Asia Pacific – Page 336
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Australia progressing towards single ATM system
Australia’s plan to combine military and civil air traffic management in a single system is progressing under the OkeSky intitative, with some centres now operating on a unified voice communications system.
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PICTURES: Air Astana receives E190-E2 in ‘snow leopard’ livery
Air Astana’s first Embraer E190-E2 arrived at its Nursultan Nazarbayev International airport base in Astana today, adorned in a special “Snow Leopard” livery.
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Garuda optimistic on London service resumption
Garuda Indonesia's planned resumption of its Jakarta-London Heathrow service is part of the airline’s commitment to strengthen its international network, and to tap growing tourism from the UK.
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PICTURES: Xiamen Max marks Boeing's 2,000th jet to China
Boeing has delivered its 2,000th aircraft to China, a 737 Max 8 for Xiamen Airlines.
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High accident rate keeps Nepal on European blacklist
Nepalese authorities hopes of an expeditious removal from the European Commission’s airline blacklist have been crushed in the regulator’s latest air safety assessment.
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PICTURES: Juneyao plans international boost with 787s
Juneyao Airlines will deploy its Boeing 787-9s internationally from February 2019 on a daily service to Singapore.
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Alliance Airlines extends key BHP Nickel West contract
Alliance Airlines has retained a key contract with BHP’s Nickel West division to provide fly in, fly out transport to its mines in Western Australia for five more years.
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PICTURES: VietJet A321neo loses nosegear wheels in hard landing
A VietJet A321neo lost its forward tires during a hard landing at Buon Ma Thuot, with passengers and crew evacuating via slides.
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PICTURE: First A350-900 delivered to China Eastern
China Eastern Airlines is poised to introduce its new Airbus A350-900 on domestic routes, following delivery today of the first of 20 aircraft on order.
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JAPAN AEROSPACE: Airbus Helicopters boosts Kobe MRO presence
Airbus Helicopters plans to expand its MRO centre at Kobe Airport, boosting capacity to 40 medium-sized helicopters from 25.
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JAPAN AEROSPACE: Honeywell zeroes in on upgrade market
Honeywell sees significant potential for upgrades in the Japanese defence sector, with an emphasis on engines and platform connectivity.
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JAPAN AEROSPACE: Shinmaywa stays after India US-2 deal
Shinmaywa continues its slow production of the US-2 amphibian, while a long hoped-for India export deal remains on the horizon.
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JAPAN AEROSPACE: Tokyo attack helicopter deal advances
Helicopter manufacturers are circling an upcoming Japanese requirement for over 50 attack helicopters.
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JAPAN AEROSPACE: Subaru readies for UH-X test flight
Subaru is conducting ground tests with its developmental UH-X helicopter, and is preparing for the maiden flight of the Bell 412EP-based type.
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Boeing posts detailed response to JT610 preliminary report
Boeing has assured passengers and operators that its 737 Max aircraft remain safe following the release of a preliminary report into the Lion Air 737 Max 8 crash, while also highlighting some points that the report did not address.
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JAPAN AEROSPACE: Tokyo eyeing 100 more F-35s - report
Tokyo is reportedly considering the acquisition of an additional 100 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters, adding to the 42 F-35As already planned.
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Lion 737 Max 8 'un-airworthy' in flight prior to crash
Investigators have called on Lion Air to improve its safety culture, after a probe into the loss of a Boeing 737 Max 8 on 29 October found that pilots on the flight directly prior to the crash had continued a journey even though the aircraft was in an “un-airworthy condition”.
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Crashed Lion Air 737 Max 8 had repeated speed, altitude issues
Preliminary investigations into the loss of a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 on 29 October show that the aircraft encountered speed and altitude issues on the four flights prior to the deadly crash.
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JT610 pilots struggled against Max 8's nose down commands
Data retrieved from the flight data recorder of the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on 29 October shows that the jet’s nose was repeatedly forced down before the pilots lost control of the aircraft.
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Jetstar Japan to introduce A321LRs from 2020
Jetstar Japan will add three Airbus A321LRs to its fleet from 2020, and signalled that they may be used to open up new routes to Southeast Asia.