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OCTOBER 2026

Week 41

Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 7, 2026

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Lufthansa returning to Nagoya, boosting Tokyo schedule

Lufthansa Airlines will restart nonstop flights to Nagoya in Japan from its Frankfurt hub from March next year. Read More »


 


 

News

IndiGo raises fuel surcharges

IndiGo has increased the fuel surcharge on all domestic and international flights due to the rising cost of aviation fuel. Read More »


 


 

News

Singapore Airlines Taipei lounge to close in next month

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will shut down its premium passenger lounge in Terminal 2 at Taipei Taoyuan airport at the start of November. Read More »


 

News

flyadeal touches down in Mumbai

Saudi Arabia-based flyadeal has added a second destination in India with the start of nonstop flights to Mumbai from its Riyadh hub. Read More »


 

News

IATA highlights role of people, technology, standards to improving aviation safety

International Air Transport Association (IATA) director of safety, Mark Searle, has highlighted the importance of people, technology and standards working in combination to maintaining and improving safety standards at the IATA World Safety and Operations Conference in Istanbul. Read More »


 

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SpiceJet says monitoring by regulator part of normal oversight

SpiceJet has told the local stock exchange the recent monitoring and oversight by India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of its operations was part of the regulator’s normal compliance activities. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Read More »