Pakistan International Airlines Fires Pilots, Maintenance Personnel And Others For Fake Qualifications And Licences
Pakistan’s minister for aviation says state-owned Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has fired 50 pilots and another 1,800 employees including maintenance engineers and technicians for having fake licenses and qualifications. Minister for aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, told a parliamentary hearing that…
US Court Approves Lucio Tan’s US$505 Million Capital Injection Into PAL
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved several restructuring support agreements Philippine Airlines (PAL) has with stakeholders and it has approved Lucio Tan companies to recapitalise the airline to the tune of US$505 million. PAL says in a statement the court’s…
Bangladesh’s US-Bangla Phasing Out Dash 8-400s
Bangladesh’s US-Bangla Airlines is simplifying its fleet and raising cash by selling its three De Havilland Aircraft Dash 8-400s, the type it used when it first launched. UK-based aircraft asset management company ACC Aviation says it is selling the three…
Accident Report Into Maldives Seaplane Crash Raises Concerns That Deteriorating Skills Of Furloughed Pilots May Pose Safety Risk
Accident investigators in the Maldives, who have issued a report into last year’s crash of a Trans Maldivian Airways seaplane, have identified pilot error as a cause of the accident, raising safety concerns that the flying skills of some furloughed…
Creditors Vote In Favour Of Air Mauritius Bail-Out
Flag carrier Air Mauritius will exit voluntary administration with a state loan of 12 billion Mauritian rupees (US$283 Million), after a majority of its creditors voted to support the loan arrangement. Air Mauritius says in a press release creditors voted…
Australia’s Amphibian Aerospace Industries, Type Certificate Holder Of The Grumman G-111 Amphibious Aircraft, To Re-Engine With Pratt & Whitney PT6 Turboprops
Australian company Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI), which owns the type certificate for the Grumman G-111 amphibious aircraft, has bought Australian aerospace design engineering firm Five Rings Aerospace and the two are working to re-engine the G-111 with Pratt & Whitney…
