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MAE Wins Mauritius Deal

MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE), the engineering arm of Malaysia Airlines has won a one year agreement from Air Mauritius covering heavy maintenance.... Full article

IATA Outlines Aussie Blue Print

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today outlined an agenda for Australian aviation, focusing on infrastructure, training, environment and liberalization. Full article

ERJ190 crashes in China

A Henan Airlines Embraer ERJ-190 crashed after landing at Yichun City’s Lindu Airportin north east China on Wednesday night, killing at least 42. Full article

 

Rolls-Royce wins Asian deals

Nearly half of the US$1.7 billion of engine orders Rolls-Royce announced at the Farnborough Air Show came from the Asia-Pacific region. Full article

 

Lessors dominate at Farnborough

Asian carriers have been making headlines at Farnborough with Hong Kong Airlines, Royal Jordanian, Garuda and Thai Airways all signing deals – but it’s the leasing industry which is hogging the limelight. Full article

Vietnam Airlines orders CAE A320 simulator

Vietnam Airlines has ordered an Airbus A320 FFS from flight simulator manufacturer CAE in a deal that includes a contract with the CAE Global Academy for the provision of 40 pilots. Full article

ST Aerospace Spring

ST Aerospace has won a S$148 million (US$105 million) contract from China leisure carrier Spring Airlines for component maintenance-by-the-hour services.

The contract will expand the current support it provides to Spring Airlines’ fleet... Full article

Go-around Change for Jetstar

Jetstar changes go-around operating procedures following Melbourne incident

Low-cost carrier Jetstar has changed its standard operating procedure for go-arounds following an incident with an Airbus A320 trying to land at Melbourne Airport... Full article

Abacus expects 3-5% bookings growth in first half

Asia’s largest GDS Abacus is predicting a 3-5% increase in bookings in the first half of the year, on the back of a better than expected 1% dip in overall 2009 bookings.

Corporate travel is expected to bounce back by a significant... Full article