Asia Pacific – Page 272
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Hainan Airlines third-quarter profit down 36%
Hainan Airlines saw operating profit decline 36% to CNY150 million ($21.3 million) in the third quarter.
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Higher costs drag Juneyao's Q3 profit
Juneyao Air saw its operating profit for the third quarter fall 14.7% to CNY905 million ($129 million), on the back of higher costs.
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Qantas dismisses 'alarmist' union call to ground 737s
Qantas has hit back at its engineers' union's "alarmist" call to ground its entire fleet of Boeing 737-800s, after one of them was found to contain structural cracks.
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Trans States cancels SpaceJet orders
Mitsubishi Aircraft's SpaceJet programme has been dealt a fresh blow after Trans States Holdings, which owns several US regional airlines, cancelled all of its orders for the aircraft.
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GAMECO to open 737-800BCF production line in Guangzhou
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) will open a Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) production line at its Guangzhou base.
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China Southern posts 9% increase in Q3 profit
China Southern Airlines saw its third quarter operating profit rising 8.9% to CNY3.34 billion ($473 million).
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Air China third-quarter profit up 5%
Lower expenses helped to push Air China’s operating profit for the third quarter up 5.4% to CNY4.86 billion ($690 million).
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SIA and Malaysia Airlines add revenue-sharing to partnership
Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines have signed a wide-ranging commercial agreement, which will include revenue sharing and expanded codeshares, building on a memorandum of understanding which was signed in June.
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HAECO and Air Hong Kong ink contract for A330F support
HAECO ITM has extended its inventory technical support to Air Hong Kong’s Airbus A330-300 freighter fleet.
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Lower expenses boost Shandong Airlines Q3 profit
Shandong Airlines reported a 13.1% increase in its third-quarter operating profits to CNY924 million ($131 million), driven in part by a reduction in operating expenses.
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South Korea's Air Premia commits to five Boeing 787-9s
South Korean carrier Air Premia has committed to acquiring five Boeing 787-9s, in a deal valued at $1.4 billion at list prices.
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Indonesia AirAsia names new chief executive
Indonesia AirAsia (IAA) has named Veranita Yosephine as its new chief executive.
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China Eastern's third-quarter profit up 10%
China Eastern Airlines saw its third-quarter operating profit rising by 9.7% to CNY3.24 billion ($459 million).
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Misled ATR excursion crew shut down functioning systems
Investigators have determined that an Air Vanuatu ATR 72-500 crew misdiagnosed an engine failure as an electrical smoke problem and consequently referred to the wrong checklist, unwittingly disengaging systems which were not malfunctioning.
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IndiGo orders another 300 A320neo-family jets
Indian budget carrier IndiGo has placed a firm order for 300 Airbus A320neo-family jets – a mix of A320neos, A321neos and A321XLRs.
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ANA's first-half profit hit by slower growth and higher costs
All Nippon Airways' parent company saw its first-half operating profit decline 25% to Y78.8 billion ($724 million) as slower revenue growth and the costs associated with expansion at Tokyo's two metropolitan airports took a toll.
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Start-up Starlux identifies initial A321neo routes
Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines is to deploy its first three Airbus A321neos on services to Vietnam, Macau and Malaysia.
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Boeing's MCAS test did not simulate other cockpit effects
Post-crash analysis of the fatal Lion Air Boeing 737 Max flight from Jakarta sharply illustrated the contrast between a real-world cockpit and the scenario Boeing used when testing crew response to the aircraft's Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System.
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Ill-fated 737 Max crew left 'unaware' of prior flight's problems
Pilots of the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max which crashed shortly after departing Jakarta last October had been unaware of the control problems experienced by the crew of the same aircraft on the inbound service, investigators have disclosed.
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NewsFirst Starlux A321neo departs for Taiwan
Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines’ first Airbus A321neo has departed the airframer’s Hamburg Finkenwerder plant following delivery of the jet to the new airline.