RUAG Secures Heavy Maintenance Work from Bangladesh Navy
RUAG MRO International has secured a contract to do heavy maintenance work on two Bangladesh Navy Dornier 228-212 special mission aircraft. The MRO organisation says the first aircraft is now at its site in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, for a 6 yearly…
New Zealand Government Releases NZ$20b Defence Plan
The New Zealand government has unveiled its 2019 Defence Capability Plan, laying out intentions to spend NZ$20 billion ($13.2 billion) over the next 11 years. The plan includes a NZ$1 billion purchase of five new Lockheed Martin C-130J military transports….
Malaysia’s Sarawak State Pushing to Have Its Own Airline
Malaysia’s federal government is urging the Sarawak government to consider carefully the latter’s intentions to take over MASwings or establish a new airline to serve East Malaysia. Chong Chieng Jen, a senior politician from Sarawak who is deputy minister of…
Solomon Airlines Helping to Fund Tourism Infrastructure Development
The biggest challenge facing the Solomon Islands, as it attempts to catch up with more successful tourist destinations in the South Pacific, is a shortage of hotel beds. The chief executive of Solomon Airlines, Brett Gebers, says the issue is…
Real Tonga Anticipates Chinese-led Tourism Boom
Real Tonga, the carrier of the Pacific island kingdom of Tonga, expects further growth in tourism numbers as more Chinese tourists arrive. “Tourism is obviously starting from a low base, but it is clear that the Chinese coming through Fiji…
Best on the Web | May 2019
Our round-up of Asia-Pacific regional aviation news this month includes interesting stories on Malaysia’s Firefly, TrueNoord in Singapore, FAT Taiwan and Australian charter airline Cobham Firefly aims to add more Seletar-Malaysia routes channelnewsasia.com Malaysian Airlines’ subsidiary Firefly says it is…
