Maldives’ National Carrier Wants To Double ATR Fleet Next Year
Maldivian, the national carrier of the Maldives, plans to get three more ATR aircraft next year and will use these to replace its De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-200…
Nepal Airlines Tries To Lease Out Its Unwanted Chinese-Made Aircraft
National carrier Nepal Airlines is trying to lease out its fleet of Chinese-made aircraft but if it finds no takers, it plans to sell the aircraft. The airline has issued…
Indonesia’s TransNusa To Launch On 6 October
Indonesian carrier TranNusa plans to relaunch on 6 October as a low-cost carrier with scheduled services on two of Indonesia’s major trunk routes. Details on the airline’s website shows it…
ARJ21 Operator Genghis Khan Airlines Enters Bankruptcy
Genghis Khan Airlines, an operator of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) ARJ21 regional jets, is being liquidated after getting into financial problems. Chinese media, quoting documents from the Beijing…
Indonesia’s Pegasus Air Services Adds Series 400 Twin Otter
Indonesian charter operator Pegasus Air Services has acquired a De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Series 400 Twin Otter. The Canadian aircraft-maker says in a statement that Pegasus Air Services took…
Japan’s Toki Air Starting With Charters, Delays Launch To Year-End
Japanese start-up Toki Air has delayed its launch, because it has yet to receive an air operator certificate (AOC), but hopes to have its first flight by year-end, which will…
Certification of China’s Comac C919 Is Imminent
There is a growing expectation among China’s state-owned media that the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) C919 is about to receive its type certificate. Some state-owned media, without citing…
Japan’s Hokkaido Air System Introduces Satellite Navigation At Challenging Airports In Japan
Hokkaido Air System (HAC) has started using satellite navigation on board its ATR aircraft so, in bad weather and when there is poor visibility, it can descend lower on approach…
Thailand’s Nok Air Suspends Two Domestic Routes To Focus On International Markets
Thai low-cost carrier Nok Air, which is trying to improve its financial situation to avoid being delisted from the stock exchange, is axing two domestic routes. The airline’s chief commercial…
Air Vanuatu Wet-Leasing ATR From Fiji Airways
Air Vanuatu, which has faced challenges maintaining its flight schedule, is putting its only ATR 72 in for maintenance but it is adamant it can maintain air services on the…
Maldives’ Manta Air To Launch International Ops Next Year Using ATRs
Maldivian carrier Manta Air, which recently added a Beechcraft 1900D on wet-lease, plans to launch scheduled passenger services next year linking the Maldives to Sri Lanka and southern India. Manta…
Bangladesh Domestic Passenger Market No Longer Viable Says Local Airline Association
The Aviation Operators Association of Bangladesh (AOAB) is calling on the government to stop national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines from flooding the market with cheap domestic air fares, arguing it…
