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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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Ten days after the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad government in Syria, flag carrier Syrianair (RB, Damascus) restarted domestic operations with a flight from Damascus to Aleppo on December 18, 2024. A320-200 YK-AKH (msn 1416) carried a contingent of journalists and politicians, and also paying customers. The 23.9-year-old aircraft was slightly repainted to reflect the [...]
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flyadeal (F3, Jeddah International) will decide between new and used aircraft for its widebody fleet by the end of the year, CEO Steven Greenway told FlightGlobal on the sidelines of a UK Aviation Club event in London. “The overarching economics is it’s high-volume, low-yield [routes]. That’s where it sits for us,” he said. He added [...]
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur International) will commence its first A330-900N revenue flights on the Kuala Lumpur-Melbourne Tullamarine route on December 19 after previously postponing the start date due to the late delivery of the aircraft. The airline announced the new start date on December 13 through its social media channels. The aircraft, 9M-MNG (msn [...]