Bhutan’s Drukair Plans Airbus A319 Passenger To Freighter Conversion
Bhutan’s national carrier Drukair plans to convert an Airbus A319 in its fleet to a freighter due to changing market conditions. Drukair has three A319s and will convert one of its older ones, that is 18 years of age, into…
Bangkok Airways Launching New Routes
Bangkok Airways is launching two new domestic routes and resuming several domestic and international services from July onwards because it anticipates a fast tourism recovery. Bangkok Airways says in a statement it is launching a twice daily Bangkok Suvarnabhumi-Hat Yai…
Antarctic Medevac Mission Succeeds Using AW169 and Basler BT-67
A sick Australian expeditioner has been rescued from a remote research base in Antarctica thanks to a joint-effort by Australia, China and the United States, but the five-day rescue mission has highlighted how the Australian Antarctic Division needs its own…
Singapore Developer Buys Air Timor
Singaporean property developer Edward Ong, whose Pelican Paradise Group is working on a major integrated development in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili, has bought local travel company Air Timor, which charters aircraft. This brings Air Timor under Singaporean and Timorese joint interest,…
Bangkok Airways Reaffirms ATR Strategy for the Foreseeable Future
Bangkok Airways expects to continue using ATR 72-600 turboprops for some domestic and international routes, but is phasing out the older ATR 72-500 model from its fleet. In the near future the airline will have completed its turboprop upgrade, which…
