Asia Pacific – Page 383
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Taiwan's Starlux Airlines plans 2020 launch
Starlux Airlines, a new Taiwanese carrier planned by former EVA Air chairman Chang Kuo-wei, is targeting to launch operations in 2020.
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Garuda optimistic on 2018
Garuda Indonesia is targeting to increase revenue to $4.9 billion this year and will continue to cut costs and optimise efficiency.
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Qantas names new heads for loyalty, customer roles
Qantas Airways has named a new head for its loyalty unit, as well as new chief customer officer.
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Myanmar signs order for six Su-30s
Myanmar is obtain six Sukhoi Su-30 fighters under a deal signed during a visit by Russia's defence minister to the Southeast Asian nation.
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Changi airport sees record passenger numbers in 2017
Singapore's Changi Airport handled a record number of passengers for 2017 at 62.2 million.
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Hard landing in turbulence damaged Virgin Australia ATR 72
A hard landing in turbulence on 19 November 2017 resulted in substantial damage to a Virgin Australia ATR 72-600, says Australia investigators in a preliminary report.
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ANALYSIS: Safety - good flying or just good luck?
Again the world’s commercial air transport industry has smashed all records for keeping passengers safe – in 2017 there were no fatal accidents on scheduled mainline passenger flights.
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SIA and Vistara consider anti-trust immunity pact
Singapore Airlines says it will consider applying for antitrust immunity with Vistara, as part of expanding the areas of cooperation between the two carriers.
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ANALYSIS: No golden goal for A380 in China
Airbus is wooing China, hoping that the soon-to-be world's largest aviation market will order some A380s and breathe new life into the ailing programme.
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Hong Kong Airlines gets aggressive on long-haul
Hong Kong Airlines is pushing ahead with its long-haul ambitions and targeting to launch non-stop services to San Francisco, New York, and London this year.
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Jakarta inches closer to Su-35 order
Jakarta could finalise its order for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 fighters in the coming months.
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Bohai suspends share trading
Bohai Capital’s shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange were placed in a trading halt on 17 January pending an announcement from major shareholder HNA Capital.
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Singapore looks to transform local aerospace sector
Singapore has reaffirmed its commitment to further developing the country's aerospace industry with the launch of a new Aerospace Industry Transformation Map (ITM) on 17 January.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Freighter conversions up 7% in 2017 on 767 strength
Updated to reflect that 11 of Prime Air's 767s are -300ER BDSFs.
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747, A380 operators rank low on transpacific fuel efficiency
Operating four-engined jets such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 has placed Qantas, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines at the bottom of a recent ranking of airline fuel efficiency on transpacific flights.
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PAL to suspend Cebu-Singapore service
Philippine Airlines will suspend its four-times weekly Cebu-Singapore service from 24 March, attributing the move on route rationalisation.
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ANALYSIS: China drives efficiency at state-owned airlines
Chinese state-owned carriers could become more competitive on the international stage, following the change in their parents' ownership structures.
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Uzbekistan Airways to open Spanish connection
Uzbekistan Airways is to open services to the Spanish city of Barcelona during the first half of this year.
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New Delhi to divide Air India into four units for sale
New Delhi has announced provided more details to its strategic divestment of flag carrier, Air India, with plans to sell the carrier and its subsidiaries in four components.
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Airbus says A380 challenge in China is 'commercial'
Airbus says China is aware that it is open to industrial co-operation on the A380, but the challenge is convincing the country's airlines that they can do well commercially with the superjumbo.