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JULY 2025

Week 29

Orient Aviation Daily Digest July 18, 2025

By Tomasz Sniedziewski

 

News

Delta Air Lines to launch double daily Hong Kong-Los Angeles in mid-2026

Delta Air Lines will expand its reach from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Asia with the introduction of twice a day A350 services from the U.S. west coast city to Hong Kong next June. Read More »


 


 

News

Cebu Pacific reports 20.8% growth in interim 2025 passenger traffic

Cebu Pacific, the largest airline in passengers carried in the Philippines, flew 13.9 million travellers in first-half this year. Read More »


 

News

Eastar Jet to add scores of flights to schedule during October national holiday

South Korea’s Eastar Jet will operate 126 additional flights from October 2 to October 12 to accommodate anticipated air travel demand in the country’s Chuseok holiday week. Read More »


 

News

AEGEAN chooses India’s two major hubs for A321XLR destinations

AEGEAN has announced the two A321neo XLRs it expects to receive next December and in January 2026, respectively, will inaugurate its India schedule. Read More »


 

News

Seoul Incheon Airport booked record passenger throughput in first-half 2025

Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC), operator of Seoul Incheon International Airport, processed 36.36 million passengers and 207,959 flights from January 1 to June 30 this year, its busiest six months since it opened 24 years ago. Read More »


 

News

Airlines may be reluctant to accept aircraft due to tariff costs, global airline association warns

Airlines may shy away from taking delivery of aircraft as a result of U.S. tariffs and their impact on the pricing of commercial jets, International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general, Willie Walsh, said at a media round table in Singapore this week. Read More »


 

Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today

Today’s briefs report news from Boeing, Capital A, Food Empire Holdings, New South Wales Supreme Court and Qantas Airways. Read More »


 

Editorial Note

Orient Aviation Daily Digest is taking a short break from July 20. Read More »