Opinion: TPE331 versus the PT6
For smaller turboprop aircraft there has traditionally between two choices – the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 and the Honeywell TPE331. The PT6 is ubiquitous in the market – it…
Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority: ‘Outstanding Airspace Issues’ to Be Resolved Before Firefly Can Operate
The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has disclosed that the reason it has yet to grant approval for Firefly to operate to Seletar Airport is because Singapore wants to…
Malaysia’s Firefly Suspends Services To Singapore Indefinitely
Malaysia Airlines’ turboprop operation, Firefly, has announced that because of regulatory issues it will suspend all flights to Singapore indefinitely with effect from December 1, the day it was scheduled…
Malaysia Airlines Appoints New Firefly CEO
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has announced that Philip See will be succeeding Ignatius Ong as the chief executive of its subsidiary Firefly, effective 1 January. See is currently head of strategy…
Singapore’s Seletar Airport Opens for Business at New Passenger Terminal
Changi Airport Group (CAG), which manages Singapore’s Seletar Airport, has disclosed that the revamped Seletar Airport will begin receiving commercial turboprop passengers from 1 December this year. The airport’s new…
Best On The Web | Oct 2018
This month’s round-up in regional aviation include stories from Manta Air in Maldives, Philippine Airlines’ network expansion from Clark, ATR and Vietnam Airlines. 1. Maldives’ Manta Air to receive two ATR…