Overview
At the 16th Aviation Expo in Beijing this week, the manufacturers were racing each other to publish their latest aircraft demand forecasts. Unsurprisingly, spirits were high when the executives all agreed that China’s recent market volatility was not going to affect their order books. Read More »
News
China Southern stakes out claim at new Beijing Airport
Guangzhou-headquartered China Southern Airlines will become one of the main carriers based at the new Beijing International Airport expected to open in late 2018 in Daxing, south of the capital. China Southern said it would base up to 100 aircraft at the airport by 2019, which it planned to increase to 150 by 2025. Read More »
News
Sichuan International Aero Engine Maintenance Company plans to become Asia's largest aircraft engine maintenance provider after building a new MRO base in Chengdu, China’s World Civil Aviation Resource Net has reported. Read More »
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Indonesia acts on air traffic congestion as LCCs continue to expand
Indonesia’s transportation ministry is set to issue a regulation on delay management standards that will apply to all airlines operating in the archipelago, the Jakarta Globe has reported. "Transportation minister, Ignasius Jonan, has signed the regulation and it is awaiting promulgation by the Law and Human Rights Ministry," Suprasetyo, director-general of air transportation at the ministry, said on Tuesday. Read More »
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Branson to “fly his airline to Thailand soon”
Virgin Group is looking to invest in the airline business in Thailand, the Bangkok Post has reported, citing founder Sir Richard Branson on a visit to the Thai capital on Monday. He did not provide any details about the investment plan, only that he “would fly his airline to Thailand soon”. Read More »
People
HAECO reshuffles senior management
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) has announced a series of new appointments to its management teams.
In August, James Barrington took over as the group’s director for airframe services, arriving from Cathay Pacific Airways where he was the director of corporate development. Read More »
Airline News
SriLankan cuts losses and appoints new CEO
State-owned SriLankan Airlines has curbed its losses on the back of lower fuel prices and is trying to consolidate its position without expanding into new routes, the carrier’s chairman, Ajith Dias, said last week, adding a turnaround plan has been approved by cabinet, which may be made public soon. Read More »
Short Takes
Codeshares
Starting October 25, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will place its ‘KL’ code on four additional ex-Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airways services, including Krabi, Luang Prabang, Mandalay and Siem Reap. Qantas Airways and WestJet have expanded their partnership, which saw the Australian carrier add its ‘QF’ designator to 19 additional Canadian domestic services (five ex-Calgary, six ex-Edmonton, three ex-Toronto and five ex-Vancouver). Read More »
