Biman Bangladesh Airlines expects there will be failures in the Bangladeshi market as carriers have been expanding too rapidly and are suffering badly as a result of high fuel prices.
Managing director and CEO M A Momen said in an interview at the IATA annual general meeting in Istanbul that “we have so many airlines […]

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines is close to finalising a major order for widebody twinjets.
The Star Alliance carrier has been in discussions with Airbus and Boeing on an order for A350s and/or 787s for some time.
CEO Chan Bup Park said in an interview at the IATA annual general meeting in Istanbul that “hopefully […]

Nigerian carrier Arik Air has been invited to set up Lagos - originating links with Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Cameroon and Senegal by the countries’ governments and has accelerated the delivery of seven Boeing 737-700s.
Arik chairman Sir Joseph Arumemi-Johnson says the Lagos-based carrier has already received approvals from the five West African nations’ CAAs. […]

Taiwan’s civil aviation authority has taken away Far Eastern Air Transport’s (FAT) domestic traffic rights but the grounded carrier has retained its international traffic rights for the time being.
A FAT spokeswoman in Taipei says Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has stripped the airline of its domestic traffic rights.
The spokeswoman was responding to news […]

SUPERJET PREPARED FOR CERTIFICATION TRIALS FLIGHT TESTING Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) plans to ferry the prototype Superjet 100 (SSJ100) from the…