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ch-aviation | July 14, 2016

Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) has begun the process of phasing out its fleet of B757-200s with 9N-ACA (msn 23850) the first to be put up for sale. The Kathmandu Post reports that once the near 29 year-old aircraft has completed its current maintenance review in Singapore, it will be returned home where airline management will then assess its condition prior to putting it on the market....

ch-aviation | July 18, 2016

IrAero (IO, Irkutsk Int'l) says that since June 14, it has been party to a tri-partite joint-venture agreement with KrasAvia (KI, Krasnoyarsk) and Groznyavia (GOZ, Grozny). Under the terms of the agreement, IrAero has been selling tickets for select flights throughout Russia with KrasAvia and GroznyAvia as the operating carriers....

ch-aviation | July 18, 2016

Vistara (UK, Delhi Int'l) Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer, Sanjiv Kapoor, says the carrier is considering branching into the regional commuter carrier business using 70-seater aircraft. Speaking to DNA India, Kapoor said the subsidiary, tentatively named Vistara Express (Delhi Int'l) would focus on feeding traffic from smaller Tier II and III towns into larger metropolitan hubs such as Mumbai Int'l, Bangalore Int'l, Delhi Int'l, and Srinagar....

ch-aviation | July 26, 2016

In its application, the Colorado-based helicopter operator says it intends to deploy twelve Eurocopter AS355s on regular flights to various FAA-approved helipads in New York City as well as: Kearny, NJ; Montauk; East Hampton Bistrians Heliport, New York JFK; Newark; New York La Guardia; Teterboro; White Plains; and Temple, TX. Parent firm Brunner Aerospace says the move is part of its plan to transform Utility into a major player in the New York and the North East Corridor ad-hoc helicopter char...