Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 21, 2026
By Ryan Chase
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Singapore Changi posts 0.4% lift in passenger traffic for Q3 2026
Singapore Changi Airport had 17.42 million passengers travel through its four terminals in the three months to September 30, compared with 17.35 million in the same three months in 2025. Read More »
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Alaska adds two new trans-Pacific routes from Seattle hub
Alaska Air Group is growing its international network from Seattle with new nonstop service to Osaka Kansai and Papeete in Tahiti next year. Read More »
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Qatar Airways to serve Sydney’s newest airport from December next year
Qatar Airways has announced plans to fly to Western Sydney (Nancy-Bird Walton) International Airport (WSI) from its Doha hub with three times weekly flights commencing on December 15 2027. Read More »
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SWISS to extend seasonal Bangalore service through summer
SWISS will extend its soon-to-commence nonstop flight from Zurich to Bengaluru through next year’s northern hemisphere summer scheduling season. Read More »
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Oman expands route network through Finnair codeshare
Oman Air is adding Melbourne to its route network through a codeshare agreement with Finnair. Read More »
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Measure of Australia’s domestic business class airfares falls to lowest level in five years
Australia’s domestic passengers are receiving some air fare relief this month with business class and some economy fares lower than a year ago, government figures show. Read More »
Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today
Today’s briefs report news from Airbus, Boeing and Safran. Read More »