ANALYSIS: Private Equity Owner To Sell Cobham Aviation Services Australia At The Top Of The Market
While Cobham Aviation Services Australia has yet to comment on news reports that it is up for sale, the news comes as no surprise to those following what has been happening since US private equity company Advent International acquired the…
Indonesia Reportedly Validates Chinese Type Certificate of China’s ARJ21, Aircraft To Start Flying There As Early As August
Indonesia’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has reportedly validated the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s (CAAC) type certification of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) ARJ21, paving the way for Indonesian carrier TransNusa to operate the aircraft. Bayu…
Cobham Aviation Services Australia Adds Another De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-400
Cobham Aviation Services Australia (Cobham) has taken delivery of its sixth De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 and will add four more aircraft in its move towards a green future. Cobham says in a statement the latest Dash 8 will join…
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Developing Dornier 228 Seaplane
Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is developing a seaplane based on the Dornier 228 and expects orders to come from the military and commercial sectors. HAL management has assigned its transport aircraft division in the northern…
Authorities Evict Indonesia’s Susi Air From Hangar In North Kalimantan
Local authorities have evicted charter and scheduled operator Susi Air from its hangar in North Kalimantan, with municipal police pushing aircraft and equipment manually out of the hangar, claiming the airline failed to comply with notices to vacate. The airline’s…
Nepal’s Shree Airlines In Expansion Mode
Nepal’s third largest domestic carrier, Shree Airlines has added two De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-400s within one month, and plans to add two more this year. Shree Airlines corporate manager, Anil Manandhar, tells Nepalese national daily newspaper myRepublica…
Australia’s Cobham Launches New Route In Western Australia
Cobham Aviation Services Australia (Cobham) has launched a regular charter service to the Sunrise Dam Gold Mine in southeastern Western Australia. Cobham says in a statement it is providing six return flights per week from Perth to transport more than…
Air Seychelles Cuts Debt Through New Rescue Plan
The Seychelles’ national airline Air Seychelles, which is in voluntary administration, has reached a deal with creditors to pay only one-third of its debt. State-owned Seychelles News Agency, quoting the airline’s administrators, says the flag carrier will pay US$27.8 million…
Indonesian Aerospace Appoints New Head
Gita Amperiawan has been appointed as the new president director of state-owned aircraft manufacturer Indonesian Aerospace (IAe) effective immediately. IAe says in a statement the ministry of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) announced, as part of the company’s general meeting of shareholders,…
Indonesian Govt Has Reached Agreement With Four Of Garuda’s Major Lessors
The Indonesian government, which is trying to restructure Garuda Indonesia’s debts, has reached agreement with four of the airline’s biggest lessors and hopes it can retire billions of debt in a similar way to how Philippine Airlines did when it…
Niugini Aviation Services Crashes Two PAC 750s Within Nine Days
Private charter operator Niugini Aviation Services has crashed another Pacific Aerospace P-750 in a remote part of the Papua New Guinea highlands, making it the airline’s second mishap at the same airport within nine days. Local newspaper The National, quoting PNG’s…
McLaren Applied’s Venture Into Aviation
McLaren Applied sees opportunities in the aviation industry for its inverter technology, especially now that some aircraft-makers are moving forward with electrification. In an exclusive interview with Smart Aviation Asia Pacific, Dr Stephen Lambert, head of electrification at McLaren Applied,…
