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…
Air New Zealand Reiterates Commitment To Much Lower Emission Aircraft For Domestic Regional Fleet
Air New Zealand (ANZ), which will be receiving four Airbus A321neos before year for domestic routes, has reiterated its intention to replace its De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-300 aircraft with much lower emission aircraft. ANZ chief financial officer,…
Bangladesh Civil Aviation Regulator Delays Issuing AOC To Fly Dhaka and Air Astra
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) is refusing to issue air operator certificates (AOC) to Air Astra and Fly Dhaka due to capacity constraints at Bangladesh’s main airport. CAAB chairman, Muhammad Mafidur Rahman, tells Bangladesh’s Daily Star newspaper that…
Head of Indonesian Aerospace Promises To Put The Country’s Stalled N219 Turboprop Program Into Production In 2023
The head of Indonesia’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer has vowed to put the country’s indigenously developed N219 regional turboprop aircraft into production next year, at least two years since it was certified. President director of Indonesian Aerospace (IAe), Gita Amperiawan, tells…
Laos Government Establishes Govt Committee To Restructure Loss-Making Lao Airlines
The Laos Government has established a committee, led by the finance ministry, to restructure loss-making national carrier Lao Airlines. Local news reports, quoting the government, says Laos deputy finance minister, Dr Phouthanouphet Xaysombath, is leading the committee that will restructure…
ANA And Japan Airlines Partner With Smaller Airlines To Boost Domestic Regional Connectivity
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines will start codesharing on some regional airlines each has never codeshared with before, as part of a broad industry wide effort to maintain passenger volumes on routes serving Japan’s smaller outlying islands. ANA…
Maldives’ Manta Air Receives Its First Beechcraft 1900D
Manta Air is adding a Beechcraft 1900D, a new aircraft type for the Maldivian airline that mostly operates De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Twin Otter seaplanes. Pictures in the local media show the 1900D, already in Manta Air livery, parked…
Marianas Southern Airways Launches Operations
Marianas Southern Airways, which is based in the North Pacific territory of the Northern Marianas, has launched services with flights from the capital Saipan to two destinations using new Tecnam P2012 aircraft. The new passenger airline, which is operating under…
