Ozjet's final landing
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Sorry, I'm with angucci 110%. Have worked for many airlines over the years and have to say I have never seen such incompetance when it came to management decission making with this set up. Even a blonde serving tea and coffee could see they couldn't organise a p
up in a brewery. Very very sad day, congratulations Mel management you finally put the nail in the coffin 
up in a brewery. Very very sad day, congratulations Mel management you finally put the nail in the coffin
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Its a shame Nick that it ended up this way. I know you did try. I hope you can get something sorted out at least. CASA really don't like AOC addition's or New AOC's for the matter. Perhaps a big kick up the backside would help those people at CASA to sign off those bits of paper. I am still waiting for my AOC and about to try legal action......... Perhaps a phone call to Mr Rudd would help my case.
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Well its offical... Ozjet is offically grounded according to other forums, and on perthnow...
Rumours are floating around that $200,000 are owed to Perth airport and the reason to shutting up shop was because they could not get the freighters on the australian register according to the west australian
Rumours are floating around that $200,000 are owed to Perth airport and the reason to shutting up shop was because they could not get the freighters on the australian register according to the west australian
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Well a little truth woudn't hurt now would it? Who didn't pay Perth airport? Ask Heavy Cargo. Who put out the stupid "Ozjet" comment about CASA and adding freighters? Ask Heavy Cargo and his spin doctors.
Hey heavy, so you've paid the Ozjet staff have you? Until when? And what about super and leave owing etc etc? Why not tell the world about that too? not that anyone would expect to hear the truth.
Hey heavy, so you've paid the Ozjet staff have you? Until when? And what about super and leave owing etc etc? Why not tell the world about that too? not that anyone would expect to hear the truth.
So that leaves a twice weekly Derby service and Bali service for Indojet up for grabs. I assume there are forward bookings for Bali during Winter.
So who at Perth has the capacity to pick up the work?
So who at Perth has the capacity to pick up the work?
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We can all save ourselves a lot of bandwidth here. Go to the Sky Air World or Macair threads and read all about it. Just change the names, the plot is the same.
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didn't think of that...but the bank does show the deposit. Fingers are crossed (legs and eyes as well)!
Re the entitlements......forgone conclusion there I am afraid, certainly would have made the next month or so a little easier.
Pity that there was not someway that the yearly leave entitlements could be held in trust rather than be unfunded as it were.
Considering that 0J staffing got to the stage where leave could not granted as the staffing levels were too low. Cant take leave, leave accrues, company goes bust, you lose your leave entitlements. Vicious indeed.
Though not the first time (or company) and sadly, in all likleyhood wont be the last.
didn't think of that...but the bank does show the deposit. Fingers are crossed (legs and eyes as well)!
Re the entitlements......forgone conclusion there I am afraid, certainly would have made the next month or so a little easier.
Pity that there was not someway that the yearly leave entitlements could be held in trust rather than be unfunded as it were.
Considering that 0J staffing got to the stage where leave could not granted as the staffing levels were too low. Cant take leave, leave accrues, company goes bust, you lose your leave entitlements. Vicious indeed.
Though not the first time (or company) and sadly, in all likleyhood wont be the last.
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Saw a HL 727 landing BN today. Final flight for this aircraft? Don't see them flying daylight hours much these days. I forgot how much better they look than their replacements on the domestic scene.
Hope all those out of work find something soon. When things pick up again it will hopefully happen quickly.
Hope all those out of work find something soon. When things pick up again it will hopefully happen quickly.
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Alliance could do well out of this. Right aircraft at right cost in right place to pick up some good flying. And some good crews with the necessary route experience on tap in Perth if they need them.
Skystar320 do you really believe they owe OJ money?
Have you read the Australian today?
Believe what HC says?
Believe in fairies?
NL has a reputation to live up to and that is what he is currently doing.
Lies, lies and more lies.
OJ has been bled dry and guess where the money has gone.
Not to the creditors! Nor the workers
Have you read the Australian today?
Believe what HC says?
Believe in fairies?
NL has a reputation to live up to and that is what he is currently doing.
