Best on the Web | November 2020 (3)
Indonesia to support investigation into alleged bribery in Garuda-Bombardier aircraft deal https://jakartaglobe.id/business/indonesia-pledges-support-to-uks-investigation-of-alleged-bribery-in-garudabombardier-deal Indonesia’s State-Owned Enterprises Ministry says it will support the UK government’s investigation into a bribery case involving Garuda Indonesia’s Bombardier CRJ1000 order in 2012. The national carrier ordered…
US’ Bighorn Airways Expanding Fleet In Wake of Severe Wildfires
Wyoming-based Bighorn Airways, which recently fought some of the worst wildfires in recent US history, aims to get more Dornier 228s for smokejumping. During the recent fire season, it flew smokejumpers for the Bureau of Land Management and the US…
Australia’s Longer Fire Season Means Getting A Dedicated National Fire-Fighting Fleet Is Crucial
The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements has called for a national aerial fire-fighting fleet because the longer fire seasons in Australia and North America means sharing aircraft is no longer feasible. “Longer and more severe fire seasons in…
Thai Court Accepts Nok Air Debt Rehabilitation Petition
Thailand’s Central Bankruptcy Court has accepted low-cost carrier Nok Air’s petition to be in business rehabilitation, and to proceed with preparing a debt rehabilitation plan within three months. Nok Air’s stock exchange announcement says the court has appointed Nok Air…
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Closing SpaceJet’s US Flight Test Centre https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Aerospace-Defense/Mitsubishi-Heavy-to-close-SpaceJet-s-US-flight-testing-site Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is closing the SpaceJet programme’s flight test centre in Moses Lake in the US, which means Mitsubishi Aircraft no longer has any operations outside Japan. MHI…
Myanmar Airways International Aims to Become Major Player
Myanmar Airways International (MAI) is continuing to build its network and brand despite the impact of COVID-19 on travel in Asia-Pacific, and has recently started taking delivery of four Embraer E190s. Tanes Kumar, chief commercial officer of MAI, tells Smart…
Australia’s GAM Air Targeting Tourism Charter Market
Australian regional operator GAM Air intends to continue to diversify its business by doing more ad hoc tourist charters in future in addition to freight runs. The airline’s chief executive officer, Carl Jepsen, says the airline’s fleet of 20 Aero…
India’s SpiceJet Begins Seaplane Services with Wet-leased Maldivian Twin Otter
SpiceJet has begun India’s first scheduled seaplane services using a De Havilland Canada Series 300 Twin Otter wet-leased from the Maldives national carrier Maldivian. Local news media say the Twin Otter, which is nearly 50 years old, is a surprising…
Virgin Australia, Alliance Airlines Apply To Cooperate On Regional Routes
Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines are asking the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for authorisation to cooperate on regional and short-haul international routes. In their ACCC application, the airlines are asking for permission to “[share] information, including in relation…
Best on the Web | November 2020
India’s Star Air launching new route https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/star-air-to-commence-direct-flights-between-kalaburagi-and-delhi/article32994367.ece Indian regional carrier Star Air is launching the first commercial air service between New Delhi’s Hindon Airport and Kalaburagi Airport in Karnataka, central India. The Embraer ERJ-145 service, which will operate under the…
Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Restarting as Afghanistan’s Domestic Airline
Afghanistan’s government is reviving Bakhtar Afghan Airlines which will operate domestically and be a subsidiary of national carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines. Bakhtar Afghan is performing test flights with a Boeing 737-500 and will add two more aircraft over the next…
MHI Pauses Most SpaceJet Programme Activities
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is pausing the majority of its SpaceJet programme given the aircraft’s development status and its weak projections for the aerospace industry. Pausing the programme covers most SpaceJet activities, except for documentation of its type certification process,…
