Real Tonga Anticipates Chinese-led Tourism Boom
Real Tonga, the carrier of the Pacific island kingdom of Tonga, expects further growth in tourism numbers as more Chinese tourists arrive. “Tourism is obviously starting from a low base, but it is clear that the Chinese coming through Fiji…
Best on the Web | May 2019
Our round-up of Asia-Pacific regional aviation news this month includes interesting stories on Malaysia’s Firefly, TrueNoord in Singapore, FAT Taiwan and Australian charter airline Cobham Firefly aims to add more Seletar-Malaysia routes channelnewsasia.com Malaysian Airlines’ subsidiary Firefly says it is…
Developing the Seaplane Business in Indonesia
The seaplane business is still in its infancy as operators continue to find it difficult managing operations with the seaplane stalwart de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter. Managing director of Jakarta-based charter airline Airfast Indonesia, Arif Wibowo, says the main…
Cook Islands’ Air Rarotonga Modernising Saab 340 Fleet
Air Rarotonga, which flies inter-island services in the Cook Islands, is in the midst of a fleet modernisation as it prepares to receive delivery of another Saab 340B+ turboprop. The South Pacific airline received the first of two Saab 340B+…
Servicing Rural Papua New Guinea with Mission Aviation Fellowship
Picture credit: Mission Aviation Fellowship
RUAG Delivers New Dornier 228 to Japan’s New Central Airservice
Switzerland’s RUAG MRO International has delivered a new Dornier 228 to Japanese domestic operator, New Central Airservice (NCA). The 19-seat short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft is NCA’s fourth next generation (NG) version Dornier 228. NCA uses the Dornier 228…
