The Osaka office of the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau has sanctioned Okayama Air Service with a 60-day suspension order for certified maintenance inspections. The operator failed to perform legally required maintenance, with some deficiencies reportedly dating back as long as 22 years. The regulator's order also mandates a three-part business improvement programme to overhaul the [...]
Mahindra Airways (Mumbai International) has inducted its first aircraft, Challenger 3500 VT-MAY (msn 21016), and subsequently secured Non-Scheduled Operator’s Permit (NSOP) #10/2024 from India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation on October 27, ch-aviation research has revealed. The brand-new Challenger 3500 was ferried from Montréal Trudeau to Delhi International, with stops at Shannon, Kalamata, and Dubai [...]
Global Jet Concept (Geneva) has announced fleet expansion plans for the remainder of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, with the addition of eight aircraft, namely a Falcon 2000LXS, a Global 6000, a Global 7500, a G650ER, three G700s, and a Praetor 500. According to ch-aviation research, the G700 and Praetor 500 types will [...]
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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 [...]
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 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 (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 [...]