Asia Pacific – Page 159
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NewsHMS Queen Elizabeth’s North Asia sortie stresses interoperability
HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment has placed a strong emphasis on airpower interoperability during a month in North Asia.
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NewsKabul airport resumption subject to delicate talks with Taliban: Qatari minister
Qatar’s government is still discussing the prospects for restoring operations at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai international airport, with a clear timeline yet to evolve. Turkish support could be enlisted to help run the airport but the situation remains uncertain. Speaking at a briefing in Doha on 2 September, Qatari foreign minister ...
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NewsChina international travel to remain frozen until next year: HSBC
While China’s three largest airlines remain optimistic about domestic recovery prospects, they note that a meaningful international recovery is likely to be pushed back further, as the country continues to restrict flights overseas.
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NewsPAL targets 3 September for Chapter 11 filing: sources
Philippine Airlines is hoping to make a filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 3 September (New York time), Cirium understands.
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NewsNITE system to kick start Canberra’s MQ-4C Triton integration
Northrop Grumman has delivered the Triton Network Integration Test Environment (NITE) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), setting the stage for MQ-4C deliveries.
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NewsUS start-up GlobalX ferried 1,000 evacuees from Kabul just weeks after launch
Global Crossing Airlines, a charter carrier that launched flights in August, says its two aircraft flew numerous missions to and from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International airport as part of the US government’s evacuation effort last month.
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NewsAirbus ends A400M order drought with Kazakh deal
Airbus has ended its long wait to confirm an export customer for the A400M Atlas, with Kazahkstan to acquire two of the tactical transports.
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Airline BusinessZero-Covid is dead; long live zero-Covid (for airline passengers)
Covid-19 vaccines should allow Asia-Pacific air travel to open up, but bureaucracy and expensive testing might emerge as a challenge.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Index scores industry at two-thirds of pre-Covid size
The latest quarterly Airline Business Index shows the global airline industry reached exactly two-thirds of its pre-crisis size at the mid-point of 2021.
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NewsIndonesia AirAsia parent continues loss-making streak
Indonesia AirAsia’s parent company slightly narrowed its losses in the first half of the 2021 calendar year, despite a dramatic decline in revenue for the period.
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NewsF100 overrun attributed to landing speed, wet runway: ATSB
Australian investigators have attributed a 2020 runway overrun by a Fokker 100 to the combined effects of the jet’s approach speed and wet conditions.
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NewsNok Air widens full-year loss as liabilities exceed assets
Embattled low-cost carrier Nok Air plunged deeper into the red for the 2020 calendar year, as revenue evaporated amid a collapse in passenger travel demand during the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsGMF AeroAsia narrows half-year losses
GMF AeroAsia significantly cut losses for the half-year on the back of cost-cutting measures, though its liabilities still exceeded its assets by a significant amount.
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NewsRex narrows FY21 operating loss; warns of tough FY22
Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) narrowed its operating loss to A$18.4 million ($13.5 million) from A$27.4 million a year earlier, but warns of tough times ahead given the impact of a major coronavirus outbreak in Australia.
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NewsAtlas Air to establish Incheon MRO shop with Sharp Technics
US cargo carrier Atlas Air and South Korean aviation maintenance firm Sharp Technics K will jointly establish a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Incheon International airport, a move that will enable Atlas to further expand in the Asia-Pacific region.
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NewsHainan Airlines sharply narrows first-half losses as costs decline
Beleaguered Hainan Airlines dramatically cut its operating loss for the six months to 30 June, amid a strong uplift in revenue and a reduction in expenses.
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OpinionIs US coalition right in leaving Afghanistan’s forever war?
Almost 20 years after US and coalition forces arrived in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks, the Taliban’s crushing return to power has plunged Afghanistan into fresh instability.
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NewsGaruda posts 1H operating loss; liabilities outstrip assets by $4.66b
Garuda Indonesia slightly narrowed operational losses for the first half of its 2021 financial year, as revenues suffered a sharp decline amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsChina Eastern expects first C919 delivered in second-half 2021
China Eastern Airlines expects to take delivery of the world’s first Comac C919 narrowbody in the second half of the year, as it removes the Boeing 737 Max from its delivery forecast through 2023.
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ still in the red, despite revenue uptick
China’s three largest carriers — Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines — continued their loss-making streak for a second year, though they cut their half-yearly losses on the back of stronger revenues.