All Asia Pacific articles – Page 539
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MH370 search grinds on 1,700km northwest of Perth
With the search for the lost Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER set to enter its fourth week, a diverse range of assets are searching an immense area of sea northwest of Perth.
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Delta targets transpacific markets to power Seattle hub
Delta Air Lines launched its third European route from Seattle last week - to London Heathrow - as part of a concerted drive to establish the Washington state airport as a major US West Coast hub over the next three years.
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ANALYSIS: The values to make 737-800 conversions viable
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has formally launched its freighter conversion programme for the Boeing 737-800 saying the model has now entered the ‘zone of conversion’.
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Bell confirms Philippine Bell 412EP deal
Bell helicopter has entered a purchase agreement with the Canadian Commercial Corporation for eight Bell 412EP helicopters, which will be delivered to the Philippine Department of National Defence.
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PICTURES: 747 retired from passenger service in Japan
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) formally retired its Boeing 747 aircraft, marking a key milestone in the type's gradual disappearance from the world's airliner fleet.
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FAA raises concerns about safety data sharing, pilot training
The US Federal Aviation Administration says great strides have been made in improving safety, but continued improvements are contingent on further data sharing by the industry and more relevant pilot training.
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MH370 air-ground communication appears routine
Investigators probing the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have reiterated that there was no evidence of unusual air traffic control communications before the aircraft vanished.
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IATA task force to explore live data streaming: Tyler
IATA director general Tony Tyler says that the loss of an aircraft such as Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 must never happen again, and that live streaming of data is something that needs to be seriously examined.
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Fiji Airways A330 damaged in hard landing
A Fiji Airways Airbus A330-200 has been removed from service after it experienced a heavy landing at Sydney airport on 20 March.
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Asiana cites crew failures and autothrottle design in flight 214 crash
A report from Asiana says failure by its pilots to monitor and maintain airspeed led to the crash of a company Boeing 777-200ER at San Francisco in July 2013.
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Nok Air converts two Q400 options
Nok Air has converted options for two Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft to firm orders.
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India scans for new AWACS platform
New Delhi has issued a global tender for the supply of six aircraft that will serve as platforms for its ambitious Airborne Warning and Control System India (AWACS India) programme.
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Former defence chief takes charge as MH370 search continues
Australia's government has appointed retired defence chief ACM Angus Houston to coordinate the ongoing search for the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that went missing on 8 March.
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Objects sighted in revised MH370 search zone
Three weeks since the departure of ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur, investigators have yet to identify or retrieve a single item of debris from the Boeing 777.
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South Korea accepts new-generation Hercules
Lockheed Martin delivered its first pair of C-130J-30 tactical transport to South Korea’s air force during a ceremony at its Marietta final assembly site in Georgia on 27 March.
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Indian air force C-130J crashes, killing five
A Lockheed Martin C-130J operated by the Indian air force has crashed 72 miles west of the Indian city of Gwailor.
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PICTURES: Asiana A380 emerges from Hamburg paint shop
Asiana Airlines’s first Airbus A380 aircraft has emerged from the paint shop in Hamburg, Germany.
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MH370 search area moved after aircraft speed data revised
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has shifted the search area for the lost Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER northeast from the previous location owing to revised calculations of the aircraft’s speed.
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FA-50 buy puts Manila back in the jet business
The Philippines has signed a contract for 12 Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 fighter aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Where all the airliner deliveries went in 2013
Data compiled from Flightglobal's Ascend Online database provides a detailed insight into the where all the Airbus and Boeing jets were delivered last year.