Vol. 22 No. 7 September 2015 orientaviation.com BORN TO LEAD Brought up in a family of entrepreneurs, airline CEO, Aireen Omar, was headed to the top in banking. Then AirAsia came knocking Indian government Virgin Atlantic Boeing leads fight to procrastinates on rebuilding in the region re-instate the U.S.’s aviation reform with airline partners Export-Import bank SPECIALInside REPORT China’s An Orient booming Aviationairlines: update The difference is monumental. We’re beating our commitment on improved fuel burn efficiency, now exceeding 16%. Just the kind of ongoing improvement we told you to expect from our PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ engine architecture. Learn more at PurePowerEngines.com. PurePower Geared Turbofan Engines 34790_PP_16%_OrientAviation.indd 1 8/19/15 2:30 PM Client: Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines Ad Title: 16%. The Difference is Monumental Publication: Orient Aviation - September Trim: 202 x 273 mm • Bleed: 212 x 283 mm • Live: 182 x 253 mm CONTENTS Volume 22, Issue 7 COVER STORY 20 PUBLISHED BY ORIENT AVIATION MEDIA GROUP Mailing address: GPO Box 11435 Hong Kong Office: 17/F Hang Wai Commercial Building, 231-233 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel: Editorial (852) 2865 1013 E-mail:
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[email protected] COMMENT 27 All Nippon Airways, a new Skymark investor, to North Asia Correspondent 7 Thwarting the Cyber threat acquire more slots at prized Tokyo/Haneda? Geoffrey Tudor 30 Boeing leads battle to re-instate U.S.