Borneo A Magnet For International Tourism
Borneo is the world’s third largest island, but also a massively untapped market for tourism. The diverse animal and plant life in Borneo’s tropical jungles has mythic appeal to adventure-seeking westerners. Now the newly-established AirBorneo, created out of MASWings, is…
PAL Launching Services To Challenging Airport Baguio In December
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is launching a passenger service from Cebu to Baguio, a city in northern Philippines that has an airport with a challenging airport that the authorities are approving for scheduled commercial flights. PAL says in a statement it…
Is China’s MA700 Turboprop A Phoenix?
China’s indigenously-developed MA700 commercial turboprop aircraft has reportedly completed its first flight and recent pictures clearly show it sporting turboprop engines. The MA700 has completed its first flight, says US-based online aviation publication The Air Current citing an article in…
China Eastern To Start Operating C919 In December
China Eastern Airlines has confirmed it is taking delivery of its first Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) C919 in December, making it the launch operator for the type that received Chinese type certification late last month. The Shanghai-based state-owned…
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…
