Vietnam Airlines Struggling To Sell Aircraft
Vietnam Airlines, which is trying to sell some assets to raise cash and improve its balance sheet, has been facing difficulty selling several of its aircraft. The national carrier says…
Bangladesh’s NXT Air Cargo To Add Turboprop Aircraft
Bangladesh NXT Air Cargo, with its second aircraft beginning operations, is looking to add another ATR 72 next year. Nizam Ahmad, CEO NXT Air Cargo, tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific that it plans to add an additional…
Malaysia’s Firefly Has No Plans To Add More Turboprops, Focusing On 737s
Malaysia Airlines Group’s (MAS) subsidiary Firefly has no immediate plans to add new ATRs, even though the group has some on order, and instead it is focusing its efforts on…
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,…
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…
Indonesia’s Riau Islands Government Aims To Spur Economy By Boosting Air Transport
The Indonesian Riau Islands provincial government plans to extend the Karimun Airport runway and is asking Indonesia’s ministry of transport to connect four local destinations using Wings Air to spur its economy. The provincial government has granted US$691,516 for land…