OCTOBER 31, 2025: A senior United Airlines manager says the airline will keep its Guam base open even though he doesn’t know when demand on the core Guam – Japan routes will recover.

OCTOBER 31, 2025: Qantas’s Chief Customer and Digital Officer ‌Catriona Larritt is leaving the airline to “pursue external opportunities,” according to an internal employee memo. Larritt oversees cyber security, and her resignation follows a major data breach at the airline.

OCTOBER 30, 2025: The Australian Government has released the terms of reference for a Productivity Commission inquiry into regional airfares. The inquiry is in response to a 2024 Aviation White Paper finding concerning the cost, frequency and reliability of regional air services in Australia. 

OCTOBER 30, 2025: The New Zealand Government says it has no plans to subsidise any domestic routes despite Air New Zealand’s new CEO, Nikhil Ravishankar, raising the subject in a recent interview.

OCTOBER 29, 2025: Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) has begun Embraer E190-E2 revenue flights. Its first E2 operated a round-trip flight between Perth and Boolgeeda on Monday, October 27, 2025.

OCTOBER 28, 2025: The Vanuatu Government will resume repaying loans taken out by Air Vanuatu last decade. The government will make a VUV250 million (USD2 million) repayment within days after signing a fresh loan guarantee agreement late last week.

OCTOBER 28, 2025: Aircalin will wet-lease a B777-200 from Portugal’s euroAtlantic Airways for most of the upcoming Southern Hemisphere summer.

OCTOBER 28, 2025: Paul Scurrah will become the next CEO of Fiji Airways. Scurrah, who is best known in the aviation industry as the former CEO of Virgin Australia, replaces Andre Viljeon, who is taking on the CEO’s role at Air
Mauritius.

OCTOBER 27, 2025: PNG Air has received the first of four ATR72-600s due to arrive at the airline before the end of the year. P2-ATX (msn 1149) landed in Port Moresby (POM) on October 21, 2025, having taken a week to ferry out from Toulouse (QYF).

OCTOBER 27, 2025: The French Polynesian Government and state-owned domestic airline, Air Tahiti, want to open an ATR maintenance centre and for it to become a regional centre of excellence.

OCTOBER 26, 2025: Air New Zealand’s new CEO Nikhil Ravishankar has reaffirmed the carrier’s commitment to restoring London flights and suggested the airline may need subsidies to continue operating some sub-economic domestic routes.

OCTOBER 23, 2025: Joshua Wander, the co-founder of 777 Partners, which played a starring role in the rise and fall of Australian low-cost airline Bonza, has been indicted by the FBI for fraud. The indictment alleges Wander defrauded lenders and investors out of almost USD500 million.

OCTOBER 22, 2025: A commercial dispute between Fiji Airways and parties who chartered a plane to fly to Israel in 2023 is heading for trial in 2026, with the airline chasing more than FJD3.16 million (USD1.38 million) in unpaid charter fees, plus interest and costs.

OCTOBER 21, 2025: United States-based aviation business Air T Inc. has inked a deal to buy insolvent Australian airline Regional Express (Rex). The agreement was publicly announced this afternoon.

OCTOBER 20, 2025: Virgin Australia is at risk of losing its high-profile contract to ferry Australian Football League (AFL) players and officials around the country after the league issued a fresh tender for an official airline partner amid reports rival airline Qantas is keen to snare the business.

OCTOBER 17, 2025: Christchurch is the primary airport on New Zealand’s South Island and the country’s second busiest. It is also Air New Zealand's second busiest port, with the airline operating 518 departures and providing 52,140 seats in the seven days from October 29, 2025.

OCTOBER 16, 2025: Peaceful protests have taken place in Nouméa opposing the relocation of flights operating to and from Magenta Airport (GEA) to La Tontouta (NOU).

OCTOBER 15, 2025: Air Chathams, one of several carriers operating in New Zealand’s embattled regional aviation market, has received a much-needed shot in the arm this week, signing an interline partnership with Air New Zealand.

OCTOBER 14, 2025: Remote Queensland airports have emerged as the biggest winners in the latest Australian Government Regional Aviation Access Program funding awards.

OCTOBER 13, 2025: Funding from the New South Wales Government is behind the Qantas Group’s recent expansion at Newcastle Williamtown Airport (NTL).

OCTOBER 10, 2025: Fly Niu is one of two entities short-listed to invest in and operate state-owned Lulutai Airlines, according to Tongan Prime Minister ‘Aisake Eke.

OCTOBER 9, 2025: Scott McMillan, the founder and joint managing director of Alliance Aviation, trading as Alliance Airlines, has announced he will step down later this year.

OCTOBER 8, 2025: Local Papua New Guinea landowners have acquired three DHC-8-100 aircraft through the Ok Tedi Landowners Royalty Investment Trust.

OCTOBER 7, 2025: The Tongan Government has suspended the CEO of state-owned Tonga Airports Ltd amid claims of a political power struggle and a misuse of power.

OCTOBER 6, 2025: Australian mining and resources company Mineral Resources is ferrying in an A320-200 today, which it will operate under its MinRes Air brand.

OCTOBER 3, 2025: Aero Dili has signalled that it will launch flights to new destinations this month. The two aircraft airline from Timor Leste posted on Facebook on October 1 that it was a “new month" with “new destinations.”

OCTOBER 2, 2025: Two A330-300s that Qantas is dry leasing from Finnair are preparing to ferry to Australia after finishing flying for the Finnish carrier and emerging from the paint shop in Qantas livery

OCTOBER 1, 2025: Perth Airport (PER) released a Preliminary 20 Year Master Plan on September 30, 2025. It outlines a multi-billion-dollar investment and infrastructure upgrades over the period.