All Asia Pacific news – Page 440
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PIA reaffirms commitment to turnaround
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) says the carrier's turnaround is underway and has reaffirmed its commitment to the task.
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SIA to tweak Canberra, Wellington services
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will adjust its four-times-weekly Singapore-Canberra-Wellington service in favour of using Sydney and Melbourne as stopover points.
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Taiwan's Starlux Airlines plans 2020 launch
Starlux Airlines, a new Taiwanese carrier planned by former EVA Air chairman Chang Kuo-wei, is targeting to launch operations in 2020.
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Garuda optimistic on 2018
Garuda Indonesia is targeting to increase revenue to $4.9 billion this year and will continue to cut costs and optimise efficiency.
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Qantas names new heads for loyalty, customer roles
Qantas Airways has named a new head for its loyalty unit, as well as new chief customer officer.
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Myanmar signs order for six Su-30s
Myanmar is obtain six Sukhoi Su-30 fighters under a deal signed during a visit by Russia's defence minister to the Southeast Asian nation.
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Changi airport sees record passenger numbers in 2017
Singapore's Changi Airport handled a record number of passengers for 2017 at 62.2 million.
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Hard landing in turbulence damaged Virgin Australia ATR 72
A hard landing in turbulence on 19 November 2017 resulted in substantial damage to a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600, says Australia investigators in a preliminary report.
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ANALYSIS: Safety - good flying or just good luck?
Again the world’s commercial air transport industry has smashed all records for keeping passengers safe – in 2017 there were no fatal accidents on scheduled mainline passenger flights.
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SIA and Vistara consider anti-trust immunity pact
Singapore Airlines says it will consider applying for antitrust immunity with Vistara, as part of expanding the areas of cooperation between the two carriers.
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ANALYSIS: No golden goal for A380 in China
Airbus is wooing China, hoping that the soon-to-be world's largest aviation market will order some A380s and breathe new life into the ailing programme.
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Hong Kong Airlines gets aggressive on long-haul
Hong Kong Airlines is pushing ahead with its long-haul ambitions and targeting to launch non-stop services to San Francisco, New York, and London this year.
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Jakarta inches closer to Su-35 order
Jakarta could finalise its order for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 fighters in the coming months.
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Bohai suspends share trading
Bohai Capital’s shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange were placed in a trading halt on 17 January pending an announcement from major shareholder HNA Capital.
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Singapore looks to transform local aerospace sector
Singapore has reaffirmed its commitment to further developing the country's aerospace industry with the launch of a new Aerospace Industry Transformation Map (ITM) on 17 January.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Freighter conversions up 7% in 2017 on 767 strength
Updated to reflect that 11 of Prime Air's 767s are -300ER BDSFs.
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747, A380 operators rank low on transpacific fuel efficiency
Operating four-engined jets such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 has placed Qantas, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines at the bottom of a recent ranking of airline fuel efficiency on transpacific flights.
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PAL to suspend Cebu-Singapore service
Philippine Airlines will suspend its four-times weekly Cebu-Singapore service from 24 March, attributing the move on route rationalisation.
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ANALYSIS: China drives efficiency at state-owned airlines
Chinese state-owned carriers could become more competitive on the international stage, following the change in their parents' ownership structures.
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Uzbekistan Airways to open Spanish connection
Uzbekistan Airways is to open services to the Spanish city of Barcelona during the first half of this year.