Australian Government Channels More Funding Towards Sustainable Aviation Fuels
The Australian government will be providing additional funding to support the growth of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry in an effort to create more jobs and help the air transport industry to reduce carbon emissions. The government says –…
Jakarta’s Halim Airport Closing For Renovation For One Year Effective 1 January
Indonesia’s Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport will be closed for the whole of next year to undergo renovation works. Indonesian Air Force chief of staff, Fadjar Prasetyo, says the airport’s runway, military facilities, apron and VIP building will undergo renovation from…
Bangladesh NXT Air Cargo Aims To Launch Operations Next Month
Start-up NXT Air Cargo has received its first ATR freighter and aims to launch domestic cargo flights in Bangladesh next month and soon add more ATR freighters and a Boeing 737 freighter in 2022. Nizam Ahmad, NXT Air Cargo’s CEO…
Nordic Aviation Capital Working To Get More Creditors To Agree To Debt-To-Equity Plan
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), which has the support of about 73% of holders of its funded debt, is trying to get more to agree to its financial turnaround plan that involves transferring debt into equity in the company. The lessor’s…
Laos’ Bokeo International Airport To Open Next Year
An airport, that is located in and derives its name from Laos’ northern province of Bokeo, is set to open next year and can accommodate aircraft as large as Boeing 737s. The first test flight at Bokeo International Airport has…
INTERVIEW: Bangkok Airways’ Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth On How The Carrier Is Grappling With Turbulence And Headwinds Caused By Omicron
Note: Thai language version of article is lower down หมายเหตุ: บทความภาษาไทยอยู่ด้านล่าง While the coronavirus has already left airlines in the lurch, the rapid spread of the highly transmissible new variant Omicron appears to add insult to injury. Thailand-registered carriers like…
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…
