Solomon Airlines Calling for Govt Aid
Solomon Airlines’ CEO has issued an open letter describing the major financial challenges the carrier faces and the measures it is taking to preserve its business, including staff cuts. Brett Gebers, Solomon Airlines CEO, says the airline had positioned itself…
Talofa Airways Receives Cabotage Exemption in American Samoa
Samoa’s Talofa Airways has received a cabotage exemption from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to fly domestically within neighboring American Samoa. The new intra-American Samoa route is between Pago Pago, the capital, to Ta’u, in the Manu’a group of…
Tourism In The Maldives Slowly Recovering
Tourism in the Maldives is staging a gradual rebound since the island nation reopened on July 15, based on bookings with seaplane operator Trans Maldivian Airways and a number of resorts. A Trans Maldivian official, who declines to be named,…
Zimex Aviation Placing Twin Otters In Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Swiss turboprop maintenance and charter specialist Zimex Aviation is continuing to bring de Havilland Canada Series 300 Twin Otters into service in some parts of the Asia Pacific. Zimex is at varying stages of placing a Series 300 Twin Otter…
Aircalin Upgraded Twin Otters For Wallis and Futuna
New Caledonia’s national carrier Aircalin is modernising the de Havilland Canada Series 300 Twin Otters it operates in Wallis and Futuna, a French overseas collectivity near Fiji and Tonga in the South Pacific. The two Twin Otters are being upgraded…
Nepal Airlines Seeks Govt Funding To Buy STOL Aircraft
Nepal Airlines is again requesting government funds to purchase aircraft so it can develop the domestic market given the collapse in international tourism. The country’s flag carrier is holding off the development of its international network, and is asking for…
