Air Vanuatu ATR 72-600 Returns After Nine Months
Air Vanuatu’s sole ATR 72-600 has returned to the South Pacific island nation after nine-months in Australia. The ATR 72-600 had gone to Cairns for extensive maintenance before the COVID-19…
Philippines’ Sunlight Express Poised To Launch Operations With ATR 72-500s
Sunlight Express Airways, a new charter airline in the Philippines backed by a local hotel and resort company, aims to begin operations with three ATR 72-500s around Christmas. CEO…
MagniX Partners Sydney Seaplanes to Develop Electric Cessna Caravan
Electric aircraft motor designer MagniX is partnering with Sydney Seaplanes and electric aircraft developer Dante Aeronautical to create electric-powered Cessna Caravans. US-based MagniX says the supplemental type certificate (STC) programme…
Thailand’s Nok Air Announces Management and Board Resignations
The deputy CEO and two board members have resigned from loss-making Thai low-cost carrier Nok Air, which is in bankruptcy protection. Nok Air’s stock exchange announcement says deputy CEO Raj…
Samoa Airways Refutes Queries on Airline’s Viability
National carrier Samoa Airways has refuted claims about its difficulties in repaying debt obligations, as the airline races to complete lease negotiations on a replacement Boeing 737-800. In its response…
Australia’s Sharp Airlines To Extend Hobart Flights
Regional operator Sharp Airlines will continue providing scheduled services between Hobart in Tasmania to Flinders Island and King Island in Bass Strait at least until the end of April 2021….