India’s Star Air Growing Embraer ERJ Fleet
Star Air, an Indian start-up based in Bangalore and owned by the Sanjay Ghodawat conglomerate, is growing its Embraer ERJ-145 fleet as it has clinched several domestic routes under India’s…
Best on the Web | November 2019
De Havilland of Canada Secures Biggest Order for Q400The Globe and Mail De Havilland Aircraft of Canada has secured its largest order for Dash 8 Q400 turboprops since it bought…
Garuda Phasing Out CRJ1000s
Garuda Indonesia is actively seeking buyers for its fleet of Bombardier CRJ1000 aircraft. A senior executive at the airline, who wishes to remain anonymous, says the airline is speaking to…
Maldivian Start-up Manta Air Getting Ten Twin Otter Seaplanes
Seaplane operations at Maldivian start-up Manta Air are in full swing as the airline recently opened its own dedicated terminal in Malé and took delivery of five of its first…
IndiGo Continuing To Take Delivery Of ATRs
India’s largest airline, IndiGo, is continuing to build its ATR fleet as it expands in the wake of the Jet Airways collapse. Willy Boulter, the low-cost carrier’s chief commercial officer,…
Bangkok Airways Reaffirms ATR Strategy for the Foreseeable Future
Bangkok Airways expects to continue using ATR 72-600 turboprops for some domestic and international routes, but is phasing out the older ATR 72-500 model from its fleet. In the near…
Thai AirAsia Using A321s to Drive Growth
Thai AirAsia says it did consider adding regional turboprop aircraft, but instead decided to grow the airline by adding larger jet aircraft. The airline decided against regional turboprops because it…
Best on the Web | October 2019
De Havilland Canada Receives First Firm Order for Dash 8 Q400PR Newswire Turboprop manufacturer De Havilland Canada, the new owner of the Dash 8 Q400 program, has announced that it…
Bhutan’s Druk Air Replacing ATR 42-500 with ClearVision-equipped ATR 42-600
Druk Air; which operates in Bhutan, one of the most challenging flying environments in the world; is replacing its aging ATR 42-500 with a new ATR 42-600 that will be…
Buddha Air Evaluating Aircraft for New STOL Subsidiary
Nepal’s largest domestic airline, Buddha Air, has begun the selection process for a short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft for its new mountain subsidiary, which is slated to launch late-2020….
Tracing South Korea’s Fine Dust Problem using a Modified Beechcraft 1900D
The South Korean government is working with Hanseo University to trace the origins of the country’s fine dust problem using a modified Beechcraft 1900D turboprop. Dr Kim Jong-Ho, a vice…
Fly-by-wire Research on JAXA’s Dornier 228
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has been using a modified Dornier 228-202 to conduct experiments on fly-by-wire (FBW) technology. Masayuki Sato, associate senior researcher at JAXA’s Flight Research Unit,…