All Asia Pacific news – Page 362
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Widodo bemoans lack of competition in Indonesia
Indonesian president Joko Widodo perceives a lack of competition in Indonesia's airline market, and hopes to find ways to make the industry more efficient.
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Tokyo to end search for crashed F-35A
Tokyo will end its search for the Lockheed Martin F-35A that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of Japan on 9 April.
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PICTURE: MA700 gears up for static tests
AVIC has finished construction of large fuselage parts for its MA700 turboprop programme, paving the way for static testing.
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Vietnam Airlines enters competitive Da Nang-Busan route
Vietnam Airlines will enter the hotly contested Da Nang-Busan route with a twice-weekly service from 20 July 2019.
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Insitu sells 34 ScanEagle drones to Southeast Asian countries
Insitu was awarded a $47.9 million contract to deliver 34 ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles (UAV) to Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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Boeing eyes international KC-46A, E-7 opportunities
Boeing is working on potential international deals related to its KC-46A tanker and the 737-based E-7 airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft.
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Korean Air vows to go after LCC competition
Korean Air chairman and chief executive Walter Cho has vowed to act more aggressively against the growing competition from low-cost carriers in its home market.
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Subset of 737 fleet requires slat track swap
A manufacturing defect will require the replacement of leading edge slat tracks on a small subset of the global fleet of Boeing 737NG and Max aircraft.
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GAMECO starts building third Guangzhou hangar
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has begun construction of a third hangar located at its homebase Guangzhou Baiyun International airport.
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NewsJetstar shows interest in A321XLR for Australia-Japan routes
Jetstar has shown interest in the proposed Airbus A321XLR to potentially open up new routes between northern Australia and Japan.
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NewsAirbus confirms both A350 variants viable for Qantas Sunrise bid
Airbus has confirmed that it can offer ultra-long-range versions of both A350 variants to Qantas to meet its "Project Sunrise" requirement for an aircraft able to operate nonstop flights between Sydney and London.
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BAE sees Hawk upgrade as alternative to KL’s LCA plans
BAE Systems believes a Hawk upgrade is a cost effective way for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to address future attack requirements, as it eyes additional emerging opportunities.
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NewsQantas pressing manufacturers for final offers on Sunrise aircraft soon
Qantas will move towards seeking final offers from Airbus and Boeing for ultra-long-range jets capable of meeting its Project Sunrise requirements, making it likely that an order will be announced this year.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: SriLankan prepares to rebuild
Before the country was plunged into crisis by the Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka's flag carrier completed work on a new five-year plan for submission to its government shareholder. The plan already appeared unlikely to command immediate political attention, in an election year, and will now of course lie further ...
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AAPA hails Indian market's response to fill the Jet gap
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) believes that the response by the market to the failure of Indian carrier Jet Airways has worked well without the need for New Delhi to interfere.
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JAL eyes deeper ties with Malaysia Airlines
Japan Airlines is eyeing areas of further co-operation with Malaysia Airlines, which could include a potential investment in its struggling Oneworld partner.
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NewsIATA downgrades 2019 profits outlook by a fifth
IATA has downgraded its industry net profits outlook for 2019 by around a fifth to $28 billion, amid rising costs and slowing demand in part from weaker trade.
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Thai Smile to be Star Alliance connecting partner
Thai Airways subsidiary Thai Smile will become Star Alliance’s second connecting partner by the end of the year, joining Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines.
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Eastar counts the costs of Max grounding
As airlines across the world count the costs of the ensuing grounding of the troubled Boeing 737 Max, Eastar Jet, South Korea’s first carrier to take delivery of the aircraft, has had its strategy thrown into disarray.
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Jeju Air to debut new travel class in launching Singapore-Busan
Jeju Air will be launching direct flights between Singapore and Busan on 4 July, and be piloting a new travel class on the route.