All Asia Pacific news – Page 549
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AnalysisANALYSIS: France's ISAE studies reasons for pilot error
Pilots make mistakes. Mistakes are a product of the brain. If it were possible to identify the common neurological precursors for pilot errors, it might be possible to prevent them.
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Business Aviation Safety Losses 2014
The year 2014 was another disappointing one, with business jet aircraft experiencing the worst fatal accident rate in recent years.
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Singapore clears Boeing-SIAEC MRO joint venture
Singapore’s competition regulator has cleared the proposed MRO joint venture between Boeing and SIA Engineering (SIAEC).
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NewsJAL debuts Apple Watch app
Early adopters of the Apple Watch will be able use it to check live flight-status updates from Japan Airlines.
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NewsEASA simplifies PBN preparations
European operators can expect a less bureaucratic transition to performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures because EASA is simplifying the preparation and approval process.
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NewsMitsubishi to delay MRJ first flight: report
Mitsubishi Aircraft will hold a press briefing on 10 April, which could see it announce yet another delay to its MRJ regional jet programme.
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NewsUS approves sale of 15 AH-1Zs, 1,000 Hellfires to Pakistan
The US government has approved the possible sale of 15 Bell Helicopter AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Pakistan, with the package to include 1,000 Lockheed Martin AGM-114R Hellfire II missiles.
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UAC moots Superjet MRO in Vietnam
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) could establish an MRO capability in Vietnam to support sales of the Superjet in Southeast Asia.
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EASA ponders commercial single-engine IMC ruling
EASA has recently completed its review of industry comments on the controversial subject of commercial single-engine turbine operations in instrument meteorological conditions (CAT SET-IMC), and expects to publish its Final Opinion “in the third quarter” of this year for rulemaking by the European Commission in 2016.
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NewsINTERIORS: Premium passengers face well-appointed future
As business class cabins become ever more luxurious, airlines find themselves at a fork in the road when it comes to deciding their future strategies for premium passengers.
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NewsINTERIORS: Boeing thinks smarter to boost 777, 737 appeal
Space may well be the final frontier, but for Boeing – and its airline customers – space is something else entirely. Given the confines of the average narrowbody – a 737 has an interior diameter of 11ft 7in (3.53m), slimmer even than the fans on some large jet engines – ...
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Malaysia investigates crash of AS365-N3 that killed six
Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation has launched an investigation in to the 4 April crash of an Airbus Helicopters AS365-N3 that killed all six aboard, including two high level government officials.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Preparing for a connectivity revolution
Like the air we breathe, access to wi-fi is increasingly seen as a necessity to get us through the day. Gone are the days when airline passengers were content to be incommunicado during their time on board an aircraft.
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PICTURE: Thai Airways retires Airbus A340-600s
Thai Airways International has formally retired the Airbus A340-600 aircraft from service on 28 March.
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NewsANA firms order for seven A321s
All Nippon Airways has firmed up an order for seven additional Airbus A321s.
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Air India seeks finance offers on six 787-8s
Air India has issued a tender seeking proposals for sale and leaseback or commercial loans on six Boeing 787-8s.
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NAC places more ATR 72s
Nordic Aviation Capital has placed another pair of ATR 72s under operating lease agreements with Maldivian carrier Flyme and Brazil's Azul.
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NewsPICTURE: Last T-6C trainers head for New Zealand
New Zealand’s final pair of Beechcraft T-6C trainers are on their way to the nation, where they will complete an 11-strong fleet of the type.
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Airbus Helicopters wins support deal from Taiwan SAR agency
Airbus Helicopters has secured a €54.5 million ($59 million) fleet support contract from Taiwan’s National Airborne Services Corps. (NASC).
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Raytheon secures Stinger contract for Seoul’s Apaches
Raytheon has won a $35 million contract to provide Stinger air-to-air missiles for the country’s future fleet of Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters.