Cessna Caravan Heavily Damaged After Skidding Off Runway In West Papua
Authorities are investigating an incident involving a Cessna Caravan cargo aircraft operated by Indonesian carrier Raven Global Airtransport (Raven) that skidded off a runway in West Papua soon after landing, causing major damage to the aircraft. Local reports, quoting police…
India’s DGCA Opens Jeypore Airport To Commercial Flights
India’s civil aviation regulator has granted approval for an airport in eastern India to be used for commercial flights and regional airline IndiaOne Air plans to operate there. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) says it has granted Jeypore…
MASwings Scraps Its Only International Destination
MASwings has decided to permanently scrap its service from the eastern Malaysian town of Tawau to the nearby Indonesia island of Tarakan, arguing that passenger volumes were too low. The airline says the service has been suspended for more than…
ACCC To Block Virgin Australia’s Partnership With Alliance Airlines In Mining Charter Market
Australia’s competition watchdog plans to block a tie-up between Virgin Australia and Qantas Airways’ Alliance Airlines, arguing the tie-up will diminish competition. The ACCC says “a draft determination has been issued proposing to deny authorisation to an extension of a…
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge Experiences Engine Shut-Down
Japanese regional operator Oriental Air Bridge is investigating the cause of an engine problem on one of its De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8 turboprop aircraft. The airline says the aircraft was doing a scheduled flight from Iki Island…
India’s Indigo Launching New Domestic Routes As SpiceJet Continues To Withdraw
Indian low-cost carrier Indigo, which is already India’s largest domestic carrier, is launching four new domestic routes, at a time when SpiceJet continues to exit some routes. Indigo says in a statement it is launching four-times weekly non-stop services on…
