Eco Airlines seeks green light for Brisbane-Pacific services
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Eco Airlines seeks green light for Brisbane-Pacific services
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority today confirmed it has received an application for a foreign air operators certificate from start-up carrier Eco Airlines, a Hong Kong-based charter operation that intends to base itself in Brisbane.
The airline wants to wet-lease two Russian Yakovlev Yak 42Ds from a Russian carrier, Karat Air.
The start-up wants to operate two weekly charters - one from Brisbane to Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands, on to the city of Majuro in the Marshall Islands, followed by Kiribati’s capital, Tarawa, and then to Nadi in Fiji.
Its other route links Brisbane with Honiara and the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia and Saipan, the capital of the Northern Marianas.
The airline was intending to take to the skies in July but it has taken longer to get approval from CASA than was expected.
CASA said it was close to finishing the safety inspection of the aircraft, although there were still a few outstanding matters in the airline’s application which the authority wanted addressed.
A CASA spokesperson said after being approved by that authority, Eco Airlines had another hurdle to jump. It would also need to apply for a licence from the International Air Services Commission.
Eco Airlines has appointed Aerius Travel as its main general sales agents for passenger services.
12 August 2004
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