The UK High Court has granted permission for VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi Noi Bai International) to appeal the outcome of a lawsuit that has exposed it to over USD275 million in damages and costs. On October 3, 2024, Justice Simon Picken handed down his order allowing the appeal in the matter of FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 [...]
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Air-JPL has taken delivery of a new Praetor 600, its only business jet, ch-aviation research has revealed. C-GSHU (msn 55020206) was registered on August 26, 2024, and subsequently ferried from the manufacturer's site at Melbourne, FL airport to Montréal Trudeau on September 1, 2024. It began operating on September 20, with the first flight to [...]
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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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