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Malaysia Airlines To End Scheduled A380 Service In March 2018

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Malaysia Airways is set to end all scheduled Airbus A380 solutions in early 2018 less than 6 years following having supply of these plane. The carrier’s sole remaining scheduled A380 assistance is among Kuala Lumpur Sepang and London Heathrow, exactly where it presently operates 2 times day-to-day non-stop flights. Successful 15 January 2018, A380 assistance will decrease to once day-to-day, with the MH4/five day-to-day flight becoming replaced by the recently shipped 3-course Airbus A350-900. In accordance to Malaysia Airlines’ reservation technique, all scheduled A380 solutions will stop on 04 March 2018 with the flagship flights MH1/two also becoming replaced by the Airbus A350-900.

Malaysia Airlines’ A380s, of which it has 6 in its fleet, are configured with 8 Initially Class seats (key deck), 66 Small business Class (higher deck) and 420 Overall economy Class (higher and key deck). The airline principally operated the A380 to London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle (a location it has because terminated). Delivery of the initially plane took spot in July 2015. The A380s had also been earmarked for flights to Sydney but this hardly ever eventuated, apart from a really quick interval in 2015 for a total of 9 times.

There have been makes an attempt by the Malaysian carrier to promote or lease the A380s to other airlines however nothing has eventuated from that. The carrier’s A380 functions in accordance to several analysts have not been worthwhile for the airline. As an alternative Malaysia Airways sees a long term for its A380s in the Hajj and Umrah constitution marketplace giving solutions to pilgrim vacationers. A new subsidiary enterprise, presently code-named “Project Hope” will run these pilgrim flights.

Services would run from ASEAN international locations, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Africa to Medina in Saudi Arabia. The A380s will be reconfigured in a superior density Overall economy Class layout with perhaps a small Small business or Quality cabin. The new enterprise is anticipated to be operational sometime in 2019.

Courtesy : Airline Hub Buzz 2017

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No More Jet Airways. Supreme Court Says “No Choice”, Orders Liquidation

Jet Airways was once one of India’s leading airlines, known for its service and extensive network. Founded in 1993, it served millions of passengers, connecting cities across India and international destinations.

However, since grounding its flights in April 2019, Jet Airways has struggled to navigate financial turbulence, leading to years of efforts to revive the airline and return it to the skies.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered the liquidation of Jet Airways, citing “no choice” but to take this decisive step after the resolution plan failed to meet creditor obligations. The court invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142, which allows it to make orders for “complete justice” in any case, overriding previous tribunal rulings.

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The Jalan-Kalrock Consortium (JKC), which had won the bid to revive Jet, faced criticism for not fulfilling payment commitments to creditors, which included major banks like the State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank.

The Supreme Court’s ruling pointed to “peculiar and alarming” issues surrounding the resolution plan’s implementation, leading to its conclusion that liquidation was the only feasible outcome.

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Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, alongside Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, emphasized that while liquidation should be a last resort, it was necessary as the resolution plan was “no longer capable of implementation.”

In line with this decision, the court ordered that the ₹200 crore already infused by JKC be forfeited and directed the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in Mumbai to appoint a liquidator to oversee the process.

JKC, a partnership between Murari Jalan, a UAE-based Indian entrepreneur, and Florian Fritsch, a Jet shareholder through Kalrock Capital Partners Limited, had taken ownership of Jet Airways two years after it was grounded. The consortium’s inability to fulfill its financial obligations has now led to this final verdict, marking the end of an era for Jet Airways in India.