All Asia Pacific articles – Page 290
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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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Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines’ first Airbus A321neo has departed the airframer’s Hamburg Finkenwerder plant following delivery of the jet to the new airline.
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Lion Air probe advises rethink of pilot skill assumptions
Commercial aircraft designers need to rethink fundamental assumptions that pilots have sufficient knowledge, training and skill to cope with failures, the inquiry into the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max accident has concluded.
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Boeing wrongly assumed pilots would quickly trim out MCAS
Boeing incorrectly predicted the manner in which 737 Max pilots would respond to the activation of the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System, by assuming they would initially pull back on the control column and then trim out the force to maintain level flight. But the investigation into the Lion Air 737 ...
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Lion 737 Max crew not alerted to sensor misalignment
Pilots of the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 which crashed after take-off from Jakarta last year would not have received an alert regarding the disagreement between the angle-of-attack sensors, because the carrier had not selected an optional angle-of-attack indicator for its aircraft.
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Lion 737 Max inquiry uncertain over swapped sensor test
Investigators have been unable to conclude whether a replacement angle-of-attack sensor was properly tested after being fitted to the ill-fated Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 which crashed shortly after departure from Jakarta last year.
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India's Spicejet eyes Ras Al-Khaimah base
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet will begin flights to Ras Al-Khaimah this December after striking a deal on plans to create an "aviation hub" at the UAE airport.
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Airbus prioritises A400M in Asia-Pacific region
Airbus Defence & Space sees the A400M tactical transport as its top sales priority in the Asia-Pacific region, while also eyeing opportunities for tankers and support aircraft.
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China Airlines to take A321neo batch from Air Lease
China Airlines has agreed to lease six Airbus A321neo twinjets under a new pact with US firm Air Lease.
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Boeing stresses 737 Max changes ahead of Lion crash report
Boeing has outlined some of the changes it is developing for the 737 Max ahead of the formal disclosure of investigators' final report on the crash of Lion Air flight 610.