Asia

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed the acquisition of Bombardier’s Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) aircraft programme on Monday. The takeover, valued at approximately $750 million, was announced back in June 2019. Last … [read more]

Domestic flights in India are starting to resume this Monday, as a temporary ban that had been in effect since March 22 is lifted. The government is now allowing India’s domestic airlines … [read more]

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus A320 on flight PK8303 has crashed into a residential area shortly before landing in Karachi. The flight was operating from Lahore (IATA: LHE) to Karachi’s Jinnah International … [read more]

Air Busan has commenced Airbus A321neo operations. The Korea-based carrier took delivery of its first A321LR in mid-March. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus crisis that is having a severe effect on the aviation … [read more]

Wuhan Tianhe Airport is officially reopening for scheduled passenger flights after being closed for two and a half months due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The airport in central China’s Hubei province was … [read more]

Airlines of the Malaysian AirAsia Group are temporarily reducing or entirely suspending their flight operations amid the ongoing Coronavirus crisis. Malaysia-based AirAsia, the mainline of the largest South East Asian low-cost airline … [read more]

Thai Airways has confirmed that it will suspend almost all of its passenger flight operations amid the ongoing Coronavirus crisis. The Bangkok-based airline will first suspend destinations within Asia, effective Wednesday, March … [read more]

The three major global airline alliances, Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance, are calling on governments and investors for ‘extraordinary’ support for the airline industry. A joint publication by the alliances, on behalf … [read more]