Bangkok Airways Suspends Some Services, Delays Launch of New Routes Due to COVID-19
Bangkok Airways has delayed the launch of three new routes and suspended or reduced services on some existing routes because of a new outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. The airline says in a statement it is delaying the launch…
Bangkok Airways Launching Bangkok-Mae Sot Service
Bangkok Airways is launching a new service from Bangkok to Mae Sot, a city on the western border with Myanmar. The new daily service between Bangkok and Mae Sot, Tak Province, starts on 1 February using ATR 72-600s, the airline…
India’s Flybig Begins Proving Flights With First ATR 72-500
Indian startup Flybig Airlines has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an ATR 72-500, and has begun proving flights from its base in Indore, Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. The aircraft is the first of two ATR 72-500s that…
Nepal’s Buddha Air Aims To Start STOL Operation Late 2021
Nepal’s biggest domestic carrier Buddha Air is still planning to launch a short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft operation, despite the impact of COVID-19, but has delayed the launch. Buddha Air was aiming to launch STOL operations later this year,…
Air NZ ATR 72-600 Experiences Electrical Fault
An Air New Zealand ATR 72-600 which had just taken off from Hamilton Airport, decided to turn back and land in Hamilton following what appears to be an electrical fault. The Aviation Herald, which lists commercial aviation incidents and accidents,…
Lessor Chorus Aviation Remarketing Virgin Australia ATRs, Receives Many Rent Relief Requests
Regional aircraft lessor Chorus Aviation Capital is remarketing several aircraft from airlines that have collapsed and has also received temporary rent relief requests from most of its other leasing customers. Three ATR 72-600s repossessed from Virgin Australia are being remarketed,…
