China’s COMAC C919 Performing Route Proving Flights Across China
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China’s (COMAC) C919, which is due to be certified this year, has been performing route proving flights in the past week to several Chinese cities….
Bhutan’s Drukair Plans Airbus A319 Passenger To Freighter Conversion
Bhutan’s national carrier Drukair plans to convert an Airbus A319 in its fleet to a freighter due to changing market conditions. Drukair has three A319s and will convert one of…
Malaysia’s Batik Air Adds 737 MAX Aircraft
Malaysian full-service carrier Batik Air, which is part of Indonesia’s Lion Air Group, has received its first 737 MAX 8 aircraft and plans to have 17. Irish lessor Aergo says…
QantasLink Boeing 717 Stuck Due To Taxiway Excursion
A QantasLink Boeing 717 veered off a taxiway, after arriving at Rockhampton Airport from Brisbane Airport yesterday, and became stuck. The QantasLink Boeing 717, local registration VH-NXH, became stuck in…
Indonesia’s TransNusa Postpones Launch To October
Indonesia carrier TransNusa has postponed the launch of operations to October from July due to delivery delays of Airbus A320ceo aircraft. Bayu Sutanto, TransNusa managing director, tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific the airline plans to launch commercial services in early October, with its focus now on recertifying…
Airbus Sees China As Next Big Market For A220
Airbus is marketing its A220 aircraft to Chinese airlines, seeing potential in non-stop short haul markets in western China. Airbus has just held an event in China to promote the Airbus A220 for short-haul…