All Asia Pacific news – Page 560
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Seoul forced to re-tender KFX bidding
Seoul has been forced to re-tender its bid for a developmental contract related to the country’s KFX fighter aircraft programme.
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Qantas and Jetstar boost Queensland services
Qantas will increase the frequency of its upcoming Brisbane-Tokyo Narita as part of a wider boost of Queensland flights by the carrier and its budget subsidiary Jetstar.
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OpinionOPINION: Is ICAO on right track with 15min position updates?
After Air France flight 447 was lost in the Atlantic in 2009 the industry debated what it should do to ensure that never again would an aircraft’s oceanic position be so ill-defined that it takes two years to find the wreckage. But nothing actually happened.
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OpinionOPINION: How wi-fi policy could threaten airline brands
In November 2014, Jeremy Gutsche, a well known Canadian entrepreneur, was on a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 flight from London to Singapore. A busy executive, he was happy that there was wi-fi available on his flight.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: India MRO players make the best of a tough hand
Despite booming air travel, skilled workers, and low labour costs, India has yet to become an MRO powerhouse, but two local MRO leaders are bullish about the future.
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BAE, TAE win Australian F-35 MRO work
Australia has awarded BAE Systems Australia and Tasman Aviaton Enterprises (TAE) with MRO and upgrade work for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft.
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NewsA330 grounding to help cashflow situation: Skymark
Skymark Airlines grounded its Airbus A330-300 fleet to help strengthen its operating cashflow since entering bankruptcy protection on 28 January.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: No magic potion for AirAsia X's ills
Big changes appear to be underway for Malaysian long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X (AAX), following the abrupt departure of chief executive Azran Rami-Osman in late-January.
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Russian company patents lightweight GA ejection seat
NPP Zvezda, a Russian company well known for aviation and space life support systems in its homeland, has patented a lightweight ejection seat for general aviation aircraft.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How social media is redefining crisis communications
Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel, as Mark Twain once said.
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Ajay Singh readies to take reins at SpiceJet
SpiceJet founder and incoming director Ajay Singh says the takeover process for the ailing carrier should be completed in the next 10 days.
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Second naval Tejas prototype conducts maiden flight
The second prototype of the naval variant of the Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has conducted its maiden flight.
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NewsTransAsia GE235: Shutting down the wrong engine
Taiwan's accident investigators have taken the unusual step of publishing part of the flight data recorder printout for the crashed ATR 72-600 almost as soon as it was available to them. There are no rules or protocols saying they must do so, and none saying they should not.
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NewsTransAsia probe yet to explain apparent shutdown error
While investigators have yet to confirm whether a TransAsia Airways ATR 72 crew mistakenly shut down a healthy engine after the other flamed out, such an error has precedent.
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NewsTransAsia ATR flight data suggests wrong engine shut down
Flight-data recorder information suggests the crew operating the crashed TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 may have shut down the left-hand engine of the aircraft shortly after the right-hand engine flamed out.
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HAL bags Indian air force order for 14 Do-228s
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has secured an Indian air force contract for 14 Do-228 transport aircraft.
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Bristow Group takes control of Airnorth
Bristow Helicopters Australia has acquired an 85% stake in Darwin-based regional carrier Airnorth.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: TransAsia contemplates long, uphill climb
The dramatic crash of an almost brand new ATR 72-600 into the Keelung river will in no way help TransAsia Airways gain traction in a market where it is already a relatively small player.
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More business jets exempted from Sydney, Adelaide curfews
The Australian government has allowed more business jet types to operate during curfews at Sydney and Adelaide airports, but has not added more commercial jets to the exemption list.
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Checks on Taiwan's ATR fleet to focus on engines
Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration’s (CAA) ordering of checks on the country’s fleet of ATR turboprops appears to indicate a focus on the aircraft’s engines.