All Asia Pacific news – Page 603
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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: 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: 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.
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Qantas to codeshare with Bangkok Airways
Qantas plans to begin codesharing with Thai carrier Bangkok Airways, starting 30 March.
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SITA to set up industry registry for beacon technology
Air transport specialist SITA it is to set up a industry registry to help facilitate the use beacon technology after its technology research team SITA Lab issued the findings of early trials at airports.
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VIDEO: Flightglobal's David Learmount looks at MH370 questions
Flightglobal's operations and safety editor David Learmount has put together a video briefing on the background to the 8 March disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, its passengers and crew
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No answers as MAS 777 remains missing
Malaysia Authorities say it has identified one of two passengers who boarded MH370 using fake passports, and that the suspect is unlikely to have had any terrorist intent.
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NewsMalaysian officials non-committal on MH370 ACARS transmissions
Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER are tight-lipped about Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) data reported by the aircraft.
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Search area expands for missing Malaysia 777
Rescue authorities are preparing to expand the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 on both sides of the Malay peninsula.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Sabotage most common factor in en-route accidents
More than a third of all fatal accidents that have occurred to jet airliners while en-route are caused by some form of deliberate action. But a significant number of other factors can also come into play.
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MH370 not 'security threat': Malaysia defence minister
As search and rescue efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 look set to enter into the fourth day, Malaysia says it has not tightened security across its airports as it does not see the MH370 case as a "security threat".
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NewsSearch teams still unable to locate missing 777
More than 60 hours after the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Boeing 777-200 lost contact with air traffic control, Malaysia says it has yet to locate the aircraft, or recover any possible debris from the jet.
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Technology of limited use in search for missing 777
Amid conflicting reports about whether the wreckage of a missing Boeing 777-200 has been spotted, an expert in airborne search and rescue at sea highlights the challenging task facing the aerial armada searching for the aircraft.