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SEPTEMBER 2026

Week 39

Orient Aviation Daily Digest September 22, 2026

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Australia and Indonesia agree to expand air services agreement

Airlines in Australia will be able to fly more seats to Indonesia from Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney following an agreement between the two governments to expand their bilateral air services agreement. Read More »


 


 

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Singapore Changi returns to passengers growth in August

The number of air travellers at Changi Airport rose 1.5% to 6 million in August, compared with 5.9 million the same month last year. Read More »


 


 

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Peach links Narita with Incheon

Japan-headquartered LCC Peach has added a fifth nonstop route between Japan and the South Korea capital Seoul with the start of daily Narita-Incheon services. Read More »


 

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Air China and Turkish Airlines add more codeshare routes

Air China and Turkish Airlines have expanded their codeshare agreement to include all nonstop routes between Mainland China and Türkiye, as well as routes beyond their Beijing and Istanbul hubs. Read More »


 

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Garuda boosts inflight entertainment options

Garuda Indonesia has added more than 100 new movies and programs to its inflight entertainment offering and announced plans to update the content more frequently to give passengers more choices when flying. Read More »


 

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Qantas Airways the top airline for punctuality in Australia in August

Australia-based Qantas Airways had 83.6% of its domestic flights arrive within 15 minutes of their schedules in August, delivering the best on-time performance for the month among the country’s major carriers. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from AirAsia Malaysia, Embraer and Japan Airlines. Read More »