The $300m deal will provide financing solutions for seagliders. Monte will offer Regent customers operating and finance leases, along with infrastructure financing to facilitate seaglider operations.

MEHAIR is launching inter-island air services between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with a fleet of Cessna Grand Caravans that it will convert to zero emission technology over coming years.

Australia is to get a fleet of hydrogen-electric-powered Britten-Norman Islanders. The aircraft will be converted to hydrogen-electric propulsion for Torres Strait Air's island routes.