Air Bashkortostan, the newly created subsidiary of Russia’s VIM-Avia, launched services last month with a Boeing 757-200. The airline has been created by VIM-Avia and the regional Bashkortostan government as a competitor – and even potential successor – to Bashkirian Airlines, the main carrier at the republic’s capital Ufa. The first 757 is being operated on services to Moscow.
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Source: Flight International
While a slower recovery and strong competition has hit Lufthansa Group’s passenger operations on Asia-Pacific routes since the pandemic, the carrier is shifting more of its freighter capacity to tap strong cargo demand from the region.
Indonesian carrier TransNusa Airlines has operated the longest ARJ21 commercial flight, deploying the Comac regional jet on flights between Manado and Guangzhou.
Emirates has signed two separate memorandums of understanding with Vietnamese operators Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet, as it looks to grow its presence in the Southeast Asian nation.
