Japan’s Hokkaido Air System Introduces Satellite Navigation At Challenging Airports In Japan
Hokkaido Air System (HAC) has started using satellite navigation on board its ATR aircraft so, in bad weather and when there is poor visibility, it can descend lower on approach into airports and decide better whether it is safe to…
Thailand’s Nok Air Suspends Two Domestic Routes To Focus On International Markets
Thai low-cost carrier Nok Air, which is trying to improve its financial situation to avoid being delisted from the stock exchange, is axing two domestic routes. The airline’s chief commercial officer, Teerapol Chotichanapibal, tells local media they are dropping the…
Air Vanuatu Wet-Leasing ATR From Fiji Airways
Air Vanuatu, which has faced challenges maintaining its flight schedule, is putting its only ATR 72 in for maintenance but it is adamant it can maintain air services on the country’s largest domestic route thanks to a wet-lease with Fiji…
Maldives’ Manta Air To Launch International Ops Next Year Using ATRs
Maldivian carrier Manta Air, which recently added a Beechcraft 1900D on wet-lease, plans to launch scheduled passenger services next year linking the Maldives to Sri Lanka and southern India. Manta Air deputy CEO, Ahmed Maumoon, tells local media the domestic…
Bangladesh Domestic Passenger Market No Longer Viable Says Local Airline Association
The Aviation Operators Association of Bangladesh (AOAB) is calling on the government to stop national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines from flooding the market with cheap domestic air fares, arguing it is unsustainable and only works to drive other domestic airlines…
Air Niugini Choosing Between Airbus A220 and Embraer E-Jet To Replace Fokkers
Papua New Guinea’s national carrier Air Niugini has confirmed it is about to select either Airbus A220s or Embraer regional jets to replace its Fokker fleet and also says it will be replacing its two Boeing 767ERs with leased Airbus…
Singapore Lessor Avation To Post Net Profit, Moves On From Virgin Australia
Singapore aircraft lessor Avation has successfully placed its last remaining ex-Virgin Australia ATR 72 and is about to receive about five cents in the dollar from the administrators of Virgin Australia. Avation says it “has delivered one ATR 72-500 to…
China Express Opens New MRO Hangar In Chongqing
Chinese regional carrier China Express has opened a new aircraft hangar in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. The carrier, which is based at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, says it has opened a new aircraft hangar there as part of…
Summit Air Let 410 Makes Emergency Landing In Nepal Following Engine Problems
A Let 410 operated by Nepalese carrier Summit Air had to return to Pokhara today (4 September) after experiencing engine problems. Seven minutes after take off from Pokhara Airport the Summit Air Let 410, with 18 passengers and four crew…
Solomon Airlines Undergoes Management Change
Solomon Airlines has undergone a management change as it prepares to increase domestic air services once it receives its De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-100 from a heavy maintenance check. The South Pacific national carrier held a media briefing…
Air Vanuatu Working To Resolve Dispute With Lessor ALC Over Boeing 737-800
Vanuatu’s government has agreed to intervene and provide further financial support to Air Vanuatu to help the national carrier resolve a financial dispute with the lessor of its only jet aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 leased from Aircraft Lease Corporation (ALC)….
Pilots At India’s Alliance Air Strike Resulting In Flight Cancellations
Some flights by India’s state-owned airline Alliance Air were cancelled on Friday (2 September) because some of its pilots went on strike over wages, but the matter has since been resolved for the time being. Local news reports, citing unnamed…
