India’s SpiceJet Dash 8-400 Diverts Due To Smoke In Cabin
A SpiceJet De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-400 experienced smoke in the cabin, leading it to return to New Delhi airport. The Dash 8-400, local registration VT-SUR, was enroute to Jabalpur Airport on 2 July but diverted back to…
Wings Air Launching ATR Services From Jakarta’s Pondok Cabe Airport
Lion Air’s Wings Air will be operating scheduled domestic passenger services from south Jakarta’s Pondok Cabe Airport starting end of this year, potentially relieving congestion at Jakarta’s Soekarno Hatta International Airport. Lion Air’s spokesman, Danang Mandala Prihantoro, tells local media…
New Zealand’s West Coast Airports Expand Noise Boundaries
Airports in New Zealand’s West Coast region will have expanded noise boundaries to allow for bigger aircraft and more traffic. Principal planner for the Te Tai o Poutini Plan (TTPP), Lois Easton, says the revised noise boundaries will allow for an…
Indonesian AMA Pilatus PC-6 Flight Flight Data Recorder Recovered
Local authorities recovered the flight data recorder yesterday from the crashed Associated Mission Aviation (AMA) Pilatus PC-6 aircraft in West Papua. Keerom Police chief, Christian Aer, says in a statement the joint team have recovered the flight data recorder from…
Indonesia’s Susi Air Has Lion’s Share Of Subsidized Regional Flights
Indonesia’s Susi Air has the most pioneering flight contracts this year of Indonesia’s pioneer airlines. Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation reports that Susi Air has 79% of this year’s pioneer passenger air transport contracts. Pioneer flights are government subsidized air services…
Vietnam Airlines To Be Profitable By End Of 2023
Vietnam Airlines plans to restore its international flight network to pre-COVID levels by end of 2023 and be profitable. The national carrier says in its 2022 annual general meeting of shareholders it expects to resume flights to Indonesia this month,…
