Cook Islands’ Air Rarotonga Modernising Saab 340 Fleet
Air Rarotonga, which flies inter-island services in the Cook Islands, is in the midst of a fleet modernisation as it prepares to receive delivery of another Saab 340B+ turboprop. The South Pacific airline received the first of two Saab 340B+…
Servicing Rural Papua New Guinea with Mission Aviation Fellowship
Picture credit: Mission Aviation Fellowship
RUAG Delivers New Dornier 228 to Japan’s New Central Airservice
Switzerland’s RUAG MRO International has delivered a new Dornier 228 to Japanese domestic operator, New Central Airservice (NCA). The 19-seat short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft is NCA’s fourth next generation (NG) version Dornier 228. NCA uses the Dornier 228…
Air Vanuatu Expanding Operations with New A220s, Domestic Fleet Plans
Air Vanuatu is renewing its fleet with new Airbus A220s and plans to make changes to its domestic turboprop operations. It has four A220s on order and will take delivery of one A220-300 and one A220-100 in 2020, as well…
Sri Lankan Carrier FitsAir Starts Scheduled Passenger Operations
Sri Lankan international cargo and domestic passenger charter airline FitsAir has moved into scheduled operations by launching a regular passenger service from Colombo to Batticaloa. The twice-weekly scheduled service using Cessna Caravans between Colombo’s Ratmalana Airport and Batticaloa, on the…
Best on the Web | April 2019
Our round-up of Asia-Pacific regional aviation news this month includes interesting stories on South Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research, Malaysia’s Firefly, Indonesian Aerospace, and India’s Spicejet South Korea Flying Beechcraft 1900D to Observe Fine Dust Pollution https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2019&no=177746 South Korea’s…
