The CEO of Capital A says the Singaporean authorities have thrice denied it airline licence applications with CEO Tony Fernandes claiming it is because Singapore wants to protect its own airlines. “Three times we had applied for an airline licence, three times we were rejected," he told Malaysia's Daily Star newspaper. "We could get other [...]
The former chairman of defunct Far Eastern Air Transport (Taipei Sung Shan) was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by the Taipei District Court on September 30, 2024. The court found Zhang Gangwei guilty of offences against the country's Securities and Exchange Act, including falsifying financial documents and embezzlement. Far Eastern ceased operations in late 2019, [...]
The administrators of insolvent Australian carrier Rex - Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) have failed to find a buyer, according to The Australian, with a source close to the administrators telling the newspaper that the airline was "a bit of a Frankenstein business" and its breakup was inevitable. It comes as Rex's two top board [...]
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NEAJETS (NEW, Farmingdale) has received sole source approval to become a fixed-base operator (FBO) at its Farmingdale (Republic Airport) home base, executive vice president and general manager Peter Montemurro told ch-aviation in an exclusive interview. Maureen Mayer, senior vice president, added: “In addition to the FBO, our next area of growth will be the construction [...]
Jet Aviation Flight Services (JAS, Teterboro) has bought a recently opened Fixed Base Operator (FBO) at Milwaukee General Mitchell from Jet In, a sister company of Part 135-certificated business aviation specialist JetOUT (CRE, Milwaukee General Mitchell). "Milwaukee allows us to offer a gateway into the Upper Midwest region in a market where we know our [...]
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A former Thai finance minister and ex-chairman of Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) fronted court in Bangkok last week on historical corruption charges. Thanong Biday appeared before the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on September 25 following a referral by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) which alleges he breached the country's State [...]
BBN Airlines Indonesia (7B, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has commenced scheduled passenger flights, launching what will be daily Jakarta Soekarno Hatta-Surabaya roundtrips on September 27, 2024. Despite obtaining its air operator's certificate (AOC) for commercial passenger flights from Indonesia's civil aviation authority (Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara - DJPU) in March, until now, the Avia Solutions Group subsidiary [...]