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NEWS SHORTS

The ICAO Train Air programme
has accepted the Indian Civil
Aviation Training College, training
organisation of Airports Authority
of India, as a member for training
CNS/ATM professionals.
Japan Airlines is to add two Tokyo-
New Delhi flights to its existing
five per week, in anticipation of
full switchover to 787-8 operation.

According to IATA, the aviation
industry supports around 57
million jobs and US$2.2 trillion in
economic activity every year. Last
year, aviation in Asia-Pacific made
US$2.3 billion profit, and Europe
lost US$600 million.
Jakarta, Indonesia-based Lion Air
is to order five 787 Dreamliners
for its newly launched Batik Air
offshoot, worth US$967.5 million
UNESCO worries at list prices.
A recent UNESCO report highlights an engineering skills gap that could threaten IATA has appointed Qantas CEO
future growth, asserting there are not enough aviation engineers graduating to Alan Joyce as chairman of its
meet industry needs. Together with Airbus and its Fly Your Ideas contest, UNESCO board of directors. He succeeds
is keen that potential engineers get an insight into aviation. The global contest is KLM’s Peter Hartman.
designed to get would-be innovators interested in engineering. It has just opened for
its third season and will challenge students worldwide to develop ideas for a more Cathay Pacific is to move to using
sustainable aviation industry. A 30,000-euro prize is offered for the winning solution, fuel-efficient 777-300ERs on
more routes and speed up the
which will be announced next year.
retirement of its older 747-400s.
Singapore’s SATS was awarded the
Nigerian MD-83 crash Tony on the move ‘Best Air Cargo Terminal – Asia’
A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 of Dana Citing a “major shift in our perspective, at the 26th Asian Freight & Supply
Air, a Nigerian airline, flying from strategy and operations” Tony Chain Awards in Shanghai. This
is the 14th time that SATS has
Abuja to Lagos, crashed into the heavily Fernandes’ AirAsia is to move its received the award.
populated Iju area of the country’s regional headquarters to Jakarta,
second city today. The crash killed all Indonesia. Fernandes’ company says Etihad Airways broke its own
150 on board and an as yet unknown that the new base will make it ideally record when it recorded more than
number of others on the ground. Dana positioned to reap huge dividends by 65,500 flight bookings in a single
Air has suspended operations, and the serving “an underserved market of day on Monday, 11 June. That’s
why they are buying even more
black box has reportedly been found three billion people spread across new aircraft then.
after the plane nosedived from a low ASEAN, Northeast Asia and South Asia”
altitude. It destroyed several buildings in a similar way to how Ryanair serves Brazilian aircraft-maker
including a church, and burning vehicles Europe. The organisation will be named Embraer has named José
surrounded the crash site. Initial AirAsia Asean, but Fernandes was at Antonio Filippo as CFO. An
reports indicate the aircraft may have pains to explain the new structure. engineer by training, with
extensive financial management
had engine problems, with “the plane “To avoid any misinterpretation, let experience, Filippo previously
flying low with a lot of engine noise” me be very clear: AirAsia Malaysia’s worked for Brazilian and
before the final impact, according to one headquarters is not moving to Jakarta. multinational groups.
eyewitness report. That will not change.”

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