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VOL 17, NO. 09 NOVEMBER 2019 Collaboration: The Way Forward NEW TECH MAY HELP DELIVER SEAMLESS ATM IN ASIA MRO DOWN UNDER STILL ALIVE CROWDED KANSAI Australia ups its game A380 technology will live on One region in Japan plays in aviation maintenance after the plane leaves the air host to to 3 major airports WHEELS AND BRAKES IT’S THAT SIMPLE TPAEROSPACE.COM Untitled-1 1 17/02/2019 21.02 CONTENTS 16 19 24 FEATURES 14 COLLABORATION: 24 ONE REGION, ONE CONSORTIUM, THE WAY FORWARD THREE AIRPORTS The Asia-Pacific region is facing numerous Japan is a crowded country both in terms of challenges in its quest for seamless ATM, but residential real estate and how close airports are to further regional collaboration and new technology each other. AAV looks at three Kansai area airports are expected to help the region move forward. that are competing for traffic. 16 A380: HIT OR MISS? 26 EASTERN PROMISE The A380 has bought much to aviation and By 2038, air travel to, from, and within Asia-Pacific although the economics may not look pretty, its will have become the most important such market in On the cover: Air traffic controllers on duty. the world, according to Airbus' latest forecast. Photo courtesy of Airways New Zealand. legacy is better judged by the impact it has had on Airbus. 28 GLOBE-TROTTING MARVEL 4 VIEWPOINT 19 HEAVY MAINTENANCE Bombardier’s flagship, the Global 7500, is one of Plenty of blame to go around FINDS A NEW HOME the latest business jets to join the exalted ranks of business aviation’s ultra-long-range segment. Aircraft heavy maintenance has been shifting around the globe as operators cut costs but with NEWS BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES demand increasing and skilled labour becoming 30 The future is promising, but also challenging 6 BUSINESS AVIATION harder to find that picture is changing. according to the 2019 Aviation Benefits report from NEWS 22 ASIA TOPS IN CLEAN CABINS the Industry High Level Group (ILHG). 7 ROTOR/UAV NEWS East Asia stands out among world aviation AIR ASTANA EXTENDS markets for its fleets of newer aircraft, demanding 33 MRO NEWS 8 passengers and competition among airlines. These FLIGHT ENVELOPE Air Astana plans to expand in Asia with destinations INTERIORS NEWS trends combined this year to deliver a sparkling 9 including Shanghai, Tokyo and Singapore in the next outcome: Seven of the world’s cleanest cabins went two years. 10 INDUSTRY NEWS to Asian airlines in awards given by Skytrax. 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He tried his best to spin Boeing’s work and time after the crash of Flight 610 that killed 189 people is sobering because of time talked about changes that Boeing has made to its “safety the light it sheds on just how fragile is the aviation ecosystem that culture” that includes setting up a special board committee on transports millions of people around the world every day. safety, realigning its engineering staff to report to the company’s The chain of events leading to the crash, and to a later crash of an chief engineer, and more. The question remains though, if Boeing Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX, is not really that complicated. In its rush was as committed to safety as Muilenburg claims, why weren’t to market a competitor to the Airbus A320, Boeing made mistakes these “safety improvements” already in place? Why did it take two in its design of the MCAS system on the 737 MAX by relying on a crashes for Boeing to change the way it views safety? In a word, single sensor, by not including MCAS information in the manual, and it was money. by gaming the system with the US Federal Aviation Administration This was brought home to me as I listened to Boeing’s earn- (FAA) that let it basically regulate itself and the MAX’s certification. ings call with Wall Street analysts in late October. Time after time The FAA shares blame by offloading oversight to Boeing as a way Muilenburg and his financial team said the company remained com- to save money. Lion Air shares blame too because its maintenance mitted to “safely returning the 737 MAX to the air”. They discussed crew should have grounded the downed how the company was coping with the plane the day before when it exhibited The question remains though, grounding of the global MAX fleet, how the same problems that doomed it, and much it cost, how it was working with the pilots share blame as well, according if Boeing was as committed suppliers and airlines and a couple of to the report, because their flying skills to safety as Muilenburg claims, times, they even spoke of the dead in the weren’t up to what they should be. why weren’t these “safety two MAX crashes. But most of the time Call me cynical, and you’d be right, but they spoke about getting “airlines com- at the bottom of this sad chain of events improvements” already in fortable with the MAX”, they talked about lies that old evil that we call money. Boe- place? Why did it take two possibly shutting down MAX production ing, which is in a mature industry wherein if the grounding continued and talked incremental improvements and not huge crashes for Boeing to change about how the MAX will affect Boeing’s changes in plane making are the order of the way it views safety? cash flow for years with one official saying the day, saw the A320 as a threat to its Boeing’s “number one use of cash is for 737 cash cow and needed to come up In a word, it was money. organic growth of the company.” with a way to compete and yes, make It was an earnings call after all so I sup- money, or at least not lose money to Air- pose I shouldn’t be surprised that the bus. Modifying a 50-year-old 737 design with more fuel-efficient dead passengers took a back seat to Wall Street. Boeing and its engines was cheaper than coming up with a clean-sheet design. customers need Wall Street to finance their planes and their airlines Shielding the MCAS system from regulators and pilots was cheaper so having the majority of questions and conversations be about than disclosing it and making pilots go through additional training money is to be expected, but it was disturbing because it made me that would cost its airline customers money. For Lion Air, keeping wonder where the priorities really are for the industry. And then I the plane in the air was paramount because a plane on the ground realised, the dead don’t pay dividends. does not make money. Boeing, for its role in the two crashes, is taking heat, as it should, in the public eye and on Capitol Hill in Washington. CEO Dennis Muilenburg took some heavy criticism from US officials including calls that he should resign. Muilenburg, an engineer by training, is Matt Driskill EDITOR probably not the best witness to put before a hostile congressional [email protected] SINGAPORE AIR SHOW BAGGAGE HANDLING CYBER SECURITY A look at the technology on display Airlines continue to make great strides The entire aviation ecosystem is and sales outlook for Asia's top show in keeping bags on schedule paying big bucks to stop hackers 4 AsianAviation | November 2019 GET COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS FROM YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE… Find out more at asianaviation.com Business Aviation News EXECUJET MRO SERVICES INCREASES MAINTENANCE CAPABILITIES IN AUSTRALIA ExecuJet MRO Services recently an- nounced it had increased its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) footprint in Aus- tralia with a new line maintenance facility opening at Queensland’s Brisbane Airport. 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