All Asia Pacific articles – Page 34
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NewsAAPA sees ‘positive’ 2024 amid supply chain challenges and economic concerns
Asia-Pacific carriers expect 2024 ended on a “positive note”, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), with international travel demand already past pre-pandemic levels.
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AnalysisHow did airline safety rank in 2024, after high-profile December losses?
Last year saw more airline fatal accidents and fatalities worldwide than any 12-month period since 2018, raising the question as to whether a decade or so of safety performance improvement has begun to reverse.
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NewsC919 begins first commercial service outside Mainland China as Comac focuses on ramp-up
Comac’s C919 has commenced operations on its first commercial route outside of Mainland China, flying from Shanghai to Hong Kong.
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NewsJapan cleared for massive AMRAAM buy
Japan has been cleared to obtain over 1,000 Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs).
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NewsDash 8’s lights would have blended with runway centreline before A350 collision: inquiry
White lighting on a De Havilland Dash 8 would have blended in with surrounding runway lights, rendering it difficult to see before the aircraft was struck by a landing Airbus A350 at Tokyo Haneda a year ago. Japanese investigators probing the fatal 2 January 2024 collision have conducted simulations of ...
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NewsInvestigators retrieve voice recordings from crashed Jeju Air 737-800
Investigators have retrieved voice files from the cockpit-voice recorder of a crashed Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, with the aircraft’s damaged flight-data recorder to be sent to the USA for further work.
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NewsPhilippine air force retires OV-10 Bronco, AH-1S Cobra
The Philippine air force has retired its Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light attack aircraft and Bell AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters.
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NewsJAL A350 collision: Tokyo Haneda runway-conflict system ‘difficult to rely on’
Japanese investigators have indicated that a runway conflict alert was active for over a minute before the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 and a De Havilland Dash 8 at Tokyo Haneda. But the Japan Transport Safety Board found that controllers in the airport’s east tower felt the ...
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NewsJAL A350 collision probe strives to explain Dash 8’s failure to stop at runway holding point
Japanese investigators have disclosed that a De Havilland Dash 8-300’s departure from Tokyo Haneda was supposed to be threaded between two arriving aircraft, before it entered the runway and was fatally struck by the first of them, a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900. The collision left only one survivor, the captain, ...
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NewsInquiry into deadly Jeju Air 737-800 crash gets under way
A probe into the deadly crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 at Muan has commenced, with concerns raised about the condition of the jet’s flight-data recorder.
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AnalysisBeijing ups AEW&C game with emergence of KJ-3000
Beijing is taking steps to advance its airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) capabilities, with the emergence of the long-rumoured Xian KJ-3000.
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NewsFlight recorders from crashed Jeju Air 737-800 recovered
South Korea has determined that 179 of the 181 aboard a crashed Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 died in the accident.
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NewsDeath toll rises in Jeju Air 737-800 crash
The death toll in the fatal crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 at South Korea’s Muan airport has risen to 122 out of the 181 aboard the jet.
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NewsCrashed Jeju 737 touched down without landing gear deployed
The Jeju Air 737-800 that crashed at South Korea’s Muan airport attempted to land without its landing gear deployed.
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NewsKAI delivers first pair of Light Armed Helicopters
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has delivered the first two Mirion Light Armed Helicopters (LAH) to the South Korean government, as it makes a low-key sale of the KUH-1 Surion to Iraq.
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AnalysisChina celebrates Mao’s birthday with new combat jets
Beijing has staged a late-year aerospace coup by showing off not one, but two developmental stealth aircraft.
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NewsCathay expects ‘strong’ second-half results on cargo, fuel costs
Cathay Pacific expects a “strong” showing for the second-half financial results, as it approaches full capacity recovery January next year.
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NewsAustralia to extradite former USMC pilot on China training allegations
A former US Marine Corps pilot who allegedly helped train Chinese military pilots will be extradited from Australia to the USA.
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NewsUSA clears big missile sales to Egypt, Morocco
The US government has cleared nearly $1 billion in potential sales of air-launched weapons to Egypt and Morocco.
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NewsMalaysia provisionally agrees to permit renewed search for missing flight MH370
Malaysia’s government has provisionally agreed to permit a new search effort intended to locate the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER which disappeared over the Indian Ocean a decade ago. Contact with the aircraft and its crew, operating flight MH370, was lost over the As the aircraft was operating the MH370 service ...