Bangkok Airways Launching Bangkok-Mae Sot Service
Bangkok Airways is launching a new service from Bangkok to Mae Sot, a city on the western border with Myanmar. The new daily service between Bangkok and Mae Sot, Tak…
World Food Programme Partners With Asian Airlines For COVID-19 Relief
The UN World Food Programme (UNWFP) has been chartering relief flights with several Asian carriers as COVID-19 causes disruptions to transport systems and airlinks. In Myanmar, where domestic commercial flights…
India’s Flybig Poised To Launch Operations
Indian regional airline Flybig Airlines has received its air operator’s certificate (AOC) and begun selling flight tickets. Flybig has published on its website its schedule for 2021’s first quarter and…
Interview: Nepal’s Buddha Air Adding Two ATR 72-500s in Early 2021
Nepal’s Buddha Air will be expanding its trunk route capacity with two additional ATR 72-500s next year. The two additional turboprops are being bought from an undisclosed UK-based company with…
China’s OTT Has First Flight
China Eastern Airlines’ new off-shoot and ARJ21-700 operator OTT Airlines completed its first commercial passenger flight today. The flight, MU5159, departed from its base at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport at…
Pilots of PNG Air ATR 72-600 Flight Shut Down Engine
Pilots of a PNG Air ATR 72-600 shut down one of the aircraft’s engines following an engine fire alert during an approach to Mount Hagen Airport in the Western Highlands….