Category: Asia & Pacific

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BAA Training Vietnam and Bamboo Airways Launch the First MPL Program in Vietnam

Reading Time: 2 minutes On January 12, 2023, the MPL (Multi-Crew Pilot License) program of Bamboo Airways and BAA Training was officially approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), becoming the first and only program of such type in Vietnam. BAA Training Vietnam, a leading pilot training center, and Bamboo Airways, a 5 star-oriented full-service carrier, have signed a 3-year […]

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Aviation Recovery in Vietnam Increases Pilot Demand

Reading Time: 3 minutes IATA (International Air Transport Association) forecasts that the total number of travelers will reach 4 billion in two years, with the Vietnamese market exceeding the world average in terms of the aviation recovery pace. According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism data, domestic visitors in May 2022 reached 12 million visitor arrivals, up 243% […]

Qatar Orders 25 Boeing 737 MAX 10 And 25 Options

Reading Time: < 1 minute Qatar Airways has ordered 25 B737 MAXes 10 and taken options to purchase further 25 of the jets. Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker told media in Farnborough on July 18, 2022, that a previous Memorandum of Understanding, signed in January 2022, to buy up to 50 MAX 737 aircraft, comprising 25 orders and […]

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BAA Training Vietnam Starts Long-Term Business Partnership with Vietravel Airlines

Reading Time: 2 minutes BAA Training Vietnam, a cutting-edge aviation training centre in Ho Chi Minh City and a part of Avia Solutions Group, enters a long-term business partnership with Vietravel Airlines, Asia’s leading travel airline owned by Vietravel Holdings, by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for five-year comprehensive cooperation and Type Rating service agreement. The agreement outlines the […]

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Vietjet Starts Direct Flights Between Mumbai And Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

Reading Time: < 1 minute Vietjet, a Vietnamese international low-cost carrier, announced the launch of direct flight services between Mumbai and Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, and Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday. It said services on the Hanoi-Mumbai-Hanoi route will be operated three times a week, while the Mumbai to Ho Chi Minh City flights will be run four times […]

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Bamboo Airways Inaugurated Nonstop Hanoi-Melbourne Service

Reading Time: < 1 minute With the inaugural flight from Melbourne to Hanoi launched on April 27, Bamboo Airways became the first Vietnamese airline to operate this route. On April 27, Bamboo Airways’ flight QH82 took off at Noi Bai International Airport, marking the airline’s first regular nonstop route connecting Hanoi with Melbourne. The new service helps shorten travel time […]

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Russian Rockets Destroyed Ukrainian Dnipro Airport

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russian military forces destroyed an airport in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, and five emergency workers were injured. “There has been another attack on Dnipro airport. There is nothing left of it,” Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the central Dnipropetrovsk region, said on Sunday. “The airport itself and the infrastructure around it has been destroyed. Rockets […]

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Japan Removes 160 Countries from Covid Travel Ban List

Reading Time: < 1 minute Japan plans to ease COVID 19-related border restrictions and lift its entry ban for foreign nationals from 106 countries, such as the United States, Britain, France, etc. On Wednesday, the foreign ministry said that foreigners from the 106 countries would not be denied to enter Japan from Friday. However, foreigners with tourist purposes were still […]

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China Plane Crash: All 132 People on Board Confirmed Dead

Reading Time: < 1 minute China’s aviation authorities have confirmed that all 132 people on board the China Eastern Airlines jetliner that crashed in the forested mountains on Monday are dead. All passengers were China’s nationals. Victims’ families have been waiting for news from the search teams, combing the heavily-wooded area for days since flight MU5735 crashed. On Monday, the […]

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LOT Polish Airlines Returns to India

Reading Time: < 1 minute LOT Polish Airlines will commence passenger flights to Mumbai from May 31, 2022. It also resumes flights to Delhi from March 29, 2022. There has been a two-year break due to the pandemic situation in India, but now LOT Polish Airlines is ready for long-haul flights to be operated by Boeing 787 thrice weekly. “India […]