Australia’s Maroomba Airlines Expanding Dash 8 Fleet
Perth-based regional carrier Maroomba Airlines has added its first De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 to meet the domestic charter market’s surge in demand, and plans to expand its fleet further. …
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Best on the Web: Nepal’s Buddha Air , QantasLink , Samoa Airways , Alliance Air
In this issue we have an interesting round-up of news that includes an incident in Nepal today where the landing gear of a Buddha Air aircraft failed to deploy, QantasLink…
Personnel from Myanmar’s Air KBZ Arrested For Tampering With Three Of The Airline’s ATR Aircraft
Five airline personnel of Myanmar carrier Air KBZ have been arrested in a criminal case involving tampering with the flight systems of Air KBZ’s ATR aircraft, an act that could…
Former Qantas Safety Chief Warns That Complacency Among Furloughed Pilots Returning To Work Is A Safety Risk
A former head of safety for Qantas Airways has highlighted how international airlines face an enormous challenge getting their pilots up to speed to fly again and warns that if…
Nordic Aviation Capital Appoints As President Former GECAS Chief Norman Liu
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the world’s largest regional aircraft lessor, has appointed Norman Liu as president with immediate effect, a move that comes after the lessor reported a US$2.36 billion…
Nordic Aviation Capital Posts US$2.36 Billion Loss, Asks Creditors To Turn Debt Into Equity
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the world’s largest lessor of regional aircraft, has reported a US$2.36 billion loss, due largely to a write down in the value of its aircraft assets,…