FlySafair confronts concerns over ownership law breach
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Somalia's Som Express Airways restarts with an E120
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Kuwait Airways to debut A330-900N in late 1Q25
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More time requested for restructuring at Thailand's Nok Air
The plan administrators managing Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) have filed a petition with the official receiver to amend the airline's business rehabilitation plan. This followed meetings on November 27 and December 4 to approve the proposed amendments, according to a December 13 Stock Exchange of Thailand filing. Bangkok's Central Bankruptcy Court approved Nok [...]
Lessors revive legal proceedings against India's SpiceJet
Delhi High Court has issued summonses for the CEO and COO of SpiceJet (SG, Delhi International) to appear in person to explain why the airline failed to comply with a May 2024 order to pay USD6 million to lessor Team France 01 SAS. The December 10 order in the matter of Team France 01 SAS [...]
India's DGCA issues Akasa Air another show-cause notice
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued Akasa Air (QP, Mumbai International) its third show-cause notice in a month. On December 16, the safety regulator issued its latest notice because the revision cycle of the carrier’s operations manual had exceeded six months. As previously reported in ch-aviation, the watchdog issued a show-cause notice [...]
Qantas settles sacked groundhandlers dispute, to pay A$120mn
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) will pay AUD120 million Australian dollars (USD75 million) to 1,820 ground workers it sacked illegally in 2020. The airline and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) announced they had reached an agreement on the matter on December 17. The agreement follows an Australian Federal Court ruling in October that proposed compensation [...]
Tonga's Lulutai Airlines wet leases ATR72-500
Lulutai Airlines (L8, Tongatapu) has wet-leased an ATR72-500 from Air Chathams (3C, Chatham Island) to ply the Tongatapu-Vava'u route over the upcoming holiday period. ZK-MCO (msn 628) ferried from Auckland International to Tongatapu on December 12, 2024, before commencing operations for Lulutai two days later. Air Chathams CCO Duane Emeny told ch-aviation the aircraft was [...]
US's TWC Aviation no longer listing Part 135 certified jets
TWC Aviation (Van Nuys) no longer has any aircraft listed under its Part 135 certificate, according to official data from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The operator previously held a total of five jets under its certificate - an Astra SPX, a Challenger 601-3R, a Challenger 601-3A/ER, a Falcon 2000(LX), and a Global Express. [...]
US's Four Corners Aviation retires only Citation Excel
Four Corners Aviation has retired the sole Citation Excel jet of its Part 135-certified fleet, as shown by ch-aviation research. N475CW (msn 560-5080) had been part of Four Corners Aviation's fleet since November 2022. It was configured to accommodate up to six passengers. The 24.5-year-old aircraft is no longer listed as Part 135-certified with any [...]