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…
Bangladesh Start-Up Air Astra Unveils Second ATR 72-600
Bangladeshi start-up Air Astra has unveiled its second aircraft, as it awaits to receive its air operator’s certificate. The airline says in a statement its second aircraft, which is also an ATR 72-600, has rolled out of the Airbourne Colours…
Korean LCCs Appoint Dornier Technology Philippines MRO For Line Maintenance
Philippine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm Dornier Technology has benefited from the sudden recovery in inbound passenger traffic from Korea. Air Busan, Air Seoul and Jeju Air have resumed services to the Philippines and appointed Dornier Technology for line…
Indonesia’s President Calls For Lower Air Fares As Political Back-Drop Intensifies
Indonesia’s president, whose political party will be contesting the national elections less than two years from now, has asked his transport minister and the minister for state-owned enterprises to take action to deal with rising domestic air fare prices. “I…
PNG’s Air Niugini To Replace 737s, 767s and Fokker Fleet Starting Next Year
Papua New Guinea’s national carrier Air Niugini plans to start replacing its two Boeing 767 widebody aircraft and its fleet of Boeing 737s and Fokker regional jets next year. Air Niugini CEO, Bruce Alabaster, told the country’s Post Courier newspaper…
Russian Carrier KrasAvia Reducing Western-Built ATR Fleet
Siberian carrier KrasAvia, which only started operating ATR aircraft early last year, appears to be phasing the aircraft out, now that western aircraft manufacturers are strictly forbidden from providing spare parts and customer support to Russian operators or Russian-linked companies….
