All Asia Pacific news – Page 592
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Jungle of trouble awaits new Tigerair boss
Battered Tigerair’s announcement last week on the planned grounding of eight aircraft was a difficult but necessary decision - but more tough decisions lie ahead.
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NewsTigerair CEO steps down after 21 months
Tiger Airways Holdings chief executive Koay Peng Yen has resigned after serving in the role for less than two years, to be replaced by a SIA veteran.
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NewsLockheed completes development of upgraded Apache day sensor
Lockheed Martin has finished developing its modernised day sensor assembly (M-DSA) carried in the Arrowhead system on Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
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NewsPW1100 to power Royal Brunei’s A320neos
Royal Brunei Airlines has selected the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM powerplants to power its recently ordered Airbus A320neo aircraft.
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NewsIndonesian navy stalks AS565 Panther deal
The Indonesian navy is in negotiations with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) for the acquisition of between 11 and 16 Airbus Helicopters AS565 Panther anti-submarine warfare (ASW) rotorcraft.
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SriLankan, Lufthansa Technik MRO JV in limbo
SriLankan Airlines' discussions with Lufthansa Technik to jointly set up an MRO operation appear to have met with some road blocks, with the carrier now saying it will go ahead with its MRO plans with or without a partner.
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HAL hands over Do-228 flying test bed to DRDO
India’s state owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), delivered a Dornier Do-228, modified to act as a flying test bed (FTB) to the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), at Kanpur on May Day.
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NewsEtihad outlines 787, A380 launch plans
Etihad Airways will debut its new Boeing 787 on flights to Washington DC, Mumbai and Dusseldorf in Germany as it prepares to introduce both the Dreamliner and Airbus A380 at the end of this year.
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NewsHawker Pacific lands first Bell 525 deal in Middle East
Hawker Pacific has brokered a deal with Abu Dhabi Aviation for 10 Bell 525 Relentless helicopters.
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NewsInquiry details controllers' hunt as MH370 vanished
Investigators have detailed the effort to locate Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the initial four hours after its disappearance, but the preliminary inquiry report gives little information that had not previously been disclosed.
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NewsMH370: Malaysia to host flight-tracking discussion
Malaysia’s government is to host a gathering to discuss the real-time monitoring of flight data this month, in the wake of the disappearance of flight MH370.
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EASA and IATA to share airline safety data
The European Aviation Safety Agency and the International Air Transport Association have signed an agreement to share their airline safety audit results.
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NewsAir France-KLM seeks closer MRO ties with Air China
Air France-KLM intends to further build its maintenance partnership with Air China after its MRO division was selected to supports the Asian carrier’s General Electric GE90 engines.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Sydney's airport dilemma
Australia’s announcement of the site for Sydney’s second airport may end a decades-long debate, but it is only the first of many questions still facing one of the country’s most contentious projects.
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NewsPICTURE: Comac installs autoclave for C919 composite parts
Chinese airframer Comac recently mounted an autoclave near Shanghai that will produce the C919 narrowbody aircraft.
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NewsSmoking bag delays Fiji Airways flight
Dangerous goods in a passenger’s bag are believed to be behind a smoke a minor incident where smoke was detected in the baggage hold of a Fiji Airways Boeing 737-800 while on the ground at Melbourne airport on 26 April.
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NewsCobham BAe 146 makes emergency landing after engine fire
A British Aerospace 146 aircraft operated by Cobham Aviation Services had to make an emergency landing in Perth after the aircraft’s No. 2 Honeywell ALF 502 engine caught fire.
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Spirit Aero delivers first MRJ flight test pylon
Spirit AeroSystems has delivered the first flight test pylon for the MRJ regional jet.
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NewsAsiana 767 crew grounded after flying on one engine
South Korean regulators are investigating Asiana Airlines following a 19 April incident in which the crew of a Boeing 767-300 aircraft did not divert after they observed a warning with the aircraft’s port-side engine.