PNG Air Disappointed As Consumer Watchdog Rejects Link PNG’s Proposed Acquisition Of Shares In PNG Air For The Second Time
PNG Air argues that Papua New Guinea’s Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has failed to consider key national interests and commercial imperatives for the local airline industry when it rejected, for a second-time, Link PNG’s proposed buy-in of PNG…
Australia’s Rex Appoints Legal Team To Pursue Actions For Qantas Anti Competition Behaviour
Regional Express (Rex) has announced the appointment of litigation law firm Clayton Utz to pursue all legal remedies in response to Qantas Airways’ predatory and anti-competitive behaviour. The Clayton Utz team will be led by the law firm’s partner Fred…
Air New Zealand and Sounds Air Push NZ’s Climate Change Commission To Introduce More Emissions Cuts, Next Generation Aircraft To Be Available From 2035 Onwards
Following the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act, the Climate Change Commission was established to advise the New Zealand Government on actions that will reduce carbon emissions and to meet the country’s 2050 net-zero and low emissions goals. In…
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Grants Start Up Airline Alvir Airways Tourism Promotion and Regional Integration Operating License
Travellers within Pakistan can now look forward to a new airline option for taking domestic flights. After securing a Tourism Promotion and Regional Integration (TPRI) operating license, newcomer Alvir Airways appears set to become the fourth airline to operate in…
UK High Court Issues Summary Judgement Against SpiceJet And In Favour Of De Havilland Aircraft of Canada
A UK court has issued a summary judgement in favour of De Haviland Aircraft of Canada which had sued SpiceJet for about US$43 million for failing to pay for and take delivery of aircraft the Indian carrier had ordered. “De…
General Atomics Europe Completes Purchase of Dornier 228 Program
General Atomics Europe has completed the purchase of German company RUAG Aerospace Services and plans to expand it far beyond its existing business area. Swiss aerospace company RUAG International says in a statement that all shares in German company RUAG…
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…
