Micromanaging New CEO Impresses at Malaysia Airlines but Doubts Run Deep
Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. New CEO Christoph Mueller’s plans for troubled Malaysia Airlines — including a new brand, a smaller fleet and one third less staff — are widely seen as a promising blueprint for...
View ArticlePlane Safe? Hacker Case Points to Deeper Cyber Issues
Security researcher Chris Roberts made headlines last month when he was hauled off a plane in New York by the FBI and accused of hacking into flight controls via his underseat entertainment unit. Other...
View ArticleAngkasa Pura Logistics Targets $26m Revenue in 2015
Jakarta. Angkasa Pura Logistik, or AP Log, a subsidiary of state-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura I, aims to gain Rp 353 billion ($26 million) in revenue this year. The target is a 77 percent...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines Makes Emergency Landing in Melbourne
Sydney. A Malaysia Airlines flight returned safely to Melbourne on Friday, having turned back within minutes of take-off after an engine fire alert went off, Air Services Australia said. “There was an...
View ArticleIndonesia AirAsia Set to Raise $250 Million From IPO, Bonds Sale
Jakarta. Low-cost carrier Indonesia AirAsia, or IAA, is seeking to raise as much as $250 million from issuing convertible bonds and its initial public offering over the next two years, according to a...
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More Than 100 People Feared Dead After Military Plane Crashes in Medan
Indonesian search and rescue teams work at the site of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan on June 30, 2015. (AFP Photo/Kharisma Tarigan) Jakarta. More than 100 people...
View ArticleDutch Seek UN Tribunal to Prosecute Downing of Malaysian Plane
The Hague. The Dutch government is lobbying its political allies for the establishment of a UN tribunal to prosecute suspects in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over territory held by...
View ArticleGovt Looking Into Report About Indonesian Pilots Backing IS
[Updated at 9:06 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2015, to add comment from Densus 88 source] Jakarta. The government is investigating a report that suggests two Indonesian pilots have expressed serious...
View ArticleIndonesia AirAsia Denies Reports of Equity Woes
Jakarta. Indonesia AirAsia, the Indonesian affiliate of Malaysian budget airline AirAsia, denies having problems with its equity after government officials revealed the carrier needed to repair its...
View ArticleSurabaya’s Juanda Airport Reopened
Jakarta. Surabaya’s Juanda International Airport, which was closed on Thursday because of volcanic ash spewing from Mount Raung, was reopened on Friday morning, as several smaller airports in East Java...
View ArticleMt. Raung Ash Clouds Again Force Bali Airport to Close
Jakarta. Ash clouds from a 3,300-meter high volcano in East Java have again disrupted activities at Bali’s international airport, forcing an immediate closure on Wednesday and leading airlines to...
View ArticleCommentary: Debris Looks Like It’s From MH370 — Now Can We Find the Rest?
It appears that the debris washed ashore on Reunion, an island east of Madagascar, may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 which disappeared in March 2014, believed lost at sea somewhere...
View ArticleCommentary: As UN Resolution Fails, There Is Another Way to Investigate MH17
As expected Russia this week vetoed the proposed United Nations Security Council resolution that sought to set up an ad hoc international criminal tribunal to investigate the downing of Malaysia...
View ArticleCommentary: What Can We Learn From Any MH370 Wreckage?
There is much hope that the piece of an aircraft wing washed up on Reunion Island is from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared in March last year. The MH370 Boeing 777 was...
View ArticleMalaysia Seeks Help, France Widens Search for Missing Plane
Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian government as asked for more help in the search for a Malaysia Airlines plane missing for more than a year, with France to send planes, boats and helicopters to scour the...
View ArticleOne Killed in Papua Plane Crash, Passenger and Crew Hospitalized
Jayapura. A passenger has been killed after a single-engine propeller aircraft crashed in to a house in the remote highlands of Papua on Wednesday, after overshooting the runway while trying to land....
View ArticleUS-China Aviation Talks Hit Stumbling Block on Airport Access
Beijing/New York. Talks to ease limits on flights between the United States and China’s gateway cities have stalled over US fears its airlines will be given less attractive time slots for take-off and...
View ArticlePlane With 54 On Board Missing in Papua
[Updated at 5:01 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, to add details, plane likely to have crashed] Jakarta. An airplane with 54 people on board has lost contact with air traffic control in Papua, the...
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