Iran To Pursue Case Against Aircraft Manufacturers
Iran will be taking legal action against Airbus and ATR, arguing both have failed to fulfill their obligations to supply aircraft parts despite earlier agreements. Mohammad Mohammadi Bakhsh, the newly appointed head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) – the…
PICTURES: Japan’s Hokkaido Air System Retires Last Saab 340 In Commercial Service In Japan
Feature picture from Tetsuhisa Sato at travel.watch.impress.co.jp shows pilots posing in front of aircraft with well wish messages that airline personnel wrote. Hokkaido Air System (HAC) has retired its last Saab 340, which is also the last Saab 340 in…
Bangladesh NXT Air Cargo Aims To Launch Operations Next Month
Start-up NXT Air Cargo has received its first ATR freighter and aims to launch domestic cargo flights in Bangladesh next month and soon add more ATR freighters and a Boeing 737 freighter in 2022. Nizam Ahmad, NXT Air Cargo’s CEO…
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge Replacing De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-200s with ATR 42-600s
Japanese domestic carrier Oriental Air Bridge is replacing its 39-seat De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8-200 fleet with ATR 42-600s starting next year. The Nagasaki-based carrier says in a statement it is adding two ATR 42-600s with the first…
Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines Phasing Out Embraer Fleet Early
China Airlines’ regional subsidiary Mandarin Airlines is ending its Embraer passenger operations at the end of the year and instead relying on Airbus A320s and ATR 72s to serve smaller markets. United Daily News says the airline has accelerated the…
French Polynesian Govt Approves Another Airline Start-Up
French Polynesia has approved another new domestic airline Natireva, also known as Air Moana, which plans to start as soon as April using ATRs. The government says in a statement the council of ministers has approved a draft order granting…
