Kazakhstan’s AlphaSky receives first B757-200F
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Nepal Airlines' chairman suspended over unauthorised C-check
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Court issues India's SpiceJet with contempt notice
The Delhi High Court has issued SpiceJet (SG, Delhi International) with a contempt notice after it ignored earlier deadlines to return three aircraft engines to lessor TWC Aviation Capital. However, the court will stay the action if the low-cost carrier hands over the engines by a new July 8, 2024, deadline. ch-aviation previously reported on [...]
Indonesia's Airneasia Royal Cargo confident about AOC
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Korea's t'way Air has new second-biggest shareholder
Source: ch aviation Read more: Korea's t'way Air has new second-biggest shareholder
Vietnam Airlines gets more time to repay gov't loans
Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi Noi Bai International) has secured a three-year extension on VND4 trillion dong (USD158 million) worth of government loans that were falling due later this month. Per a Bloomberg report, Viet Nam's National Assembly approved the extension, to July 2027. A week ago, ch-aviation reported on a statement on the National Assembly's [...]
Korean Air denies it needs to surrender US slots
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has denied reports that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) may require the carrier to surrender slots at certain US airports in exchange for approving its merger application with Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon), according to the Korean-language newspaper Viewers. Reportedly, the DOJ wants to see US carriers snag [...]
US’s Mesa Airlines to reduce pilot headcount
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) will furlough 53 pilots, citing a significant and unexpected reduction in flight crew attrition levels. First reported by Airline Geeks, the carrier operating as United Express on behalf of United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) has since sent an announcement to more junior first officers via email. Mesa Airlines’ pilots [...]
Boeing restarts widebody deliveries to China
Boeing (BOE, Washington National) has restarted widebody deliveries to China after an almost two-month gap caused by a regulatory review, ferrying two B777-200Fs to Air China Cargo (CA, Beijing Capital) in late June 2024. Reuters reported that B737 MAX and B787 deliveries are also expected to restart shortly. B-223S (msn 67834) and B-223T (msn 67835) [...]
CDB distances itself from ex-LIAT aircraft sale
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it was not party to the sale agreement of the three aircraft formerly operated by the defunct LIAT 1974 Ltd, dba LIAT (Antigua and Barbuda), over which it holds mortgages. Its only role, it underlined, is to provide the necessary consent for the sale, which it has already done. [...]