Tokyo Govt Also Evaluating ATR For Outer Island Service
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is also evaluating the ATR 42-600S aircraft for a new service between Tokyo and the Ogasawara Islands. It has been widely reported that the Leonardo AW609 tilt-rotor is being considered for the service, but details on…
Dash 8-400 Air Tanker To Be Used To Fight Fires In Australia
A De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 air tanker has arrived in Queensland, Australia on contract with the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) for the upcoming bushfire season. The Dash 8-400AT, wet-leased from Canada’s Conair and managed by Australian aerial…
MagniX Spear-heading Technological Shift in Aviation
MagniX expects to complete certification of its electric-powered de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and Cessna Grand Caravan by early-2022, with certification of a larger 2MW electric motor for Universal Hydrogen’s 40-seat aircraft to be completed shortly after that. Roei Ganzarski,…
Fly Lankan Asia To Operate Boeing 737-200s and BAe 146s
Airline start-up Fly Lankan Asia has applied for an air operator’s certificate (AOC) and plans to operate domestic and international scheduled flights. Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) director of flight operations, Lushan Fernando, tells Smart Aviation APAC that…
Universal Hydrogen Partners MagniX on Dash 8-300, ATR 42 Retrofit
Hydrogen fuel logistics start-up Universal Hydrogen is partnering electric propulsion systems manufacturer MagniX to develop a hydrogen-electric retrofit for 40-seat turboprops. In MagniX’s announcement, it says it will provide 2MW electric propulsion systems that will replace the engine on each…
Best on the Web | September 2020
Our round-up of Asia-Pacific regional aviation news this month includes interesting stories on Tonga’s Real Tonga, Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines, Nepal Airlines, India’s Flybig and the Philippines’ Cebu Pacific. Tonga Domestic Air Services in Limbo RNZ The South Pacific nation of…
