Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge To Only Start Operating ATR Mid-2023, Discloses First ATR Routes
Oriental Air Bridge, which signed a firm order on 19 July at the Farnborough Airshow for one ATR 42-600, has confirmed the aircraft is to be delivered in October but…
Nepal’s Shree Airlines Dash 8-400 Makes Emergency Landing
A Shree Airlines aircraft in Nepal made an emergency landing yesterday after smoke was detected from one of its engines. Shree Airlines’ De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-400, local…
ANALYSIS: Boeing 737 Program Nose-Dives In India
The troubles facing SpiceJet, which has been losing market share and downsizing its fleet, spells trouble for Boeing’s 737 MAX program in India. India used to be a stronghold for…
Australia’s Rex Accelerating 737 Fleet Expansion On Back Of Profitable Passenger Growth
Regional Express is accelerating the introduction of Boeing 737s in its fleet, after experiencing a strong increase in passenger revenue in July on domestic trunk routes, and it has flagged…
Jet Aviation Cancels Deal With Heston MRO For Sale Of Cairns MRO Facility
Jet Aviation has decided against selling its Cairns maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility to Heston MRO, even though Heston had signed an agreement to purchase the business. “We cancelled…
Air Vanuatu Tackling Pilot Shortage
Pilot shortage has meant Air Vanuatu has been cancelling some domestic flights, but the national carrier has outlined a plan to hire more pilots. Air Vanuatu, in a statement to…
India’s Government Working Towards Sale Of Alliance Air
The Indian government is getting Alliance Air ready for sale, a move that comes six months after the sale of state-owned Air India. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is preparing…
Marianas Southern Airways To Start Flying In August
Marianas Southern Airways, a start-up carrier in the north Pacific’s Mariana Islands, has disclosed it will start flying in mid-August. The passenger airline says, in a statement on its social…
Owners Considering Putting Trans Maldivian Airways Up For Sale
Trans Maldivian Airways’ major shareholder Carlyle Group as well as other investors in the seaplane operator are reportedly considering selling the business, a deal that could be worth up to…
Australia’s Rex Calls On Competition Watchdog To Take Action Against Qantas
Regional Express (Rex) is calling on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to take action against QantasLink, which recently dropped two domestic regional routes. Rex says in a statement…
Australia’s Stralis Aircraft Using Retrofit Program To Aid Clean-Sheet Aircraft Design
Edited with amendments to titles at previous companies in the third paragraph. Brisbane-based Stralis Aircraft aims to develop an all-new aircraft, powered by hydrogen fuel-cell, but is first developing a…
Australia’s Skytrans Moving Into 19-Seat Segment With Stralis Aircraft’s Hydrogen Electric Propulsion System
Cairns-based Skytrans Airlines was already considering 19-seat aircraft prior to making the step to partner with Australian aircraft start-up Stralis Aircraft to develop a program to retrofit Beechcraft 1900D aircraft…