Indonesian Susi Air Pilatus PC-6 Flight Data Recorder Recovered
Indonesian authorities recovered the flight data recorder yesterday from the crashed Susi Air Pilatus PC-6 aircraft in West Papua. West Papua police head of public relations, Kombes Kamal, says in a statement the joint team retrieved the flight data recorder…
Singapore Lessor Avation Appoints Head Of Technical
Singapore lessor Avation has appointed Michael Dela Cruz as head of technical. Dela Cruz was previously head of technical at Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering Aerospace Resources. He tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific he has worked formerly in the technical services…
New Zealand’s Barrier Air Getting Additional Cessna Grand Caravan
New Zealand’s Barrier Air plans to add a fifth Cessna Grand Caravan as it starts to see a pickup in travel demand. Grant Bacon, CEO Barrier Air, tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific that a used Cessna Grand Caravan will be…
Air Niugini Appoints Former PNG Air CEO As General Manager Commercial
Papua New Guinea’s national airline Air Niugini has appointed the former CEO of PNG Air, Paul Abbot, as general manager commercial. Abbot was CEO of PNG Air until May 2020 and then left Papua New Guinea to be CEO of Destination…
Indonesia’s Pelita Air Service Outlines Fleet And Network Growth Plan
State-owned Pelita Air Service plans to add 10 Airbus A320s every year. Dendy Kurniawan, president director of Pelita Air Service, tells local newspaper Kontan that Pelita Air Service will have eight aircraft by year-end. Pelita Air Service currently has two Airbus A320-200…
Former Nordic Aviation Capital Executives Take Over Management of Elix Aviation
Three senior executives formerly from regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) have taken over management control of rival aircraft lessor Elix Aviation, and rebranded the business Abelo. The three ex-NAC executives are Stephen Gorman, Michael Hayden and Mathieu Duquesnoy….
