China Southern Airlines Adding 27 COMAC ARJ21 Aircraft
China Southern Airlines remains committed to having 35 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) ARJ21 aircraft by the end of 2024. The Guangzhou-based carriers still expects to have 35 ARJ21s by the end of 2024, China News Service reports, quoting…
Garuda’s Citilink Postpones Launch Of New Service To East Kalimantan
Garuda Indonesia’s low-cost carrier Citilink has temporarily postponed its inaugural flight to the town of Tanjung Redeb in East Kalimantan province, citing a change in plan with regards to aircraft type. Citilink has postponed its inaugural flight to Tanjung Redeb’s…
Garuda Indonesia Reveals Restructuring Fleet Plans
Garuda Indonesia has outlined how many aircraft it and its low-cost subsidiary Citilink plan to have by the end of next year, now that the Indonesian court has approved its restructuring plan with creditors. Garuda Indonesia director of human capital,…
Laos Government Plans To Sell Stake In Loss-Making National Airline
The Laotian government plans to sell as much as 49 percent of loss-making national airline, Lao Airlines, in an attempt to stem the drain on public finances. Laos prime minister, Phankham Viphavanh, has told the country’s National Assembly that the government plans to…
Vietnam Airlines Struggling To Sell Aircraft
Vietnam Airlines, which is trying to sell some assets to raise cash and improve its balance sheet, has been facing difficulty selling several of its aircraft. The national carrier says in a shareholder meeting it has yet to sell the…
Azorra Buying 11 Embraer RJs From Nordic Aviation Capital
US aircraft lessor Azorra is buying 11 more Embraer E-Jets from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), which has been selling parts of its regional aircraft portfolio. Azorra says in a statement it has signed a purchase agreement with NAC for 11…
Two of SpiceJet’s Dash 8-400s Suffer Door Issues On Take-Off
Indian carrier SpiceJet had two De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft receive fuselage door warnings on take-off. The fuselage door warning indicates the door is not securely closed, and the aircraft may fail to pressurise its cabin without…
Indonesian Susi Air Pilatus PC-6 Flight Data Recorder Recovered
Indonesian authorities recovered the flight data recorder yesterday from the crashed Susi Air Pilatus PC-6 aircraft in West Papua. West Papua police head of public relations, Kombes Kamal, says in a statement the joint team retrieved the flight data recorder…
Singapore Lessor Avation Appoints Head Of Technical
Singapore lessor Avation has appointed Michael Dela Cruz as head of technical. Dela Cruz was previously head of technical at Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering Aerospace Resources. He tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific he has worked formerly in the technical services…
New Zealand’s Barrier Air Getting Additional Cessna Grand Caravan
New Zealand’s Barrier Air plans to add a fifth Cessna Grand Caravan as it starts to see a pickup in travel demand. Grant Bacon, CEO Barrier Air, tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific that a used Cessna Grand Caravan will be…
Air Niugini Appoints Former PNG Air CEO As General Manager Commercial
Papua New Guinea’s national airline Air Niugini has appointed the former CEO of PNG Air, Paul Abbot, as general manager commercial. Abbot was CEO of PNG Air until May 2020 and then left Papua New Guinea to be CEO of Destination…
Indonesia’s Pelita Air Service Outlines Fleet And Network Growth Plan
State-owned Pelita Air Service plans to add 10 Airbus A320s every year. Dendy Kurniawan, president director of Pelita Air Service, tells local newspaper Kontan that Pelita Air Service will have eight aircraft by year-end. Pelita Air Service currently has two Airbus A320-200…
