Borneo A Magnet For International Tourism
Borneo is the world’s third largest island, but also a massively untapped market for tourism. The diverse animal and plant life in Borneo’s tropical jungles has mythic appeal to adventure-seeking westerners. Now the newly-established AirBorneo, created out of MASWings, is…
Garuda Indonesia Reveals Restructuring Fleet Plans
Garuda Indonesia has outlined how many aircraft it and its low-cost subsidiary Citilink plan to have by the end of next year, now that the Indonesian court has approved its restructuring plan with creditors. Garuda Indonesia director of human capital,…
Air Tahiti Wet-Leases Additional ATR As Stopgap To Meet Tourism Recovery
Air Tahiti has wet leased an additional ATR 72-600, to meet growing tourism traffic this year, and disclosed it plans to buy an ATR 72-600. French Polynesian news website Tahiti-infos, which attended an Air Tahiti event where the aircraft was…
Garuda Airlines Corruption Case Files Handed To Public Prosecutor
Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (AGO), which has been investigating alleged corruption at Garuda Indonesia involving the acquisition of some regional aircraft, has handed the case over to Indonesia’s public prosecutor. Ketut Sumedana, head of the AGO’s legal information centre, says the…
Malaysia’s Malindo To Add 737s Following Rebranding
Updated story with regards to specific 737 variants Malaysian carrier Malindo, which is rebranding as Batik Air, plans to expand its 737 fleet but has no plans to add more ATRs. Malindo’s spokesman tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific most of its Boeing…
State-Owned Uzbekistan Airports Establishing Regional Turboprop Carrier Silk Avia
Airport operator Uzbekistan Airports is establishing a regional airline called Silk Avia that plans to launch domestic operations before October using ATR 72s to help aid the development of country’s regional airports. The chairman of the board of state-owned airport…
