No AOC for Skyairworld, delay for Solomon Airlines
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very true mate, no one is an exception!!! but mind you, um sure no one in their right mind would do that by sacrificing an entire airline company and all those staff who experience living from paycheque to paycheque!!!!!!! makes you think that there are people who are so inhumane and upthemselves that that nothing else matters!!!
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Word is that solair has to pay in advance to get a service it seems that no one believes that they can be trusted to pay the bills after the fact. The kitty must have been empty this week. When is the board going to get a new management team and get things back to normal.
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Here I am waiting for business associates to arrive into Honiara so that discussions can take place that will potentially provide employment, inject some money into the local economy and otherwise be of benefit to the community generally. However, Solomon's flight on Monday was cancelled (local whisper is that the fuel bill wasn't paid so the fuelling company [Shell?] would not fuel the aircraft in Brisbane), Tuesday's was overbooked as a result of Monday's cancellation, Wednesday's was never even a possibility to operate and today's flight has been delayed some 8 hours. My business associates are becoming mightily pi**ed off. It is a joke how they (Solomon Airlines) are operating presently and the business community here is becoming uneasy at the lack of confidence that is developing amongst overseas contacts (aka financiers for new ventures) and the harm that will inevitably follow if that confidence is too battered. It is essential that the Solomon Islands has a reliable air service - and right now that isn't even partially available (other than Our Airline's Monday and Thursday service) and there is nothing worthwhile even being touted to solve matters. Island pride appears to be part of the problem, along with advisors who really are out of their league (ie the Embraer decision) so the new Board really needs to bite the bullet and make some hard decisions. Won't make them popular but only then can they get things running. Nauru has done it with Our Airline and that appears to be sticking in the craw of many here - and, despite a coalition between the two countries being one obvious solution, it probably will be discounted for the wrong reasons without a proper and thorough assessment.
In the meantime I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my much delayed meetings will go ahead before it's too late and the investors pull out.
In the meantime I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my much delayed meetings will go ahead before it's too late and the investors pull out.
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Fuel bill unpaid....SOLOMON STAR
Surge in Our Airline bookings
Submitted by Moffat Mamu on 30 August, 2007 - 12:33pm. Nation OUR Airlines has experienced a big surge in passenger numbers after the grounding of the E-170 recently.
A spokesman for Our Airlines said they experienced increase mostly from panic passengers who originally booked with Solomon Airlines.
Another Our Airlines official, however, said that they were always busy since Solomon Airlines signed the agreement with SkyAirWorld.
“We have always been busy,” the spokesperson said.
Our Airline is monitoring the Solomon Airlines situation with interest and will consider what action to take.
It’s likely that Our Airlines will increase its flights to and from Honiara to meet the growing demand as a result of the grounding of aircrafts leased by Solomon Airlines.
Since Monday, Solomon Airlines has suspended flights to Honiara.
The Airline has not given the details of the cancellation of the flights. It is believed that the airline doesn’t have money to pay for jet fuel.
Submitted by Moffat Mamu on 30 August, 2007 - 12:33pm. Nation OUR Airlines has experienced a big surge in passenger numbers after the grounding of the E-170 recently.
A spokesman for Our Airlines said they experienced increase mostly from panic passengers who originally booked with Solomon Airlines.
Another Our Airlines official, however, said that they were always busy since Solomon Airlines signed the agreement with SkyAirWorld.
“We have always been busy,” the spokesperson said.
Our Airline is monitoring the Solomon Airlines situation with interest and will consider what action to take.
It’s likely that Our Airlines will increase its flights to and from Honiara to meet the growing demand as a result of the grounding of aircrafts leased by Solomon Airlines.
Since Monday, Solomon Airlines has suspended flights to Honiara.
The Airline has not given the details of the cancellation of the flights. It is believed that the airline doesn’t have money to pay for jet fuel.
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Solair May End Own Jet Flights
SOLAIR MAY END OWN JET FLIGHTS
Submitted by Moffat Mamu on 31 August, 2007 - 10:54am. Headlines | Nation
By ROBERT L. IROGA
SOLOMON Airlines may have to end its own international flights, the chairman of the Government body which owns the financially-troubled airline admitted yesterday.
Investment Corporation of Solomon Islands (ICSI) chairman Martin Maga said Solomon Airlines may instead have to what is called “code share” with other airlines.
This would involve having seats on scheduled services these airlines operate, instead of operating its own plane and flights.
Mr Maga said the airline company is in a serious financial situation and this looks the best option.
Solomon Star understands that the Solomon Airlines board is carrying out a study that will determine the airline’s future.
It’s understood that the board will submit its findings to the Investment Corporation, which will in turn forward them to the Government for the final say.
The Investment Corporation and airline board are expected to meet today.
