All Asia Pacific news – Page 599
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Boeing wins A$901 million Wedgetail sustainment deal
Australia has granted Boeing a five year, A$901 million ($816 million) extension for sustainment of the country’s 737-700 based E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft.
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News‘Equal importance’ given to both corridors in MH370 search
Malaysia is giving “equal importance” to searching the two corridors that the missing Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER may have travelled after it turned towards the Andaman Sea on the morning of 8 March.
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NewsMissing MH370 flew in westerly direction for several hours
Malaysian authorities have confirmed that the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER deviated from its flight path on 8 March and that the aircraft last made satellite contact at 08:11 local time, about seven hours after it disappeared from secondary air traffic control (ATC) radar.
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NewsInmarsat confirms automated signals from MH370
Inmarsat has confirmed that signals from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 were registered by its satellite network.
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NewsNot enough MH370 data to relocate search: minister
Malaysia's government is not yet prepared to commit its search effort for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 away from the original site off the eastern coast.
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NewsIndian MH370 effort pushes search far to the west
As uncertainty reigns over the fate of a missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, India's defence forces have stepped in to commit extensive assets to the search for the missing flight.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How Embraer is keeping faith with the regional market
Selling airliners in the regional market is a tough business. In the past 30 years, the short-haul segment has spawned and slain whole companies and aircraft. From turboprops like the BAe ATP and Saab 340/2000 to jets like the Fokker 100 and the Fairchild Dornier 728, entire aircraft programmes have ...
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NewsAuthorities dismiss MH370 engine data reports
A search by Malaysian authorities of an area of the South China Sea, in which Chinese satellite pictures appeared to show floating debris, has yielded no further clues into the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 six days ago.
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NewsAustralia to buy MQ-4C Triton
The Australian government has announced its intention to acquire the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance system, becoming the first foreign customer for the maritime variant of the Global Hawk.
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INDIA AVIATION: Air Works eyes MRO horizons beyond India
Indian MRO firm Air Works has vastly expanded its commercial aircraft MRO business, and has ambitions to win more work from outside of the country.
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INDIA AVIATION: Pawan Hans to beef up fleet in 2014
Indian national helicopter firm Pawan Hans has plans to order up to 20 helicopters in 2014, adding to its current fleet.
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INDIA AVIATION: Beechcraft gears up for Indian growth
Beechcraft sees significant opportunities for growth in India, and believes that the country is progressing towards embracing business and general aviation.
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Biman reissues 777 C-check tender
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has reissued a tender for C-checks on two of its Boeing 777-300ERs.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Financing the new fleet of 2014
Brendan McHenry – senior analyst, risk advisory, with Flightglobal consultancy Ascend – considers how the lessor share is changing in aircraft finance markets
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MH370 probe attempts to identify Malacca Strait radar target
Malaysia's air force has yet to identify the source of a contact picked up by radar over the Straits of Malacca, about 45min after the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Ascend examines the recovery in market values
George Dimitroff, head of valuations with Flightglobal advisory service Ascend, looks at how values and lease rates are faring
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NewsSpiceJet orders 42 737 Max aircraft
SpiceJet has announced an order for 42 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, becoming Boeing's first Indian customer for the type.
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China Southern confirms further summer schedule changes
China Southern Airlines has confirmed plans to start five additional new services during the summer schedule, which begins on 30 March.
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AVIC Aircraft completes first C919 wing-fuselage join
AVIC Aircraft has completed the first wing to mid fuselage join for the Comac C919 aircraft, and will move into strength tests for the section.