The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it found no significant safety issues at United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) following an enhanced oversight and approval audit, which was launched in March following a series of safety mishaps earlier in the year. “The review did not identify any significant safety issues,” the FAA said in a [...]
Canada’s Competition Bureau has obtained court orders requiring Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) and WestJet (WS, Calgary) to provide information for its probe into the country's airline sector, marking the first time it has used its new data gathering powers. The regulator launched its airline market study on July 29, 2024, to “better understand competition [...]
Maldivian (Q2, Malé) will enter into a joint venture with the Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) to grow its seaplane business. Mohamed Muizzu, president of the Maldives, issued a statement on October 1 saying that the government-initiated joint venture would "modernise, further expand, and sustain the Maldivian seaplane business." The statement added that the joint [...]
A US District Court judge has dismissed counterclaims brought against NetJets Aviation (EJA, Columbus John Glenn, OH) by alter egos of a bankruptcy entity called RS Air. US Southern District of Ohio Judge James L Graham handed down his decision on September 25, 2024. The counterclaims were a response to a financial claim made by [...]
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ExecuJet Australia (Sydney Kingsford Smith) has retired its last Cessna Aircraft Company business jet, a Citation III, while South African sister company ExecuJet Air Charter (EXD, Johannesburg Lanseria) has stopped operating its two remaining Bombardier Globals, ch-aviation research has revealed. The Citation III, N77SA (msn 650-0101), had been parked at Sydney Bankstown since March 2022, [...]
Transat A.T. Inc., parent company of Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau), has warned it may have to lay off 80 employees as it faces financial difficulties, however this will not impact the airline's activities, the company said. "There is no impact on the airline activities or our operations as the precautionary and [...]
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Accent Airways has inducted its first Part 135-certificated business jet, ch-aviation research has revealed. N288HL (msn 560-0599) is a 22.6-year-old Citation Encore that was previously operated by Rennia Aviation and was flown under its 'RNI' code to Miami Opa-Locka on June 25, 2024. It has been parked at the Florida airport since then. N288HL joined [...]
Craft Charter (Miami Opa-Locka) has created an “innovative ownership model” wherein investors buy a stake in “pods” that consist of five aircraft, CEO Israel Slod, who once made headlines in California for landing a Beech G33 on a highway, revealed in an exclusive interview with ch-aviation. “We're not really in the aviation business. We're actually [...]