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.

Czech Airlines' creditors must register their claims by June, after a Prague court confirmed that the airline had entered administration proceedings. The airline filed for reorganisation under insolvency regulations last month. It said in its application to the court that it had exhausted all other options. The court "will approve reorganisation of Czech Airlines according to the creditors' vote", the carrier's parent Smartwings Group says. The vote will take place in June, the day after a review meeting that has been ordered by the court. Until then, "all flights of Czech Airlines are to be operated as scheduled", says Smartwings. Data shows that Czech Airlines has one Airbus A319, one A320, one Boeing 737-800 and five ATR 72-500s. It has four A220-300s and three A321XLRs on order. The carrier's A320 and 737 are managed by lessor BBAM. Three of the ATRs are managed by ASL Aviation Group and the other two by Nordic Aviation Capital. Smartwings has 27 737NGs and seven 737 Max 8s, plus another 21 Max 8s on order. All aircraft in Smartwings' existing and on-order fleet are, or will be, leased. The lessors include AerCap, Air Lease, BBAM, Carlyle Aviation Partners, GECAS and Macquarie AirFinance.