Best On The Web | January 1 – 15 2018
This month’s interesting round-up of regional aviation news include Garuda Indonesia, the Malaysian Air Force, Philippine Airlines, and FlyPelican. 1. Garuda Indonesia Considers Axing ATRs and CRJ1000s Source: Flightglobal Loss-making national carrier, Garuda Indonesia, has delayed taking delivery of aircraft…
Malaysia’s Firefly Aims To Increase Services To Singapore
Malaysia Airlines’ turboprop operation Firefly anticipates it will begin serving Singapore’s Seletar Airport in next year’s third or fourth quarter when the new passenger terminal there is completed. The airline’s CEO, Ignatius Ong, says this timeframe is based on discussions…
How Turboprop Operators Can Succeed In Winning Over Business Travellers
Ignatius Ong (pictured), the CEO of Malaysian turboprop operator Firefly, tells Smart Aviation APAC the key ways to winning over business travellers with turboprop aircraft. 1. Offer More Flights Per Day The benefit of smaller capacity turboprop aircraft means you can…
Best On The Web | 1 to 15 November 2017
In this issue, top news include Malaysia’s plans for its maritime patrol aircraft, FedEx Express’ ATR orders, and Pakistan’s move to commercial aircraft production. 1. Malaysia’s Air Force Plans to Order Four Maritime Patrol Aircraft Source: Quwa Malaysia appears…
Bangkok Airways Aims To Replace Older ATRs With New Model
Bangkok Airways appears likely to replace its remaining ATR 72-500s with ATR 72-600s in future to ensure greater fleet commonality. “We aim to replace all -500s with -600s in the future,” says an airline spokesman, adding that “it will be…
Best On The Web | 16-31 October 2017
In this issue we have an interesting round-up of news that includes stories on ‘bush planes’ in Indonesia and India, efforts to open Indonesia’s famous Raja Ampat islands to international tourists and a story on Nok Air’s continued expansion with…
