ANALYSIS: Middle East War Changes The Game For Asian Carriers
Asian carriers have an opportunity to capture market share permanently, now that the Middle Eastern carriers are struggling when it comes to serving the Europe-Asia Pacific passenger market. The Middle Eastern airlines are hoping that once the Middle East war…
India’s Flybig Expanding In Northeast India, Adding ATR -600s
Indian regional carrier Flybig is switching to -600 model ATRs and is further expanding its services in India’s remote northeast. The airline has just launched a four-times weekly service from Guwahati to Tezu using an ATR 72-500, Flybig chairman and…
Russia To Spend US$240 Million On Let 410 and Ilyushin Il-114-300 aircraft for new eastern Russian carrier
Russian leasing company GTLK, which is owned by Russia’s ministry of transport, will soon be placing an order for Let 410 and Ilyushin Il-114-300 turboprop for a new state-owned airline in eastern Russia. GTLK will receive 2.2 billion Russian roubles…
Best on the Web: Regional Express , Thai Airways , Nok Air , Trans Maldivian , Garuda Indonesia , Citilink , Cebu Pacific and Air Seychelles
Stories include Rex successfully launching Melbourne-Sydney services today, Thai Airways selling its stake in Nok Air, Trans Maldivian adding ATRs, Indonesia’s Citilink adding ATRs, Cebu Pacific adding aircraft, Biman Bangladesh gets new CEO and Air Seychelles offers staff voluntary redundancy. …
Kazakhstan Civil Aviation Regulator Gives Dash 8 Operator Qazaq Air Ultimatum Following Safety Audit
The Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan (AAK) has given turboprop operator Qazaq Air three months to comply with its safety recommendations. “If the violations are not corrected within three months, the operator’s certificate and airworthiness certificates may be revoked, or enforcement action is…
Chorus Aviation Has 13 Aircraft Off-Lease
Chorus Aviation’s regional aircraft leasing division has 13 aircraft with no lessee and has received requests from at least 75% of its customers requesting some form of rent relief. “The requests are from substantially all [more than 75%] of the…
