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OCTOBER 2026

Week 43

Orient Aviation Daily Digest October 21, 2026

By Ryan Chase

 

News

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 »


 


 

News

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 »


 


 

News

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 »


 

News

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 »


 

News

Oman expands route network through Finnair codeshare

Oman Air is adding Melbourne to its route network through a codeshare agreement with Finnair. Read More »


 

News

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 »