October 22, 2020

• Cathay Pacific’s share price has fallen the day after it announced steep job losses, the closure of its regional wing, Cathay Dragon, and the renegotiation of pay and conditions for Hong Kong-based cockpit crew. Read More »

October 21, 2020

• Cathay Pacific Group today unveiled a restructuring of the company that included steep job losses and the end of Cathay Dragon, measures CEO, Augustus Tang, said were about ensuring the airline group made it to the other side of the coronavirus pandemic. “The hard truth is we must fundamentally restructure the group to survive,” he said. Read More »

October 20, 2020

• All Nippon Airways (ANA) said yesterday it planned to operate 15% of its normal international flight schedule in November compared with pre-COVID-19 levels. The November figures represented a slight uptick from the last week of this month, when ANA will operate 14% of its originally scheduled international flights. Read More »

October 19, 2020

• Cathay Pacific Group chief customer and commercial officer, Ronald Lam, said today Cathay Pacific and regional subsidiary, Cathay Dragon, expected to be operating about 10% of pre-coronavirus pandemic passenger capacity until year end. Lam said capacity for 2021 is forecast to be below 50%. Read More »

Administrators for Virgin Australia (VA) said this week the carrier's new owner, Bain Capital, was not planning to reposition the airline as an LCC after it was announced former Jetstar boss, Jayne Hrdlicka, would take over as CEO. Read More »

Indian aviation showed more signs of recovery in September when domestic passenger numbers rose to a six month high, figures published by the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed this week. Read More »

Taiwan's two largest carriers, China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Air, this week reported a fall in passengers carried in September.

EVA Air's September passenger numbers fell 21% month-on-month, to 36,435, from 46,075 in August. Passenger load factor slipped 5.2 percentage points, to 22.3%, from 27.5% in August. Read More »

Malaysia Airlines Group (MAG) said this week its regional unit, Firefly, would commence jet operations from Penang International Airport in the first quarter of 2021. Read More »

Former Qantas senior executive, Tino La Spina, has been appointed chief finance and strategy officer at Australian-listed building products and construction materials group, Boral Ltd. La Spina spent 14 years at Qantas, most recently as international CEO and previously as chief financial officer. Read More »

Hong Kong International Airport has extended its policy of allowing Mainland passengers to transit through the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s (HKSAR) airport. Read More »