Sita Air Cautiously Optimistic About Nepal’s Tourism Growth
Nepal’s Sita Air is wary of reading too much into the recent boom in tourist arrivals, even as the government’s Visit Nepal 2020 campaign is expected to bring in record numbers of tourists next year. Rajendra Singh, the airline’s managing…
Connecting Nepal’s Mountains with STOL Aircraft
Tara Air, a subsidiary of Nepal’s Yeti Airlines that operates short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, is one of a handful of air operators focused on serving mountain airstrips. The airline’s STOL aircraft are often the only way in and…
Satellite-Based Precision Navigation with the Dornier 228
RUAG’s Dornier 228NG is equipped for performance-based navigation (PBN), a capability that helps pilots operating in challenging flight environments. Steffen Gemsa, RUAG MRO International test pilot for the Dornier 228, says satellite-based performance-based navigation is a newly-implemented navigation tool that…
Pilot’s Diary: Ferry Flight to Japan
Domestic Japanese carrier New Central Airservice (NCA) recently took delivery of a new Dornier 228, which arrived from RUAG MRO International’s manufacturing centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Steffen Gemsa, the captain of the ferry flight, tells Smart Aviation APAC that it…
RUAG Secures Heavy Maintenance Work from Bangladesh Navy
RUAG MRO International has secured a contract to do heavy maintenance work on two Bangladesh Navy Dornier 228-212 special mission aircraft. The MRO organisation says the first aircraft is now at its site in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, for a 6 yearly…
Opinion: Dornier 228 versus Twin Otter
From speaking to operators in Asia Pacific, the top two choices for new short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft, seating up to 19 passengers, is the Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 and the Dornier 228. These two types…
