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APRIL 2025

Week 18

Orient Aviation Daily Digest April 30, 2025

By Ryan Chase

 

News

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific flew 6.9% more international passengers in latest month

Asia-Pacific carriers transported 31 million passengers on their international networks in March compared with 29 million air travellers a year ago. Read More »


 

News

AirAsia Indonesia’s focus on international markets shrinks losses

AirAsia Indonesia recorded a net loss of 712.5 billion rupiah (US$43 million) for the three months to March 31 compared with a 777.8 billion rupiah net loss in matching 2024. Read More »


 

News

China Southern Airlines slumps to US$103 million loss

China Southern Airlines (CSA) has reported a net loss of 747 million yuan (US$103 million) for the three months to March 31, a turnaround of more than 1.5 billion yuan from a net profit of 756 million yuan in the same months in 2024. Read More »


 

News

Finnair wet lease agreement with Qantas Group reduced to one aircraft

Finnair has announced its wet lease agreement with Qantas Airways has been revised from two A330-300s to one of the type as a result of ongoing industrial action commenced last December by members of the Finnair Pilots Union. Read More »


 

News

Air Tahiti highlights rare birds of French Polynesia in livery of new ATR 72-600

Air Tahiti is raising awareness of the plight of French Polynesia’s endemic bird species with a special livery on a recently delivered ATR 72-600. Read More »


 

News

China Eastern Airlines still in the red in first quarter 2025

China Eastern Airlines (CEA) has reported a net loss of 995 million yuan (US$137 million) for the three months to March 31 against a net loss of 803 million yuan in the same months in 2024. Read More »


 

News

Air China traffic update reports deepening losses at flag carrier

Air China losses increased to 2 billion yuan (US$281 million) in the three months to March 31 from a 1.7 billion yuan loss in the same quarter in 2024. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Adyen, Hospitality Solutions, Joby Aviation, Sabre, TPG and Vietnam Airlines. Read More »