All articles by Nicholas Ionides – Page 16
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Praful Patel: Overseeing change in India
Indian civil aviation minister Praful Patel has spent the last few years driving change in India's airline sector and achieving what most people thought...
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India's airports finally being expanded
Airport infrastructure in India has failed to keep abreast of rapid growth in the air transport sector. Could public-private partnerships be about to change...
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Australia's Regional Express in pilot training joint venture
e_SClBAustralia's Regional Express (Rex) and two partners have agreed to set up a joint-venture pilot training school near Melbourne. The Civil Aviation...
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CORRECTION: Australian Metro III fuel exhaustion probe finds faults
A final report into an incident in 2005 in which a Fairchild Metro III nearly ran out of fuel while on a domestic flight in Australia has blamed maintenance...
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PAL A320 overshoots runway in southern Philippines
This Philippine Airlines Airbus A320 (RP-C3224) with 148 passengers and six crew on board overshot a runway on landing in the southern Philippine city of...
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SIA puts first A380 into commercial service
The Airbus A380 had a trouble-free debut last week, with Singapore Airlines completing the first commercial services of the ultra-large aircraft between...
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Taiwan's TransAsia to set up JVs in other markets
TransAsia looks beyond Taiwan Taiwan's airlines are continuing to lose domestic customers to new high-speed rail services, forcing them to look elsewhere...
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PAL seeks foreign investors
PAL hunts for foreign investors Fresh from its emergence from receivership after more than nine years of protection from creditors, Philippine...
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Vietnam Airlines expanding amid competition
Nicholas Ionides Singapore Rapid growth for Vietnam Vietnam Airlines is doubling its fleet as it prepares for partial privatisation
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Air China/Cathay fail in bid for China Eastern
Nicholas Ionides Singapore Scrum for China Eastern Air China-Cathay Pacific attempt to outmanoeuvre SIA and buy China Eastern fails A bold...
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UK, Singapore sign landmark air services deal
After nearly 20 years, the UK and Singapore have signed a landmark Open Skies deal Nearly two decades after Singapore began pressing the UK for a liberal...
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Air India eyes big aircraft order by mid-2008
Air India's board is to consider proposals for the purchase of dozens of new aircraft in the coming weeks and expects...
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Analysis points to windshear as key factor behind Phuket crash
Thai authorities have confirmed that windshear was a probable key factor behind September's crash of a One-Two-Go Boeing MD-82 on the resort island of Phuket. Chaisawat...
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Australia’s Rex warns of 'catastrophic' pilot shortage
Australia's Regional Express (Rex) is warning of a "looming catastrophic shortage" of pilots in the country...