Airline Industry News - Asia Pacific Regional News

New full-flat beds in BusinessElite, Economy class seats with personal video on-demand among customer benefits - More

Move Further Demonstrates Ties Between the Two Airlines - More

Qantas is launch customer for 747-400ER landing gear program - More

More than 52 percent of suppliers expected to see travel volume increases and for the 59 percent of buyers with positive projections, 66 percent identified travel for sales or for new business development opportunities as the top area of growth. - More

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it has opened an intelligence collaboration and data analysis center in Northern Virginia to enable the creation and testing of new concepts to counter increasingly sophisticated, global threats to U.S. security. - More

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Vietnam Airlines have teamed on a key initiative to upgrade the level of comfort for Vietnam Airlines' passengers, unveiling the carrier's latest cabin interior modernization on four of the airline's 777-200ERs. - More

Air New Zealand has today reaffirmed itself as one of the world’s top performing airlines, announcing normalized earnings* before taxation of $137 million for the 12 months ended June 30, 2010. - More

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled traffic statistics for July which showed continued strengthening of demand for both passenger and cargo traffic. Compared to July 2009, international passenger demand was up 9.2% while international scheduled freight traffic showed a 22.7% improvement. - More

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today outlined an agenda for Australian aviation that addresses infrastructure, training, environment and liberalization. - More

In the current economic climate, business leaders are facing greater challenges than ever. Many are tempted to take the easy way out, changing strategies quickly or reinventing their companies in hopes of finding a new model to weather the downturn. - More