Reading Time: < 1 minute China would encourage private investment in 28 airport, drone and maintenance projects worth a total of US$16 billion, as part of its efforts to make the sector more globally competitive, the Civil Aviation Administration on China said in a joint statement with the National Development and Reform Commission, Reuters report. Eleven of those projects already […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Xiamen (China) to Manila (Philippines) with 157 passengers and 8 crew, experienced runway excursion. Aircraft had gone around from low height on first final approach to Manila’s runway due to weather, positioned for another approach and continued for a landing on runway. However, aircraft went off the left […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute FL Technics, a Lithuania-headquartered provider of aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has achieved a milestone in the company’s expansion in the Asia-Pacific region by earning FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Part-145 Air Repair Station certification. The award for FL Technics Indonesia, makes it one of a select few with similar status in the south-east […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Air China has taken delivery of its first A350-900 in Toulouse today. The national flag carrier is the first Chinese mainland customer to order and take ownership of the world’s newest and most efficient twin-engine widebody aircraft. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, Air China’s A350-900 aircraft features a comfortable three-class cabin layout of 312 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Alitalia Boeing 777-200, performing flight from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 293 people on board, was enroute when the crew needed to shut the left hand engine down. The aircraft drifted down and diverted to Sapporo (Japan), for a safe landing about 80 minutes later. Japan’s Ministry of Transport reported the […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800, performing flight from Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) to Mumbai (India) with 141 passengers and 7 crew, lined up with taxiway and commenced takeoff when the aircraft rejected takeoff, the aircraft veered right off the taxiway. The airline reported the aircraft rejected takeoff and departed the runway, everybody was evacuated. There were […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The largest Lithuanian investor in the People‘s Republic of China – AviaAM Leasing – has added a 14th brand new aircraft to the portfolio of its Joint Venture, AviaAM Financial Leasing China. The aircraft brings the value of the Joint Venture’s portfolio to USD 835 million. AviaAM Financial Leasing China was established, in August 2016, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A PAL Philippines Airlines Boeing 777-300 performing flight from Manila (Philippines) to Vancouver,BC (Canada) with 387 people on board, was enroute at over the Philippine Sea when the crew observed a low oil pressure indication for the left hand engine (GE90), shut the engine down and drifted down. The aircraft diverted to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) of 20 ARJ21-700 aircraft with HNA Group Co., Ltd. This is the first implementation result of the framework strategic cooperation agreement between COMAC and HNA Group signed in Shanghai in early June this year. It is reported that the 20 ARJ21-700 aircraft […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Laserpas, an aerial power line inspection company, has received an official invitation to participate in the K-Startup Grand Challenge 2018 (KSGC). In August, the Company will begin an accelerated startup process that includes personal mentoring and support from the Korean government. Throughout the next 3.5 months, the Laserpas team will establish a company and make […]