Alfred Chua
Alfred Chua reports from FlightGlobal’s Asia office, where he primarily covers aerospace and air transport topics in the region. He joined FlightGlobal in 2019, and was a news reporter for a local news agency before that. Apart from aviation, Alfred enjoys good coffee, living on social media, and (occasionally) talking about himself in third person.
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NewsIndonesia AirAsia ‘planning’ for A330 operations amid fleet ramp-up
AirAsia Aviation Group is planning to operate Airbus A330s from Indonesia for medium- to long-haul operations, as it reiterates its commitment to growing its presence in the country.
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Singapore to assist in Yeti Airlines ATR 72 crash probe
Singapore will be assisting Nepalese investigators in the probe into the crash of a Yeti Airlines ATR 72, by helping to retrieve and readout data from the flight recorders of the turboprop.
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Cebu Pacific eyes profitable Q1
Cebu Pacific is hoping to rebound to profitability in the quarter to 31 March, though it remains wary of potential challenges including fuel costs.
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AirAsia Aviation units still below half pre-Covid traffic, despite ‘strong recovery path’ in 2022
AirAsia Aviation units were operating at less than half of pre-pandemic capacity – with total passenger volume also far from 2019 levels – despite seeing an “exceptional increase” in demand as international travel resumed in 2022.
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India domestic traffic rises 47% in 2022
Indian airlines saw a significant increase in domestic traffic in 2022 as pandemic restrictions eased, with Tata Sons-owned Vistara and Air India clawing back market share.
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India’s Akasa Air picks AFI KLM E&M for component, APU support
Indian start-up Akasa Air has selected Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) for component and APU maintenance support.
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Cathay flags steeper full-year net loss, but ‘excited’ about 2023 outlook
Cathay Pacific Group expects to report a steeper net loss for the 2022 financial year on the back of “significant losses” from its associates, but remains “encouraged” about its recovery in the new year.
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Qantas urges calm after third 737 mechanical issue in three days
Qantas has defended its safety record following a spate of mechanical issues on its Boeing 737s across three days, calling for calm and stressing that it was important “to put these things in context”.
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FAA finds ‘unintentionally deleted files’ led to 11 January system outage
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has identified “unintentionally deleted files” as the likely reason behind a system outage that led to nationwide flight disruptions.
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Asia Digital Engineering to focus on regional expansion: CEO
Asia Digital Engineering (ADE) will expand its line maintenance in the region in the new year, as it looks to continue its profitability streak.
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‘Crown jewel’: Asia Digital Engineering opens Johor hangar amid strong demand
Asia Digital Engineering (ADE), the MRO arm of AirAsia Aviation parent Capital A, has opened a base maintenance facility at Senai airport in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, as it hopes to tap into a resurgence in travel demand following two years of the pandemic.
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AirAsia mulling widebody operations from Johor: Fernandes
AirAsia Aviation is considering plans to deploy its Airbus A330s from the southern Malaysian state of Johor, as the airline eyes opportunities to ramp up its presence in the state.
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ANA China ramp-up ‘pending’ as airline restores international network
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) Group is set to restore much of its international network in the coming months on the back of increasing travel demand, but has held back any firm plans to expand its operations to Mainland China.
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Chinese majors to delist from NYSE in February
Two of China’s three largest carriers are to delist from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), citing the limited number of shares traded and the sufficiency of its existing listings in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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China’s ‘Big Three’ see 2022 traffic plunge to pandemic lows
China’s three largest carriers reported a new low for their full-year passenger traffic, a reflection of the impact of country’s long-drawn ‘zero-Covid’ battles.
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SIA group sees robust December traffic as load factors hit record high
The Singapore Airlines Group reported record passenger load factors in December 2022, helped by the reopening of key East Asian markets, which significantly boosted passenger traffic at the end of the year.
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Investigators recover flight recorders from crashed Yeti Airlines ATR 72
Nepalese authorities have located the flight recorders of the Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 that crashed on 15 January, as the country marks its worst aviation disaster in 30 years.
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Bain Capital mulls Virgin Australia re-listing
Private equity firm Bain Capital is looking to re-list Virgin Australia, as part of wider plans to position the carrier “for continued growth and long-term prosperity”.
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Asiana ends temporary freighter flights amid passenger demand recovery
Asiana Airlines has returned to passenger service seven widebodies converted for cargo-carrying purposes, as passenger travel demand continues to recover.
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Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 crashes near Pokhara
An ATR 72-500 operated by Nepali carrier Yeti Airlines crashed near Pokhara town on the morning of 15 January.
