Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge Replacing De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-200s with ATR 42-600s
Japanese domestic carrier Oriental Air Bridge is replacing its 39-seat De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-200 fleet with ATR 42-600s starting next year. The Nagasaki-based carrier says in a statement it is adding two ATR 42-600s with the first…
Indonesia’s TransNusa Poised To Receive Its First Comac ARJ21
Updated story to show picture of ARJ21 in China in TransNusa’s livery. Indonesian carrier TransNusa is about to receive its first Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) ARJ-21 regional jet, making it the first overseas operator of the aircraft. Chinese…
ANALYSIS: Why Buying Financially-Troubled Nordic Aviation Capital May Be A Good Bet In the Current Market
Moves by two New York investment funds to gain control of aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) comes at a time when stock markets are at an all-time high and the aviation sector is an all-time low, making the debt-for-equity…
Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines Phasing Out Embraer Fleet Early
China Airlines’ regional subsidiary Mandarin Airlines is ending its Embraer passenger operations at the end of the year and instead relying on Airbus A320s and ATR 72s to serve smaller markets. United Daily News says the airline has accelerated the…
Japan’s MHI Sells Factory That Was Producing Empennages For Mitsubishi SpaceJet
Story updated to say entire factory was sold and added comments from MHI spokesman. A factory near Nagoya that Mitsubishi Aircraft had been using to manufacture the empennage for the Mitsubishi SpaceJet has been sold. Local media reports, quoting Mitsubishi…
French Polynesian Govt Approves Another Airline Start-Up
French Polynesia has approved another new domestic airline Natireva, also known as Air Moana, which plans to start as soon as April using ATRs. The government says in a statement the council of ministers has approved a draft order granting…
