Russian flag carrier Aeroflot Airlines saw a 61% year-on-year decline in passengers carried during February, contributing to a 42% decline in passengers for parent Aeroflot Group. Subsidiaries Pobeda Airlines and Rossiya Airlines had an increase in passengers of 3% and a decline of 21%, respectively. The group’s capacity, as measured in available seat-kilometres, was reduced by 58%, whereas revenue passenger kilometres declined 55%. The passenger load factor for the group increased year-on-year by 5.3 percentage points to 80%, Aeroflot notes.

China Airlines has phased out the Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft in its fleet.

The last flight departed on 20 March from Taipei Taoyuan, taking a tour around Mt Fuji in Japan before returning, the Taiwanese carrier says. The aircraft, with registration B-18215, was delivered to the airline in April 2005 and assigned to flight CI-2747, which pays homage to the "Queen of the Skies". China Airlines introduced the first 747-400 in Asia and the fleet has connected Taiwan with North America, Europe and Australia for the past 30 years.

Flag carrier Air India has disclosed that its passenger service system (PSS) provider suffered a "sophisticated cyber attack" in the last week of February. "While the level and scope of sophistication is being ascertained through forensic analysis and the exercise is ongoing, the service provider has confirmed that post-incident, no unauthorised activity inside the PSS infrastructure has been detected," the carrier states. Air India and the service provider are carrying out risk assessment and would further update as and when it becomes available, the carrier notes.