New Solomon Airlines board chairman Rick Hou earlier told the Solomon Star that they were given up to two weeks to give options to the Government. These were to be possible ways out of the problem.
The financial crisis became public when Australian airline SkyAirWorld grounded the E-170 jet it leased to Solomon Airlines for international flights.
Solomon Airlines had failed to keep up lease payments.
There are also reported to have been problems with the 76-seat E-170. These are believed to have involved problems with passenger and cargo capacity because of the weight of fuel it had to carry on its over-water flights.
Since the grounding on 10 August, SkyAirWorld has continued to charge Solomon Airlines for the aircraft. This is reported to be around US$27,000 (about $194,000) a day.
Solomon Airlines organised charters with another Australian airline, Oz Jet, using a Boeing 737-200 to maintain services on the busy Brisbane-Honiara-Brisbane route.
But two weeks later Solomon Airlines was in trouble again. These flights were suspended on Monday after the airline failed to pay for fuel for the plane.
Some Solomon Airlines passengers are also believed to have been carried on flights operated by Nauru’s Our Airline, Air Niugini and Fiji’s Air Pacific.
Solomon Airlines already has a code share arrangement giving it some seats on Air Pacific’s weekly Nadi (Fiji)-Honiara-Nadi flight.
Our Airline’s Boeing 737-300 has rights to operate on the Brisbane-Honiara-Brisbane route. It has also sometimes operated flights for Solomon Airlines.
There are also other possible partners. Air Vanuatu and Air Niugini are both understood to have had representatives here for discussions.
Submitted by Moffat Mamu on 31 August, 2007 - 10:54am. Headlines | Nation
By ROBERT L. IROGA
SOLOMON Airlines may have to end its own international flights, the chairman of the Government body which owns the financially-troubled airline admitted yesterday.
Investment Corporation of Solomon Islands (ICSI) chairman Martin Maga said Solomon Airlines may instead have to what is called “code share” with other airlines.
This would involve having seats on scheduled services these airlines operate, instead of operating its own plane and flights.
Mr Maga said the airline company is in a serious financial situation and this looks the best option.
Solomon Star understands that the Solomon Airlines board is carrying out a study that will determine the airline’s future.
It’s understood that the board will submit its findings to the Investment Corporation, which will in turn forward them to the Government for the final say.
The Investment Corporation and airline board are expected to meet today.
New Solomon Airlines board chairman Rick Hou earlier told the Solomon Star that they were given up to two weeks to give options to the Government. These were to be possible ways out of the problem.
The financial crisis became public when Australian airline SkyAirWorld grounded the E-170 jet it leased to Solomon Airlines for international flights.
Solomon Airlines had failed to keep up lease payments.
There are also reported to have been problems with the 76-seat E-170. These are believed to have involved problems with passenger and cargo capacity because of the weight of fuel it had to carry on its over-water flights.
Since the grounding on 10 August, SkyAirWorld has continued to charge Solomon Airlines for the aircraft. This is reported to be around US$27,000 (about $194,000) a day.
Solomon Airlines organised charters with another Australian airline, Oz Jet, using a Boeing 737-200 to maintain services on the busy Brisbane-Honiara-Brisbane route.
But two weeks later Solomon Airlines was in trouble again. These flights were suspended on Monday after the airline failed to pay for fuel for the plane.
Some Solomon Airlines passengers are also believed to have been carried on flights operated by Nauru’s Our Airline, Air Niugini and Fiji’s Air Pacific.
Solomon Airlines already has a code share arrangement giving it some seats on Air Pacific’s weekly Nadi (Fiji)-Honiara-Nadi flight.
Our Airline’s Boeing 737-300 has rights to operate on the Brisbane-Honiara-Brisbane route. It has also sometimes operated flights for Solomon Airlines.
There are also other possible partners. Air Vanuatu and Air Niugini are both understood to have had representatives here for discussions.
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Since the grounding on 10 August, SkyAirWorld has continued to charge Solomon Airlines for the aircraft. This is reported to be around US$27,000 (about $194,000) a day.
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I doubt that Pacific Blue has the insurance to go into Honiara the same reason that Qantas pulled out their aircraft, the war zone part of the insurance was to expensive and just not worth it. Mr Sumsum has been very quiet through all of this has he quietly left the building? Last heard that he was not allowed to leave the country until this matter was sorted, cancelled many meetings in Australia because of govt ban on travel. Anybody know whats going on.
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Are they doing any flying
Whats happening to the boys that left HK Express to join S.A.W?
Are they doing any flying at all now the sh&t has hit the fan with Solomons.
Seems a shame to lose some good people to something that seems to be going nowhere.
It's a pity they didn't hang around longer as the guys on the 737 are flat out.
Are they doing any flying at all now the sh&t has hit the fan with Solomons.
