Air Vanuatu Working To Resolve Dispute With Lessor ALC Over Boeing 737-800
Vanuatu’s government has agreed to intervene and provide further financial support to Air Vanuatu to help the national carrier resolve a financial dispute with the lessor of its only jet aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 leased from Aircraft Lease Corporation (ALC)….
Hevilift Australia Wins New Mining Contract
Charter operator Hevilift Australia has been awarded a new contract to provide fly-in fly-out (FIFO) services for mining company Covalent Lithium, and will be using ATR aircraft. Ashley Roy, CEO of Hevilift Australia tells Smart Aviation Asia Pacific that the…
Hevilift Expands Into Western Australia
Charter operator Hevilift Australia, which is based in Brisbane, has expanded into Western Australia doing charter work for the mining and resource sector. The airline’s CEO, Ashley Roy, says it now has an ATR 72-500 stationed in the Western Australian…
Singapore’s Avation Places Additional ATR 72 With Australia’s Hevilift
Aircraft leasing company Aviation has leased an additional ATR 72-500 to Hevilift. The Singapore-based lessor says it signed new five-year leases with Hevilift for three of its ATR 72-500 aircraft, with two being renewal leases and one coming in as…
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Closing SpaceJet’s US Flight Test Centre https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Aerospace-Defense/Mitsubishi-Heavy-to-close-SpaceJet-s-US-flight-testing-site Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is closing the SpaceJet programme’s flight test centre in Moses Lake in the US, which means Mitsubishi Aircraft no longer has any operations outside Japan. MHI…
Hevilift Sees Pick-up In Australia’s Mining Charter Market
Air charter operator Hevilift has gained an air operator certificate (AOC) in Australia for fixed-wing operations and will be operating ATR 42s and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters there. Hevilift Australia CEO, Robbert Strating, says the company has already…
