All Asia Pacific articles – Page 579
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NewsMH17: ICAO task force pursues accurate threat analysis
ICAO is establishing a task force which aims to examine ways to reinforce the collection of accurate information about conflict zones, and improve their risk assessment during route planning.
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NewsA350 begins south-east Asian flight tests
Airbus's fifth aircraft in its A350 test fleet, MSN5, has commenced a series of flight tests between Singapore and Hong Kong.
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Airbus terminates Skymark order for six A380s
Airbus has informed Japanese carrier Skymark Airlines that its order for six A380s has been terminated.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How will MAS survive its latest crisis?
It was Winston Churchill who said that one should never let a good crisis go to waste, but for Malaysia Airlines (MAS), dealing with two crises in one year will prove extremely challenging.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: FSF reviews risks of go-around decision-making
Failing to abandon a risky approach when necessary can be disastrous, but many times in the last few years go-arounds – formerly considered a simple manoeuvre – have themselves ended in disaster.
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NewsMH17 suffered 'massive' decompression: Ukrainian authority
Ukrainian authorities have disclosed that the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER which crashed in the east of the country had suffered explosive depressurisation.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Traffic gains continue in 2013
Global passenger traffic among the top 200 biggest carriers by RPKs grew 5.5% in 2013, the latest Airline Business/Flightglobal World Airline Rankings show.
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ICAO to address war zone danger to civil aviation
The International Civil Aviation Organisation has announced it is to hold a “high level meeting” about the risks to civil aviation in conflict zones, at its Montreal headquarters on 29 July 2014.
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NewsAustralian F-35s rolled out in Texas
Australia’s first pair of F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft have been rolled out, during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth final assembly site in Texas. They are the lead examples of at least 72 aircraft to be produced for the nation, under an acquisition worth a projected A$12.4 billion ...
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NewsMH17 was on established airway: Ukrainian commission
Ukrainian investigators believe the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER which crashed in the east of the country had been flying an established route.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: The end of show orders report
There were collective order commitment announcements of over 1,000 during this year’s Farnborough air show, and more than 200 option commitments,
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NewsAir New Zealand issues 787-9 first user riposte
Air New Zealand (ANZ) will begin using its newly-delivered Boeing 787-9 aircraft on an ad hoc basis, starting in August.
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China Airlines picks UTC Aerospace for spare parts
Taiwan's China Airlines has chosen UTC Aerospace to provide the carrier spare parts for its Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Asia-Pacific airline profits fall in 2013
Asia’s low-cost carriers continue to grow rapidly, both in scope and model, but it is still the region’s network carriers which are posting the biggest profits in absolute terms.
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Valid information obtained from MH17 flight-data recorder
Investigators have downloaded information from the flight-data recorder of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that crashed in eastern Ukraine.
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NewsAirbus kicks off A350 route-proving trials
Airbus today began a three-week route-proving campaign using the fifth A350-900, marking the start of the final certification stage for the new twinjet.
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NewsIndia finalises follow-on C-130J buy
Lockheed Martin has received a contract worth almost $565 million to produce an additional six C-130J-30 tactical transports for the Indian air force.
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NewsANA to be first commercial operator of 787-9
All Nippon Airways will become the first carrier in the world to operate the Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
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Australia reaffirms commitment to MH370 search
Australia says that the bathymetric survey of ocean floor where the lost Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 is suspected to have crashed is well underway.
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NewsTaiwan struck by typhoon before TransAsia crash
Circumstances of the TransAsia ATR crash in Magong have yet to become clear but the area has been battered by typhoon activity.