The final report on Adam Air Flight 574 cites deficiencies in airline oversight, maintenance and pilot training as factors in the crash that killed 102 people—and its findings are helping to reinforce a growing belief that Indonesian carriers are unfit to fly. Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee released its findings on Mar. 25. On Jan. 1, 2007, Flight 574 departed for Surabaya-Juanda Airport on Java from Sulawesi Island’s Mana­dao-Sam Ratulangi Airport.

All Nippon Airways will be a launch operator for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), committing itself to another pioneering role in an airliner despite its unhappy experience with Boeing 787 delays. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has taken an order from the airline for 15 of the 90-seat version of the advanced regional jet, which will boast a composite wing and Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines. All Nippon has options on 10 more.

Construction of a new Beijing airport will begin before the end of 2009, as China moves to support rampant aviation growth only weeks after opening the world’s largest terminal at the current airport. The new facility will open in 2015 and handle domestic flights, officials say, defining its role for the first time.