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NAC has delivered an ATR 72-600 to Japanese newcomer Toki Air on lease. Covered by a ten-year ATR Global Maintenance Agreement, the aircraft will support Toki Air’s mission of revitalising Niigata city and the surrounding regions of Japan. The carrier plans to start operations in 2023. Fourth airline to operate ATR aircraft in Japan, Toki […]

Nauru Airlines has announced the return to Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Services will recommence on October 16, 2022. Initially the service will operate fortnightly from Brisbane, to Nauru, Tarawa, Majuro and Pohnpei on Sundays, and returning on Mondays. Photo: Nauru Airlines. Nauru Airlines is the national carrier of

Exactly 16 years ago today, on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, an Atlantic Airways British Aerospace BAe-146 overran the runway while landing at Stord-Sørstokken Airport (SRP), killing one crew member and three passengers. Read More Here: How Hydroplaning Caused Atlantic Airways Flight 670 To Experience A Fatal Runway Overrun In 2006 | SimpleFlying.com via Flight Booking

It's hard to imagine long routes operated by regional jets – even by large RJs that stretch the conventional concept – but they exist. They're joined by Lagos to Johannesburg and back using the Embraer 195 E2. At 2,803 miles (4,511km), it's the longest scheduled route by an Embraer aircraft. It's just shy of the

MIAT Mongolian Airlines appears to have been the first foreign carrier to have flown a Boeing 737 MAX series aircraft into China on a commercial flight since the country grounded the type in 2019. This morning, the Mongolian flag carrier operated a flight from Ulaanbaatar to Guangzhou using its Boeing 737 MAX 8. Read More

Akasa Air is taking seriously its promise of focusing more on non-metro cities, with several of its existing routes focusing on such destinations. Now, it has emerged that it is also considering parking some of its planes overnight at some of the tier-2 and 3 city airports it serves. Read More Here: Akasa Air Considering

A passenger flying with United Airlines (United) from Miami to Washington D.C. on Tuesday (October 4th) was arrested on arrival after assaulting two crew members and disrupting the flight. The man later said he had consumed magic mushrooms, a psychedelic drug, leading to his behavior on the plane. Read More Here: Passenger Allegedly On Magic

At Simple Flying, we spend a lot of time writing about the big airlines with hundreds of aircraft in their fleets, like United Airlines, China Eastern, Lufthansa and British Airways. However, we know how critical regional carriers are to keep people connected, so this story looks at an island airline with just five aircraft, two

China appears to be opening again for Boeing 737 MAX operations. A MIAT Mongolian Airlines today (October 10) operated a Boeing 737 MAX from Ulaanbaatar to Guangzhou. The Mongolian airline will operate the flight on a weekly basis with the previously banned type. China was the first airline to ground nthe MAX in March 2019.

A charter aircraft from Angola is stuck at Cape Town International Airport for landing there without relevant permits. While there were no issues with the certification and licenses of the pilots and crew onboard, it was the aircraft in question which ran into trouble with the authorities. Read More Here: Angolan Embassy Sorry For Landing