Chinese Cargo Start-Up To Use CRJ900s
Chinese cargo startup Quzhou Airlines, a joint venture between China Express Airlines and the city of Quzhou, has received its first aircraft, an ex-China Express Bombardier CRJ900. It is unclear when the airline will start operations, but the city government…
Philippines’ Sunlight Express Receives AOC
Philippine ATR 72-500 startup Sunlight Express Airways has received its air operator’s certificate (AOC) and will begin charter flights to several resort destinations. The CEO of Sunlight Express, Ryna Brito, says in an email to Smart Aviation APAC that the Civil Aviation…
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Dhaka airport fines Maldivian for flying in passengers without COVID-19 negative certificates https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/maldivian-airlines-fined-tk-238-lakh-bringing-passengers-without-covid-19-negative-certificates-2009749 Maldivian, the Maldives’ national carrier, has been fined BDT238,000 (US$3,000) by Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for carrying in passengers without COVID-19 negative certificates. The airline transported…
Philippines’ Cebu Pacific Receives Second ATR 72-500 Freighter Amidst Cargo Resilience
Cebu Pacific Air has taken delivery of its second converted ATR 72-500 freighter, as cargo becomes its main source of revenue. The ATR 72-500Fs were converted at maintenance, repair and overhaul company Sabena Technics’s facility in Dinard, France, using supplemental…
GE Aviation and DLR Measure Flyover Noise Synchronously From Ground and Aircraft
GE Aviation’s Munich-based Advanced Technology team is collaborating with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to study noise pollution associated with turboprops. The project measures flyover noise synchronously using a Dornier 228-mounted microphone array and over 200 ground-mounted microphones at DLR’s…
Pakistan International Airlines Cancels Four ATR 72-500 Leases
National carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is returning all four of its ATR 72-500s to lessor ACIA-Aero Leasing prematurely due to high leasing costs. Local news reports, citing an airline spokesperson, say PIA negotiated to return the four turboprops early…
