Russia To Spend US$240 Million On Let 410 and Ilyushin Il-114-300 aircraft for new eastern Russian carrier
Russian leasing company GTLK, which is owned by Russia’s ministry of transport, will soon be placing an order for Let 410 and Ilyushin Il-114-300 turboprop for a new state-owned airline in eastern Russia. GTLK will receive 2.2 billion Russian roubles…
Best on the Web: Regional Express , Thai Airways , Nok Air , Trans Maldivian , Garuda Indonesia , Citilink , Cebu Pacific and Air Seychelles
Stories include Rex successfully launching Melbourne-Sydney services today, Thai Airways selling its stake in Nok Air, Trans Maldivian adding ATRs, Indonesia’s Citilink adding ATRs, Cebu Pacific adding aircraft, Biman Bangladesh gets new CEO and Air Seychelles offers staff voluntary redundancy. …
Kazakhstan Civil Aviation Regulator Gives Dash 8 Operator Qazaq Air Ultimatum Following Safety Audit
The Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan (AAK) has given turboprop operator Qazaq Air three months to comply with its safety recommendations. “If the violations are not corrected within three months, the operator’s certificate and airworthiness certificates may be revoked, or enforcement action is…
Lessor Avation Anticipates Virgin Australia Administrator Will Only Pay Small Fraction Of Monies Owed
Aircraft lessor Avation anticipates it will only receive a fraction of the monies Virgin Australia owes it. Aviation says it had 11 ATR 72s and two Fokker 100s leased to Virgin Australia representing 19% of Avation’s total monthly run-rate lease…
Chorus Aviation Has 13 Aircraft Off-Lease
Chorus Aviation’s regional aircraft leasing division has 13 aircraft with no lessee and has received requests from at least 75% of its customers requesting some form of rent relief. “The requests are from substantially all [more than 75%] of the…
Mitsubishi Aircraft Chairman Retires
The chairman of Mitsubishi Aircraft ( 三菱航空機株式会社 ) , who until early last year had been company president, has left the beleaguered aircraft-maker. Mitsubishi says in a short statement on its website that Hisakazu Mizutani has retired, as has Hiroyuki…
