How Russia’s Il-114-300 Program May Come In From The Cold
Russia’s Ilyushin Il-114-300 commercial turboprop aircraft is reportedly in the final stages of certification now that it is undergoing extreme cold weather testing at Siberia’s Yakutsk Airport, one of the earth’s coldest places. Russian media, without citing specific sources, says…
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…
India’s Government Working Towards Sale Of Alliance Air
The Indian government is getting Alliance Air ready for sale, a move that comes six months after the sale of state-owned Air India. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is preparing the sale of Alliance Air, including doing a ‘clean up’…
Bangladesh’s US-Bangla Plans To Add Seven Aircraft
Bangladesh’s US-Bangla Airlines plans to add seven aircraft this year to expand its operations, including new routes. In a statement to mark US-Bangla’s ninth year of operations, US-Bangla says it plans to add four Boeing 737-800s and three new ATR 72-600s to its…
India’s Alliance Air Outlines Route Plans For ATR 42-600s
India’s Alliance Air is about to receive its first of two ATR 42-600s and plans to operate the aircraft in northern India. Alliance Air will receive the first ATR 42-600 by the end of July and the other in September,…
Batik Air Malaysia Launching International Services from Malaysia’s Malacca Airport
Batik Air Malaysia is launching services from peninsula Malaysia’s Malacca city to the Indonesian city of Pekanbaru next month, but it appears to have delayed the launch of its Malacca-Penang domestic service. Muhammad Jailani Khamis; chairman of Malacca’s state tourism,…
