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JUNE 2026

Week 26

Orient Aviation Daily Digest June 26, 2026

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

Middle Eastern “Big Three” returned to 90% pre-war capacity

The overall number of flights by major Gulf airlines has returned to 82% of the level on Feb 27, the day before the war started, according to Flightradar24.com data. Read More »


 


 

News

Jetstar Airways brings back Sydney-Auckland flights in October

Jetstar Airways announced that on October 26, 2026, it will resume flights on the Sydney-Christchurch route, which it last operated in 2019. Read More »


 


 

News

9 Air to launch Yinchuan-Guangzhou-Singapore service in August

9 Air, the LCC subsidiary of Juneyao Air, said that on August 10, it will inaugurate the Yinchuan-Guangzhou-Singapore route, operated daily with Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Read More »


 

News

Auckland Airport says the demand for “Southern Link” service is growing

Auckland Airport said it is seeing growing demand for its Southern Link service between China and South America, which launched by China Eastern Airlines (CEA) in December 2025. Read More »


 

News

Japan Airlines joins forces with railway company, Kumamoto Airport, and tourism organization to promote Kyushu region among Western visitors

Japan Airlines (JAL) announced that, together with JR Kyushu, Kumamoto International Airport, and the Kyushu Tourism Organization, it has launched a joint project to attract inbound travelers, primarily from Western countries, to the Kyushu region. Read More »


 

News

Juneyao Air unveils livery celebrating airline’s 20th anniversary

Shanghai-headquartered Juneyao Airlines officially unveiled its 20th-anniversary-themed painted aircraft, an Airbus A320neo (registration number B-30FQ). Read More »


 

Orient Aviation Daily Digest Guest

Sheldon Hee (IATA): “Advocacy is the keyword”

“The airlines in Asia-Pacific at large, are in far better condition to face challenges this year than they would have been in previous times,” Sheldon Hee, International Air Transport Association (IATA) Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific, told Orient Aviation Daily Digest (OADD) in the interview on sidelines of IATA 82nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) & World Air Transport Summit (WATS) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosted by LATAM Airlines Group. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from AviLease, China Airlines (CAL), European Union (EU), European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), EVA Airways, Government of Kazakhstan, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airlines Technical Pool (IATP), MHholidays, and Willis Lease Finance Corporation. Read More »