India's parliament has passed the Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill (2025), giving legal effect to the Cape Town Convention (2001). The Rajya Sabha, the parliament's upper house, passed the bill on April 1, 2025. Aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu said that the bill would provide aircraft and engine lessors with added security and [...]
The India National Company Appellate Law Tribunal has dismissed several appeals against a January 2025 ruling ordering the liquidation of Go First (Mumbai International). Justice Ashok Bhushan handed down his decisions on April 4, throwing out separate appeals by trade union Bhartiya Kamgar Sena Mumbai, former employee Arjun Dhawan & Ors, and Nishant Pitti’s investment [...]
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Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino International) may need to source more narrowbodies beyond its substantial existing orders, its chief executive recently told the New Straits Times newspaper. In October 2024, Cebu Pacific signed a firm order for seventy A321-200Ns with options for a further 50. Deliveries of those aircraft are due to start [...]
VistaJet Group Holding, which operates VistaJet (Malta) and XOJET Aviation, has raised USD1.3 billion, including USD600 million from Singapore-based private equity firm RRJ Capital and USD700 million from a senior secured loan that becomes payable in 2031. The bulk of the funds will go towards repaying existing secured debt. The company had intended to raise [...]
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Air India Express (IX, Delhi International) is set to reconfigure the cabin of its two- and three-class aircraft to an all-economy layout by April 2026, managing director Aloke Singh said during a media briefing at the company's headquarters. "Certain B737-8 aircraft will be reconfigured and converted into all economy," the news outlet Mint reported Singh [...]
Filipino senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has called for the United States to impose sanctions on the unnamed owner of a G550 that was chartered for the extradition of former President Ricardo Duterte to the Netherlands last month under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. "Maybe it’s the panel’s [on foreign relations] moral [...]
Canadian carriers are altering their operations to the United States as demand changes amid tensions between the two countries over tariffs imposed by the US government and comments from President Donald Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state. WestJet (WS, Calgary) has slashed its summer 2025 schedule to the United States, citing a shift in [...]
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