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NOVEMBER 2026

Week 46

Orient Aviation Daily Digest November 11, 2026

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Qantas Group to cut 850 jobs as it offshores jobs and increases up use of AI

Qantas Group will cut about 850 jobs across the business as it ramps up the use of technology and AI to modernise its back-end systems and outsources jobs overseas. Read More »


 


 

News

Vietjet boosts Japan network

Vietjet will start nonstop flights between Da Nang and Osaka Kansai next month. Read More »


 


 

News

Bangkok Airways posts 20% lift in interim net profit

Bangkok Airways has reported net profit of 3.8 billion baht (US$112 million) for the nine months to September 30 2026, up 20.4% from net profit of 3.1 billion baht in the same nine-month period in 2025. Read More »


 

News

China Eastern Airlines to upgrade 777-300ER interiors

China Eastern Airlines (CEA) will upgrade the cabins of its 777-300ER fleet. Read More »


 

News

Boeing plans 5% cut of employees at commercial airplanes unit

Boeing will reduce the number of workers at its commercial aircraft business by 5% to better match the slower rate of increase in the production rate of its portfolio of aircraft in the period ahead. Read More »


 

News

Air Niugini moves one step closer for return to N.Z.

Air Niugini has received its international airline licence from the Papua New Guinea Department of Transport ahead of its return to Auckland for the first time in more than a quarter century later this month. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today's briefs report news from Embraer and Safran. Read More »