INTERVIEW: Regional Express Chairman Lim Kim Hai And The Impending Fight With Qantas
Prior to investing in Regional Express (Rex) in 2002, and later becoming executive chairman of the Australian regional carrier, Lim Kim Hai was contemplating semi-retirement and taking it easy. Lim, and a group of other investors, bought Ansett Australia’s regional…
Interview With Robert DeLaurentis Who Flew A Turbo Commander 900 To The South Pole, Becoming First To Do So Non-Stop Using A Turboprop
Circumnavigating the planet and flying around the South Pole in a small turboprop aircraft, with a 50% chance of survival, is something most people would never consider. “I felt I had a 50% of chance of being alive in the…
OBITUARY: Udom Tantiprasongchai, founder of Orient Thai Airlines, dies aged 66
Udom Tantiprasongchai was the first in Thailand to establish a low-cost airline and he was also the airline executive who pioneered Thailand’s inbound tourism charter market from China. It could be said he was a visionary for that, but he was…
INTERVIEW: India’s Indigo Distributing COVID-19 Vaccines Using A320s and ATRs
Indian low-cost carrier Indigo, which is about to expand its domestic network, has been helping to transport COVID-19 vaccines. It has been using the belly-hold on its Airbus A320-family aircraft and has started to use its ATR 72-600s to transport…
Longer-Term Future of De Haviland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-400 Program Unclear
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada has yet to decide on a future roadmap for its Dash 8-400 program, which has a dwindling order back-log because it has failed to secure significant sales in recent times. The Canadian aircraft-maker is in…
Royal Brunei Appoints New CEO
Royal Brunei Airlines has undergone a management change with its deputy chief operating officer replacing Karam Chand as CEO, a move that comes as the national carrier grapples low passenger volumes caused international travel restrictions caused by COVID-19. The airline…
