All Asia Pacific news – Page 431
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FlightStats 2016 Airline On-Time Performance Service Award Winners Announced
January 4, 2017 - FlightStats, Inc., the leader in global flight information services, part of FlightGlobal, has released the winners for the 8th Annual Airline On-Time Performance Service Awards.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Which airline CEO has the biggest job in 2017?
Airlines, at least collectively, have enjoyed the most profitable years in their history. But the outlook is looking more challenging for 2017 as oil costs creep back up and the competitive environment shows no sign of letting up. For many airline chiefs, the next 12 months will prove decisive.
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FORECASTS: What's in store for 2017?
As the old saying goes, anybody who can tell the future should keep quiet about it and quietly get rich on the stock market. Here at Flightglobal, we are naturally quite confident of our forecasting ability but instinctively generous with our opinions. Herewith our best horizon-scanning guestimates for 2017:
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airlines' rocky ride on financial markets in 2016
Airline share price fortunes in 2016 varied wildly as European and Asian carrier stocks fell away while those of their counterparts in the Americas grew to the extent that even Warren Buffett ended the year advocating investments in US carriers.
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Citilink CEO resigns after 'drunk' pilot incident
Two top executives at Indonesian carrier Citilink have tendered their resignations, after a video of one of its pilots allegedly showing up for work drunk went viral.
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GMF AeroAsia targets growth in 2017, with focus on Batam facilty
Garuda Indonesia MRO unit GMF AeroAsia targets revenue of $454 million and a net profit of $69 million for 2017.
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KAI secures deal for 30 amphibious Surions
Korea Aircraft Industries has secured a KRW630 billion ($523 million) contract with Seoul’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to provide KUH-1 Surion transport helicopters to the country’s marines.
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Air Europa and China Airlines seal codeshare pact
Spanish carrier Air Europa has arranged a codeshare with its SkyTeam partner, Taiwanese operator China Airlines.
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Xian ships key parts for second AG600 amphibian
AVIC unit Xian Aircraft has delivered key parts for the second AG600 amphibian being built in the southern city of Zhuhai.
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C919 maiden flight tentatively set for February 2017
Comac has an internal target for the C919 to take its first flight in February 2017, sources tell FlightGlobal.
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REVIEW: A look back at our top 5 CEO interviews of 2016
As the end draws in for 2016, we take a look back at some of our most read CEO interviews of the year
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Onur Air plans Chinese routes
Turkish carrier Onur Air is to commence flights to China in September next year.
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China’s second FC-31 takes flight
Chinese defence websites have published footage of what is apparently the second AVIC FC-31 Gyrfalcon fighter aircraft.
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Iran Air excludes A380 as it firms Airbus order
Iran Air has firmly ordered 100 Airbus jets but opted against committing to the 12 A380s included in an initial 118-aircraft acquisition agreement.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Malaysia Airlines and the long road to profitability
The past few years have, unarguably, been Malaysia Airlines’ worst, with two major crashes, a searing corporate restructuring engineered by Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, and leadership changes. Now, finally, things look to be back on track.
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China's AC352 conducts maiden flight
The Avicopter AC352 7t multi-role helicopter has conducted its first flight in Harbin.
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Experts define additional MH370 search area
Officials who reassessed evidence from the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have designated an additional 25,000km² search area north of the area so far investigated.
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PICTURES: Mitsubishi beefs up US test fleet
A third Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ regional jet has arrived at the company’s US test facility at Moses Lake.
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Denser configuration for Thailand’s last Superjet business jet
The Royal Thai Air Force will receive its third and final VIP Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft in 2018.
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Indonesia loses fifth C-130 since 2000
The Indonesian air force Lockheed Martin C-130H that crashed in the country’s Papua region was conducting a joint navigation training and logistics mission, and marks Jakarta’s fifth loss of the type since 2000.