Asia Pacific – Page 348
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Flying solo for a place in the history books
British-Nigerian Lola Odujinrin is the first African to circumnavigate the Earth solo in a single-engined aircraft. He describes this feat – which he undertook without the help of a conventional support team – as "by far my greatest achievement in aviation".
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News
SIA A350-900ULR ferry shows off long-haul capabilities
Singapore Airlines’ first Airbus A350-900ULR demonstrated its long-haul capabilities during an unusual delivery flight during which the aircraft routed over the Arctic.
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Seoul set to re-launch training helicopter tender
South Korea will reissue its tender for a basic flight training helicopter to help train pilots for both the army and navy.
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PICTURES: First delivered A350-900ULR departs for Singapore
Singapore Airlines’ first ultra long-range A350-900ULR has departed Toulouse for its home base, following official delivery of the twinjet to the carrier.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cathay and Qantas are the best of frenemies
The icy relationship between two bedrock members of the Oneworld alliance appears to have thawed, with Qantas and Cathay Pacific to start codesharing on each other’s services from the start of the northern winter season.
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Spring flags CNY2.5bn bond offering
The board of Spring Airlines has approved a plan to issue up to CNY2.5 billion ($366 million) in unsecured bonds with a maturity of up to five years.
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Cathay Pacific and Qantas to start codesharing
Oneworld alliance partners Cathay Pacific and Qantas will start a codeshare partnership on 28 October, covering two Australia-Hong Kong routes, services from Hong Kong to Asia, and some Australian domestic routes.
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Skymark picks SR Technics for CFM56 overhauls
Swiss maintenance provider SR Technics has won a contract to service the CFM International CFM56-7B engines powering Skymark Airlines' Boeing 737-800 fleet.
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Thai air force to take four more H225M helicopters
Bangkok has ordered four additional Airbus Helicopters H225M heavy-twin rotorcraft for use by the Royal Thai Air Force.
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VIDEO: Etihad A380 visits Maldivian airport as new runway opens
Etihad Airways has marked the opening of the new runway at Velana International airport in Male by operating an Airbus A380 to the Maldives' capital.
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NewsPICTURES: The life and times of Boeing's first 777
The historic retirement this week of the first 777 comes almost a quarter of a century after the aircraft was revealed to the world at Boeing’s plant in Everett, Washington.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Can the industry get more women into the cockpit?
Kanchana Gamage begins presentations to young schoolchildren about careers in aviation by announcing that two pilots will be giving the talk. “When two women walk onto stage in their uniforms, the gasp from the audience is audible,” says the founder of the Aviatrix Project, a campaign to encourage more girls ...
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Schedule pressure caused Lion 737, A330 wing clip
Pressure for a Lion Air Boeing 737-800 crew to beat an airport curfew in Manado led to a misjudgement in maintaining distance separation with a an Airbus A330-300, leading to a ground collision with the widebody while taxiing at Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International airport on 1 May 2016.
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RAAF combat squadron receives first F-35A
The Royal Australian Air Force’s No. 3 squadron has received its first Lockheed Martin F-35A, the first RAAF aircraft not earmarked for the Luke AFB International Pilot Training Centre.
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GE expanding Malaysia facility to handle Leap engine MRO
GE Aviation will invest $80 million at its Malaysian engine MRO facility to equip it to maintain CFM International Leap engines.
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Royal Brunei picks Air France-KLM's MRO arm for Leap support
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance has won a contract to service the CFM International Leap-1A engines powering Royal Brunei Airlines' Airbus A320neo fleet.
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Analysis
SNAPSHOT: Commercial fleet summary September 2018
Information from Flight Fleets Analyzer shows that the global in-service commercial fleet now totals just over 29,300 units, of which more than 26,900 are deployed in a passenger role.
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FPG Amentum sells two 737-900ERs
FPG Amentum has sold two Boeing 737-900ERs leased to Lion Air to an unidentified Irish lessor.
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PICTURES: Historic Cathay 777 heads for US museum
The first Boeing 777 will be parked permanently at a museum, following its retirement from commercial service with operator Cathay Pacific in May.
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Hyderabad airport adding interim international terminal
Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International airport is constructing an interim terminal for dedicated for international departures, as part of its expansion plan.