Flight schools brace for a bumpy ride

While business has been booming for the Asia-Pacific flying training industry for the last few years on the back of exponential growth in the region's airline sector, big black clouds are looming for some elements of the industry while others are already in the middle of very stormy conditions. Read more...

China crisis?

China’s carriers may not have had the forward bookings they expected for the olympic month, but Air China is better placed than most to ride out the capacity crunch into the future. Justin Wastnage spoke to the airline’s Australian sales and marketing manager Mark Mulville about the challenges ahead. Read more...

Hong Kong airport faces future

Hong Kong international Airport is investing heavily in expansion to keep up with anticipated traffic growth, hoping for a spike in demand as the Beijing olympic games loom, writes Andrzej Jeziorski. Read more...

That's entertainment

In the ever-changing world of in-flight entertainment (IFE), iPod integration and broadband connectivity are the latest service offerings to excite IFE vendors and airline marketing departments. But these aren’t the only things the two main IFE hardware suppliers – Panasonic Avionics and Thales – are preoccupied with at the moment. Read more...