Seems a shame to lose some good people to something that seems to be going nowhere.
It's a pity they didn't hang around longer as the guys on the 737 are flat out.
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Ah yes, my mistake!!! My comments otherwise remain pertinent ..........
Still, not bad for not flying an aeroplane. What were SAW charging when they did fly to/from HIR? And was that inclusive of the "commissions" that prevail in the Pacific?
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So a man avoids visiting his aunty in the village because of her atrocious cooking which she insists he eats and finishes. To avoid disrespecting her, he always ate her cooking. Afterward, and without fail, he would have the worst case of the runs
and gastro
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She catches him one day, brings him home and cooks for him. He cannot, for another moment, be dishonest with his aunt any longer and endure another night at the latrine. He blurts out, "why don't you just wipe your food on my a$$ and get it over and done with?!!?
Quote: Old village myth, Solomon Islands.
Maybe a lesson to be learnt from this charming story.
and gastro. She catches him one day, brings him home and cooks for him. He cannot, for another moment, be dishonest with his aunt any longer and endure another night at the latrine. He blurts out, "why don't you just wipe your food on my a$$ and get it over and done with
?!!?Quote: Old village myth, Solomon Islands.
Maybe a lesson to be learnt from this charming story.
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Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear.
What have they done? Poor old Solomon Airlines have just released their new international schedule, and it DOESN'T serve the business community in Honiara one bit. It might be with a 737 (at least they got that bit right at long last) but:-
(i) there is no service from Australia on a Monday.
(ii) there is no service back to Australia on a Friday
(iii) there is a sevice to Honiara on a Tuesday with a return on a Thursday - effectively a bit more than one day for business travellers to conduct whatever otherwise they arrive here/leave here on a weekend day when nothing much of substance occurs.
And this is from a company that touted the importance of frequency - you only need to read the well publicised early comments from their now struggling CEO Mr Sumsum on that point and which clearly do not add up/add up any more.
It would appear Our Airline has clearly just been handed passengers in significant numbers because of their Monday/Friday flights to/from Honiara.
It is of concern that those responsible for sorting the woes of Solomon Airlines have botched the opportunity to rectify the abysmal state of affairs and provide the islands with decent connections.
It is not clear yet which airline will be providing this new service, other than today's Solomon Star reports of "an Australian based airline", but the business community here hopes that Solomon Airlines venture into using such companies is far more successful and less costly than the Sky Air World/Spanish carrier debacles. Given the woeful connections on the new schedule it would appear that this Australian airline is just fitting things into its current committments and that the Solomons Board are incapable of pursuing a proper and lasting solution.
At the risk of sounding defeatist after all my years in the Pacific, I'm not surprised at the lesser outcome.
(i) there is no service from Australia on a Monday.
(ii) there is no service back to Australia on a Friday
(iii) there is a sevice to Honiara on a Tuesday with a return on a Thursday - effectively a bit more than one day for business travellers to conduct whatever otherwise they arrive here/leave here on a weekend day when nothing much of substance occurs.
And this is from a company that touted the importance of frequency - you only need to read the well publicised early comments from their now struggling CEO Mr Sumsum on that point and which clearly do not add up/add up any more.
It would appear Our Airline has clearly just been handed passengers in significant numbers because of their Monday/Friday flights to/from Honiara.
It is of concern that those responsible for sorting the woes of Solomon Airlines have botched the opportunity to rectify the abysmal state of affairs and provide the islands with decent connections.
It is not clear yet which airline will be providing this new service, other than today's Solomon Star reports of "an Australian based airline", but the business community here hopes that Solomon Airlines venture into using such companies is far more successful and less costly than the Sky Air World/Spanish carrier debacles. Given the woeful connections on the new schedule it would appear that this Australian airline is just fitting things into its current committments and that the Solomons Board are incapable of pursuing a proper and lasting solution.
At the risk of sounding defeatist after all my years in the Pacific, I'm not surprised at the lesser outcome.
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This answer the question of "the Australian airline"? From the IE website a few minutes ago.
Schedule Advice
Solomon Airlines is pleased to advise our revised schedule effective from 4 September to 25 October 2007.
For our International travellers, we offer scheduled flights between Brisbane and Honiara on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. All services are operated in conjunction with Oz Jet Boeing 737-200 series aircraft.
Schedule Advice
Solomon Airlines is pleased to advise our revised schedule effective from 4 September to 25 October 2007.
For our International travellers, we offer scheduled flights between Brisbane and Honiara on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. All services are operated in conjunction with Oz Jet Boeing 737-200 series aircraft.
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Reference to the above tale on 'aunties cooking', it seems they still prefer to go through the gastroentiritus phase. tut tut tut, seems some folks just refuse to learn.