Jakarta’s Halim Airport Closing For Renovation For One Year Effective 1 January
Indonesia’s Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport will be closed for the whole of next year to undergo renovation works. Indonesian Air Force chief of staff, Fadjar Prasetyo, says the airport’s runway,…
Bangladesh NXT Air Cargo Aims To Launch Operations Next Month
Start-up NXT Air Cargo has received its first ATR freighter and aims to launch domestic cargo flights in Bangladesh next month and soon add more ATR freighters and a Boeing…
Laos’ Bokeo International Airport To Open Next Year
An airport, that is located in and derives its name from Laos’ northern province of Bokeo, is set to open next year and can accommodate aircraft as large as Boeing…
Indonesia’s TransNusa Poised To Receive Its First Comac ARJ21
Updated story to show picture of ARJ21 in China in TransNusa’s livery. Indonesian carrier TransNusa is about to receive its first Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) ARJ-21 regional jet,…
Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines Phasing Out Embraer Fleet Early
China Airlines’ regional subsidiary Mandarin Airlines is ending its Embraer passenger operations at the end of the year and instead relying on Airbus A320s and ATR 72s to serve smaller…
Japan’s MHI Sells Factory That Was Producing Empennages For Mitsubishi SpaceJet
Story updated to say entire factory was sold and added comments from MHI spokesman. A factory near Nagoya that Mitsubishi Aircraft had been using to manufacture the empennage for the…