Asia Pacific
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NewsQantas flags A$11 billion full-year revenue hit amid optimism about recovery
Qantas Group anticipates an A$11 billion ($8.1 billion) revenue drop for the year ending June 2021, but remains optimistic about recovery prospects amid a “vast improvement in trading conditions” in recent months.
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Paradox of the Asia-Pacific airline market recovery
When trying to gauge the prospects for a recovery in air travel, the Asia-Pacific market paradoxically offers both reasons for some of the brightest optimism and greatest concern for airlines. On the one hand Asia-Pacific carriers seem well placed in the mid-term to benefit from continued strength in the ...
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KAI to modify FA-50 with Cobham refuelling probe
Cobham Mission Systems is to deliver an inflight refuelling capability for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50 combat aircraft. Announcing its selection as prime contractor for the modification on 2 December, the UK company said it will “design, develop and qualify a telescopic probe solution” for the single-engined type. ...
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AirAsia Group to reduce fleet size in 2021
AirAsia India will be the group’s only unit to see fleet growth by the end of 2021, amid an ongoing investment review conducted by the low-cost group.
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EmbraerX, Airservices Australia to explore air taxi concepts in Melbourne
EmbraerX, the Brazilian airframer’s innovation subsidiary, has jointly developed a new concept of operations for air taxis in Australia with civil air navigation services provider Airservices Australia. EmbraerX’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) project Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions will helm the partnership, which will look at “new ...
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ANA in partnership to review SAF supply chains
All Nippon Airways is one of six Japanese companies to reach an agreement about studying carbon recycling business models, and the partners aim to streamline sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply chains.
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Boeing test sees five AI-enabled jets teamed up
Boeing has completed a series of test fights in Australia exploring how high-performance unmanned aircraft can operate together using artificial intelligence.
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PIA seeks dry lease of up to eight narrowbodies
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has issued a tender notice to dry lease up to eight narrowbody aircraft, with the first example to be delivered at the start of next year.
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ANA wins Decade of Airline Excellence Award for Asia-Pacific region
Recipient of the Decade of Airline Excellence Award for the Asia-Pacific region, sponsored by Shannon Engine Support.
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Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble further delayed to 2021
The Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble has been postponed — for a second time — to 2021, following a spike in coronavirus cases in Hong Kong in recent weeks.
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Court dismisses injunction to block Korean Air’s Asiana acquisition
Korean Air’s multi-billion dollar bid to take over rival Asiana Airlines cleared a critical legal hurdle, after a Seoul district court dismissed an attempt to block the acquisition.
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IHI explores electrification, biofuel to combat climate change
Japan engine maker IHI sees more efficient electrification of aircraft and biofuels as two areas where it can contribute to lower CO2 emissions in aviation.
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Fuel pump blockage resulted in Scoot Trent 1000 shutdown
Debris from worn bearings in Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine on a Scoot Boeing 787-9 caused it to shut down as the aircraft approached Perth in 2018.
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Korean Air-Asiana consolidation faces regulatory, legal hurdles
Korean Air’s proposed acquisition of rival Asiana Airlines could require the green light from regulators in at least four countries, adding to a growing list of hurdles which includes an ongoing legal battle to block the deal.
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Indian carrier SpiceJet makes belated Ras Al Khaimah debut
SpiceJet has carried out its first service to Ras Al Khaimah airport a year after the Indian low-cost carrier identified the emirate as its first international hub.
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Air India A320 left with 600m to stop after unstable approach
Pilots of an Air India Airbus A320 were left with just 600m in which to bring the aircraft to a halt after the jet landed long at Surat following an unstable approach. The threshold of Surat’s runway 22 had already been displaced by 1,000m leaving an available landing distance ...
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Korean Air wins H-53E, F-16 maintenance work
Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) has secured contracts from the US military related to the Sikorsky H-53E helicopter and Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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Qantas to outsource ground handling at 10 Australian airports
Qantas has rejected in-house bids from its employees after a three-month process and decided to outsource its ground handling at 10 airports across Australia.
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CALC unit to disassemble 2008-vintage 777-300ER
The asset management arm of China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) will disassemble its first Boeing 777-300ER, a 12-year-old example that formerly flew for Jet Airways.
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Cebu Pacific to experiment with free virus tests before flights
Cebu Pacific Air will conduct a trial where passengers are tested at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport before flights to the southern city of General Santos.
