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Airlines

Chinese Airlines Scrambling To Hire Foreign Pilots

Carriers desperate to address worsening shortage of cockpit crew
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Airlines

Planning for New Beijing Airport Excludes Air China

China Southern and China Eastern to start move in 2019
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Aircraft

Malaysia Airlines To Take Up to 50 Boeing 737 Max Narrobodies

Deliveries to start in third quarter of 2019
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Airlines

Philippines and Kuwait Deadlocked Over Fifth Freedom Rights

Philippines Airlines has protested what it sees as anti-competitive blocks on its fifth freedom rights to fly to Kuwait and Dubai.
Airlines

Malaysia Airlines Launches Search for New CEO

Christoph Mueller cites personal reasons for resignation
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Airlines

Malaysia DCA Defers Plans for 10-Fold Nav-Fee Hike

Increases to cover all agency services, including issuance of pilots' licenses
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Aircraft

Malaysia Airlines Faces Turbulent Weather

Malaysia’s national carrier has been hit by misfortune but economic factors and competition are making things even harder.
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Airlines

Korean Authorities Issue Safety Warnings to Budget Carriers

Notices follow two 'isolated' incidents involving cabin depressurization
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ATC

Chinese ATC to Adopt English-only Policy

Authorities heed complaints from three Southeast Asian airlines
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Aircraft

Malaysia Airlines To Replace London A380s with A350s

Yields proving too low to support the Airbus superjumbo
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Airlines

Malaysia Airlines 737 Pilots Brace for Latest Shakeup

Cockpit crew face uncertain future as airline readies secondment plan
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Airlines

Southeast Asian Fires Close Airports, Disrupt Flight Ops

Smog envelops large swaths of Indonesia, Malaysia
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Airports

Philippines Turns to UK’s NATS for More Airport Capacity

Abandons plans for another runway at Manila's Aquino International Airport
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Airlines

Korean Air Pilots Protest Influx of Malaysian Flight Crew

Fear secondment plan will further delay promotions
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Airlines

China To Decentralize Landing Rights Process

Private or provincially owned airlines to secure rights through their own aviation authorities
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Airlines

Malaysia Airlines Prepares To Scale Back Network

Plans call for first large-scale service cuts since downing of MH17
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Airlines

Malaysia Airlines To Ground Pair of A380s

Plans to remove superjumbos from Paris route in early June
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Airlines

Indonesia Scraps Merpati Re-Launch

Finances scuttle plans to resurrect state-owned carrier
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ATC

Airlines Complain About ATC's Use of Mandarin at Beijing

Claim pilots become confused when ATC speaks with Chinese pilots in their native tongue
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Regulations and Government

Indonesia Plans To Force Airline Mergers

Authorities cite need for more efficient oversight
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Airlines

Malaysia Moves To Curb LCC Growth

Authorities won't issue more AOCs for low-cost entrants
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Airlines

Indonesia’s Merpati Plans Re-Launch

After two failed attempts, state-owned carrier remains committed to resuming operations
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Aircraft

Malaysia Airlines Regional To Re-Launch as LCC

MASWings to add Boeing 737-800s next year
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Airports

New Beijing Airport to Exclude Domestic, Regional Airlines

Daxing will cater strictly to international carriers.
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China to Launch New Incentive Plan for Regional Airports

Discounts on landing fees and parking charges to take effect next summer.
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Security

Kidnappings in Malaysia Curb Chinese Airline Service

Chinese airlines have cut service to the Malaysian state of Sabah after a spate of kidnappings.
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Singapore Airlines Reserves A380 Cockpits for Citizen Pilots

Singaporean citizens get preference for jobs in SIA's A380 fleet regardless of seniority.
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Korea Blocks Foreign Companies from Airline Joint Ventures

The South Korean government is barring foreign airlines from starting new joint venture operations with local companies.
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Maintenance and Modifications

China To Launch Crackdown on Unlicensed Repair Stations

Chinese authorities plan to redouble efforts to eradicate unlicensed repair stations.
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