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The Only Way Is Up Part 2 - Aviation Expert, Mohshin Aziz on New Trends and Tech Driving APAC’s Aviation Future

May 21, 2018
“The only way is up” is how many aviation industry players throughout Asia Pacific (APAC) view their growth prospects in the near term. Key factors supporting their optimism were explained by regional aviation expert, Mohshin Aziz, Associate Director at Maybank Kim Eng Securities, in this interview with him.
In this second part of the interview, Mohshin profiles some of the major trends and technologies that could impact Asia Pacific’s new and frequent flyers in the years ahead.
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The Only Way Is Up – Aviation Expert, Mohshin Aziz On Why APAC’s Skies Will Be The Busiest In The World

May 14, 2018
“The only way is up” is how many aviation industry players throughout Asia Pacific (APAC) view their growth prospects in the near term. Their optimism is based on research that predicts that more than half the new passengers globally over the next 20 years will come from the APAC region.
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Fleet Feat: Dozens More GE-Powered Dreamliners Set To Enter Commission

Tomas Kellner
May 08, 2018
A 9,000-mile Qantas flight made history March 24 as the first scheduled nonstop flight between Australia and Europe. That journey also marked the debut of a new route for Qantas passengers, who can now fly directly from Perth to London in 17 hours aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner powered by a pair of GE Aviation’s GEnx jet engines.
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APAC Aviation Sector Set To Boom - Is APAC Ready?

May 08, 2018
Originally published on Wouter Van Wersch's LinkedIn. Wouter is the President and CEO of GE Asia Pacific. 
As a frequent flyer throughout APAC, I've witnessed - usually from a window or aisle seat - the incredible growth of the regional aviation market sector since the early 2000s.
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Aerospace

Going For Great: In A Deal Valued At $6.5 Billion, GE Jet Engines Will Power American’s New Dreamliner Fleet

Tomas Kellner
April 07, 2018
Just two weeks ago, a Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner flew nonstop between Australia and London, a flight that lasted more than 17 hours and covered 9,000 miles. The two GE engines that powered the jet have landed in the news again today with an announcement from American Airlines.
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Aerospace

The Turbocharger: 3D Printing And Data Help This Engineer Design Parts For Planes At Warp Speed

Yari Bovalino
April 02, 2018
"Jaroslaw Weronko deals with a lot of stress, but he likes it that way. As one of the engineers working on the new GE Catalyst turboprop engine, his job is to make sure that one of the engine’s key components — the high-pressure turbine, which spins at more than 40,000 times per minute — can handle the high temperatures and mammoth mechanical forces inside. “The conditions create crazy stresses,” he says. “I’d say the turbine is the most stressed module of the entire engine.”
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A Flight Of Fancy: Qantas Jet Flies Non-Stop From Australia To London For The First Time, Powered By GE

Dorothy Pomerantz
March 24, 2018
In the 1940s, it took a Qantas flight more than four days and seven stops to fly from Australia to London. A Qantas jet can now cover the same distance in 17 hours and 20 minutes, flying nonstop for the first time.
Aerospace

Printing Heads: 3D Printing Has Launched A New Era In Aircraft Design

Tomas Kellner
March 22, 2018
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Just a decade ago, the idea of 3D printing metal parts directly from a computer file seemed like science fiction to many people. But the technology is quickly growing up. There are few better examples of its promise than the GE Catalyst, a new advanced turboprop engine GE Aviation started testing in December.

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Aerospace

Uplifting News: The World’s Largest Jet Engine Takes Maiden Flight

Tomas Kellner
March 15, 2018
The world’s largest jet engine took its maiden flight over the Mojave Desert on Tuesday. The engine is a showstopper. At 134 inches, its fan diameter is so tall and wide that a professional basketball player would fit inside the engine's cover with several feet to spare. The whole engine is as wide as the body of an entire Boeing 737.
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Aerospace

Digital Air 101: Turning 10 Billion Data Points Into One Super-Efficient Airline

Amy Kover
March 13, 2018

AirAsia, one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines, is all about trendsetting. By introducing affordable air travel to Asia in 2001, its co-founder and group CEO Anthony “Tony” Fernandes morphed a little-known airline with two aircraft into one that commands a fleet of more than 200 and an army of more than 20,000 employees, and carried more than 70 million passengers last year alone.

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