-headquartered Akasa Airline will build its first maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) workshop at Noida International Airport offering a "broad spectrum" of aircraft maintenance activities. Read More »


 

People

Sabre has named Niklas Andréen as its chief commercial officer of airline tech, a new position in the company’s leadership team.


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Alt Air, Asia Pacific Aviation Leasing Group, Elbe Flugzeugwerke, Eve Air Mobility and International Air Transport Association. Read More »