Best On The Web | Sep 2018
This month’s round-up in regional aviation include stories from Philippines’ Cebu Pacific, India’s SpiceJet, CIB Leasing, Indonesia’s CN295, ATR and China’s AG600. 1. Turboprop freighter aircraft: Cebu Pacific becomes first cargo LCC Source: CAPA The Philippines’ Cebu Pacific Air…
Best On The Web | May 2018
This month’s round-up in regional aviation include stories from Indonesia’s Wings Air, Philippines, Kangaroo Island, Thai Airways, New Zealand, Regional Australia, and China. 1.Wings Air flies to Melaka Source: TTR Weekly Indonesian regional carrier, Wings Air, has launched a new…
Australia’s Jetgo preparing to launch Karratha-Singapore service using Embraer 190
Brisbane-based regional airline, Jetgo, is partnering with the West Australian city of Karratha to launch services to Singapore in late September using a leased Embraer 190. Jetgo managing director, Paul Bredereck, says the new Karratha-Singapore service starting in September will…
Airline Spotlight: How GAM Air Connects Outback Australia
Australia is a vast continent subject to extreme climate conditions. Temperatures inland often exceed 40 degrees Celsius. Yet there are communities spread throughout the country, even in some of the driest and harshest corners of the continent. Many of these…
Australian Regional Airlines Crippled By High Airport Fees And Over-Regulation
Fees at many regional airports in Australia and the need for better coordination between Australia’s aviation safety regulator and industry are likely to be two of the ‘hot topics’ at the upcoming Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) national convention….
Australia’s Regional Express Sticking With Saab 340
Australia’s largest regional carrier Regional Express (Rex) has no plans to step up to larger turboprop aircraft arguing that its 30-seat Saab 340 aircraft are the right size for the markets that it serves. Rex chairman and major shareholder, Lim…
