SkyAlps (BQ, Bolzano/Bozen) anticipates aircraft groundings to last for several months due to extensive safety checks on its DHC-8-Q400 fleet, Italy’s RaiNews reported citing chief executive Josef Gostner. He said the grounding of seven DHC-8-Q400s and having to wet-lease in several aircraft have already cost the carrier EUR1 million euros (USD1.08 million).

This follows an audit by Italy’s Civil Aviation Authority (Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile – ENAC) in late February 2024, when a number of…

Source: ch aviation
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