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Register now for AsBAA’s Aircrew Mental Health in Covid-19 webinar discussion this coming Monday, 25 January 2021, 10:30am – 11:30am Hong Kong time (UTC +0800), featuring certified Mental Health First Aider and Managing Director of OneCrew Ltd, Katharine Ng. The discussion will be moderated by AsBAA’s Director of External Affairs, Anthony Lam. This first webinar discussion is part of a regular ...

Register now for AsBAA’s Aircrew Mental Health in Covid-19 webinar discussion on Monday, 25 January 2021, 10:30am – 11:30am Hong Kong time (UTC +0800), featuring certified Mental Health First Aider and Managing Director of OneCrew Ltd, Katharine Ng. The discussion will be moderated by AsBAA’s Director of External Affairs, Anthony Lam.

The Hong Kong Government moved to ban passengers arriving on flights bound for Hong Kong in December. This included passengers who transited the UK for more than 2 hours on a connecting flight in the 21 days preceding their arrival at HKIA. 

AsBAA is pleased to announce that Philippines-based Patrick Roa, a veteran pilot and Captain has been appointed to the Association’s Board of Governors in the Philippines. The appointment was made following the Association’s recent commitment to revitalize the Philippines chapter as a key priority.

Bombardier announced earlier this week the completion of the previously announced acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of the aircraft service centre in Berlin that it did not own. Bombardier purchased the shares from Lufthansa Technik AG and ExecuJet Aviation Group AG, thereby allowing Bombardier to establish a wholly-owned service centre in Berlin and further expand its worldwide ...

AsBAA is pleased to announce it will be hosting an Aircrew Mental Health webinar discussion series to begin this month. The first module of the discussion series is scheduled for Monday, 18 January 2021, 10AM Hong Kong time (UTC +0800). The series will be moderated by AsBAA and done in collaboration with both general and aviation-focused mental fitness professionals in the region. Please mark your ...

Following the success of AsBAA’s Virtual Safety Summit 2020, AsBAA is proud to present the HD video recordings of all 18 individual sessions available on the Association’s official YouTube channel. We encourage you to review the sessions if you have time, watch the sessions if you have missed any, and/or share them with those who you feel could benefit from increased awareness in aviation safety ...

On 25 December, OTT Airlines successfully obtained CCAR-121 certification and has also acquired CCAR-135 certification. The company has become one of the few civil aviation and business aviation operators that “fly on both wings”.

ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia is building a 100,000- to 150,000-sq-ft facility at Kuala Lumpur’s Subang Airport that will simultaneously be able to accommodate 10 to 15 large-cabin, long-range business jets. The announcement comes after the Dassault Aviation subsidiary reports that it is now certified to perform maintenance on all in-production Falcon aircraft.

Over the last week, new COVID-19 confirmed cases were reported in Beijing, China. As a result, due to current and expected social distancing requirements, the AsBAA-ACP China Safety Day 2020 (tentatively a physical event) will be postponed from mid-January to some time in the first quarter of 2021. Please stay tuned to our digest for updates and we appreciate your continued support.