All Asia Pacific news – Page 417
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Mitsubishi banks on 'foreign experts' for MRJ development
Mitsubishi Aircraft is tapping foreign expertise to move its five-times delayed MRJ regional jet programme forward.
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Airbus positive over A380 second-hand market
Airbus remains positive that a viable second-hand market for the Airbus A380 will be created, Cathal Kyle, head of customer finance Europe and Asia told delegates at the Doric Aviation Investors’ Day in Frankfurt on 25 April.
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SIA changes takeoff procedure after 777-300 tail strike
Singapore Airlines has called on its Boeing pilots to use higher thrust and rotation speed for take-off in gusty wind and crosswind conditions, following a 777-300 tailstrike incident at Melbourne airport on 9 October 2016.
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Qantas to adjust long-haul network with advent of Perth-London
Qantas Airways will drop its daily Melbourne-Dubai-London route in March 2018 when it launches daily Melbourne-Perth-London service.
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Bearing failure led to Jetstar A320 engine power loss
A bearing failure in the right International Aero Engines V2500 powerplant has been identified as the cause behind an engine power loss involving a Jetstar Airbus A320 registered VH-VFY on 22 September 2016.
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China Southern signs for 20 A350s
China Southern Airlines has disclosed that it is ordering 20 Airbus A350-900.
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PICTURES: Mitsubishi offers glimpse of MRJ production
Mitsubishi Aircraft opened the doors of its final assembly hanger to journalists for the first time on 26 April.
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PICTURE: Japan Air Commuter begins ATR operations
Japan Air Commuter (JAC) operated its first ATR 42-600 flight on 26 April, deploying the aircraft on the return Kagoshima-Yakushima and Kagoshima-Okinoerabu services.
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MRJ certification requires extra hours, more jets
Mitsubishi Aircraft is reviewing the MRJ regional jet's flight test plans, and estimates that the programme will now require around 500 extra flight hours and up to two additional aircraft to achieve certification.
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Mitsubishi plans MRJ debut at Paris air show
Mitsubishi Aircraft is working to bring one of its MRJ regional jet prototypes to the Paris air show.
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Lessor SMBC buys three more 737-800s
Aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital is to purchase three Boeing 737-800s, bringing its total owned, managed and committed portfolio for the type to 198.
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ANALYSIS: Norwegian's Gatwick-Singapore gambit
Norwegian's eye-catching move to launch long-haul, low-cost services on the Singapore-London Gatwick route injects some fresh competition into a sector flown only by mainline carriers.
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Comac completes C919 ground tests as first flight looms
Comac has completed the final ground test before its C919 narrowbody can take to the skies.
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VietJet posts posts D382 profit in Q1 2017
VietJet Air posted a net profit of D381.7 billion ($16.8 million) in the first quarter of 2017.
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C919 readies for maiden flight in early May
Comac's C919 has made good progress with high-speed taxi tests and could make its maiden sortie in the first week of May, sources tell FlightGlobal.
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ARJ21 makes new flight tests following design optimisation
The ARJ21-700 regional jet has made new flight tests following some design optimisation of the aircraft, says Comac.
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New flaperon drift tests verify MH370 likely resting place
New modelling and analysis of drift patterns corroborate analysis from late 2016 that the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that operated flight MH370 is most likely in a new search area.
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VietJet targets 36% increase in 2017 net profit to D3.4t
VietJet Air has set a net profit target of D3.4 trillion ($150 million) in 2017, a 36% year-on-year increase from its D2.5 trillion net profit in 2016.
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Norwegian to make Singapore launch in September
Norwegian will launch services from London Gatwick to Singapore on 28 September.
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Singapore AH-64Ds to get new EW suite
Singapore will upgrade its fleet of Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters.