Jet Aviation Cancels Deal With Heston MRO For Sale Of Cairns MRO Facility
Jet Aviation has decided against selling its Cairns maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility to Heston MRO, even though Heston had signed an agreement to purchase the business. “We cancelled the Heston sale process earlier this year,” says a Jet…
Air Vanuatu Tackling Pilot Shortage
Pilot shortage has meant Air Vanuatu has been cancelling some domestic flights, but the national carrier has outlined a plan to hire more pilots. Air Vanuatu, in a statement to the media, apologizes for the disruption to its domestic schedule…
India’s Government Working Towards Sale Of Alliance Air
The Indian government is getting Alliance Air ready for sale, a move that comes six months after the sale of state-owned Air India. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is preparing the sale of Alliance Air, including doing a ‘clean up’…
Marianas Southern Airways To Start Flying In August
Marianas Southern Airways, a start-up carrier in the north Pacific’s Mariana Islands, has disclosed it will start flying in mid-August. The passenger airline says, in a statement on its social media, it has launched its website and is accepting bookings…
Owners Considering Putting Trans Maldivian Airways Up For Sale
Trans Maldivian Airways’ major shareholder Carlyle Group as well as other investors in the seaplane operator are reportedly considering selling the business, a deal that could be worth up to US$700 million. Majority stakeholder Carlyle Group is leading initial talks…
Australia’s Rex Calls On Competition Watchdog To Take Action Against Qantas
Regional Express (Rex) is calling on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to take action against QantasLink, which recently dropped two domestic regional routes. Rex says in a statement it is calling on the ACCC to investigate Qantas for…
