Japan’s Hokkaido Air System Introduces Satellite Navigation At Challenging Airports In Japan
Hokkaido Air System (HAC) has started using satellite navigation on board its ATR aircraft so, in bad weather and when there is poor visibility, it can descend lower on approach into airports and decide better whether it is safe to…
Thailand’s Nok Air Suspends Two Domestic Routes To Focus On International Markets
Thai low-cost carrier Nok Air, which is trying to improve its financial situation to avoid being delisted from the stock exchange, is axing two domestic routes. The airline’s chief commercial officer, Teerapol Chotichanapibal, tells local media they are dropping the…
Air Vanuatu Wet-Leasing ATR From Fiji Airways
Air Vanuatu, which has faced challenges maintaining its flight schedule, is putting its only ATR 72 in for maintenance but it is adamant it can maintain air services on the country’s largest domestic route thanks to a wet-lease with Fiji…
Maldives’ Manta Air To Launch International Ops Next Year Using ATRs
Maldivian carrier Manta Air, which recently added a Beechcraft 1900D on wet-lease, plans to launch scheduled passenger services next year linking the Maldives to Sri Lanka and southern India. Manta Air deputy CEO, Ahmed Maumoon, tells local media the domestic…
Bangladesh Domestic Passenger Market No Longer Viable Says Local Airline Association
The Aviation Operators Association of Bangladesh (AOAB) is calling on the government to stop national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines from flooding the market with cheap domestic air fares, arguing it is unsustainable and only works to drive other domestic airlines…
Air Niugini Choosing Between Airbus A220 and Embraer E-Jet To Replace Fokkers
Papua New Guinea’s national carrier Air Niugini has confirmed it is about to select either Airbus A220s or Embraer regional jets to replace its Fokker fleet and also says it will be replacing its two Boeing 767ERs with leased Airbus…
