Orient Aviation August-September 2021
CONFUSION
Region’s risk averse patchwork policies stalling recovery says IATA’s Willie Walsh
• China’s “Big Three” carriers join brand value top table
• Air cargo bonanza promises profits beyond pandemic
• Asia-Pacific “richest” future airline MRO market
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Cover Story
Risk averse governments holding back airline recovery
Irish-born Willie Walsh, the 59-year-old airline veteran who heads the airline peak body, the International Air Transport Association, has a warning for the region: recovery for Asia-Pacific carriers is likely to be delayed because of the risk averse approach of Asian governments and the slow take-up of COVID-19 vaccines among their citizens. Read More »
Special Report: MRO Asia-Pacific update
Asia-Pacific remains “richest” future airline MRO market
In September last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted, Boeing’s Global Services modification team commenced an assignment they had never undertaken: supporting the complete nose to tail interior and connectivity modification of a big passenger jet in an entirely virtual setting while keeping the work on schedule. Read More »
Special Report: MRO Asia-Pacific update
Asia-Pacific airlines shift to parts repair from component replacement
Asia-Pacific experts at global aerospace components and MRO conglomerate, AAR Corp. believe the region’s commercial aviation recovery will begin early in 2022. Read More »
Special Report: MRO Asia-Pacific update
Fokker MRO forecasts full recovery from COVID-19 “years away”
Leading regional aircraft MRO managing director, Franck Scherer, told Orient Aviation “it remains difficult to predict a time frame for recovery from the pandemic because it is very dynamic. Read More »
News Backgrounder
Air cargo bonanza promises profits beyond the pandemic
Air freight traffic is solidly back to pre-pandemic levels. And there is more good news on the horizon. Read More »
News Backgrounder
Europe’s emissions strategy reverts to new taxes on airlines
The European Union (EU) is at it again. Read More »
Addendum
China’s ‘Big Three” carriers top of Asia-Pacific table for brand value
The coronavirus pandemic has decimated airline profits and spread red ink across the industry’s accounts. Read More »
Addendum
Veteran Asia insider tasked with delivery of Boeing’s expanded ambitions for Asia
The Boeing Company has appointed Alexander Feldman as Southeast Asia president, succeeding Ralph “Skip” Boyce, a trilingual U.S. State Department officer and a former U.S. ambassador to both Thailand and Indonesia. Read More »
Addendum
Hopes of a late 2021 recovery “evaporate” for region’s airlines
Even if plans for travel bubbles are on the shelf because of the new Delta variant in the ongoing pandemic, Asia-Pacific governments should be talking to each other to ensure coordinated health measures are in place when travel markets begin to open up. Read More »
Industry Addendum: People
ILS recruits Rob Suhs to head global sales
Leading digital marketplace and business intelligence services provider, ILS (Inventory Locator Service), has hired a highly regarded specialist in the sector, Rob Suhs, as its new global head of sales. Read More »
Industry Addendum: People
HAECO Group names leadership team for new Europe, Middle East and Africa unit
Hong Kong-headquartered HAECO Group has appointed Klaus-Peter Leinauer vice president of Group Commercial for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to head the MRO and cabin solutions Group’s efforts in strengthening its commercial focus in the three regions. Read More »
Industry Addendum: MRO and Components
China’s largest airline extends Africa partnership with Magnetic MRO subsidiary
Direct Maintenance, a subsidiary of Magnetic MRO Group, has expanded its partnership agreement with China Southern Airlines (CSA) to full technical handling of the leading China carrier’s fleet out of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Read More »
Industry Addendum: Technology
China validates Honeywell JetWave WiFi System for commercial carriers
Mainland industry regulator, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), has approved the Honeywell high speed JetWave WiFi system for installation on board China’s airlines. Read More »
Industry Addendum: Technology
Collins Aerospace wins Philippines contract for passenger processing
Philippines gateway, Clark International Airport, has selected a Collins Aerospace ARINC solutions to for its passenger processing at its new Terminal Two facility. Read More »
Comment
Airline MRO forever changed by pandemic
All sectors of the aviation industry have changed dramatically as a result of a global pandemic that has gone on far longer than anyone expected. Read More »