Lies, lies and more lies.
OJ has been bled dry and guess where the money has gone.
Not to the creditors! Nor the workers
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I'm just going on what the West Australian mentioned earlier this week. I did not read The Australian.
I have deleted the coment - as I based my facts on journalism...
I have deleted the coment - as I based my facts on journalism...
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Here's the real story.
Ozjet on ground as its parent pulls plug
Steve Creedy | May 22, 2009
Article from: The Australian
OZJET Airlines' parent has placed the troubled carrier in administration after it was abruptly forced to cease operations from Perth on Wednesday.
The airline, started by Formula One racing identity Paul Stoddart and now owned by Sydney-based Heavylift Cargo Airlines, was forced to axe its flights after Perth airport refused to handle its planes because of unpaid debts.
Ozjet had three older Boeing 737-200s in Perth performing ad-hoc charters as well as flying a scheduled service to Derby and operating flights to Bali on behalf of travel company Indojet Asia.
At least one of those jets,
VH-OZD, was listed for sale on the internet yesterday for $625,000.
The move forced Indojet, which says it was not told until Wednesday about the airline's problems, to scramble to make alternative arrangements for holidaymakers stranded in Perth and Bali.
Ozjet blamed the decision on problems with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Indojet Asia, although both have since rejected the claim.
But Perth airport confirmed that it had refused to continue handling the airline because it had become a credit risk.
Perth airport chief executive Brad Geatches said that Ozjet had arrears amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars and extending back to 2008.
He said the airline had broken "dozens of promises" and Ozjet had become a significant credit risk after parent Heavylift had told the airport it would no longer support the airline.
Ozjet blamed its position primarily on CASA, saying it would not allow it to add cargo aircraft to its air operators' certificate.
It also claimed that money owed by Indojet had further exacerbated the situation.
"The resultant lack of revenue has resulted in a significant impact on the airline's overall business plan," it said.
A CASA spokesman confirmed that Ozjet approached the regulator seeking to add a cargo aircraft to its air operators' certificate.
"Ozjet put the application on hold before providing any further documentation," he said.
Indojet Asia's lawyer, Andrew Chelvathurai, also denied that the company owed Ozjet money.
He said Indojet, which runs resorts in Bali and chartered the Ozjet planes to fly passengers to the island resort, had paid for those charters.
"Indojet has been paying in advance," he said.
Mr Chelvathurai said Indojet had discovered only on Wednesday that Ozjet was in arrears with its landing fees.
He said about 60 people were stranded in Bali and Indojet was making alternative arrangements to fly them home on other budget carriers.
It was also talking to the carriers about setting up another charter arrangement for future flights.
Mr Chelvathurai said that Ozjet had failed to tell Indojet about the arrears and that it was in financial difficulty.
"It would have been better if Ozjet had told them in advance that they were having problems because this problem has been festering for more than 10 months, since last September," he said.
Queensland-based Alliance Airlines confirmed yesterday that it had begun flying the Perth-Derby service under a charter arrangement.
It said it would enter into a more permanent arrangement from next Tuesday.
Ozjet has had a chequered career, including a failed attempt by Mr Stoddart to set it up as an all business-class airline.
The experiment ended up costing Mr Stoddart $1 million a week and he abandoned it in March 2006 and quietly converted the airline into a charter operation.
At least three operators have failed in Australia in the past 18 months -- Queensland-based MacAir and SkyAirWorld and O'Connor Airlines, based in South Australia.
Ozjet on ground as its parent pulls plug
Steve Creedy | May 22, 2009
Article from: The Australian
OZJET Airlines' parent has placed the troubled carrier in administration after it was abruptly forced to cease operations from Perth on Wednesday.
The airline, started by Formula One racing identity Paul Stoddart and now owned by Sydney-based Heavylift Cargo Airlines, was forced to axe its flights after Perth airport refused to handle its planes because of unpaid debts.
Ozjet had three older Boeing 737-200s in Perth performing ad-hoc charters as well as flying a scheduled service to Derby and operating flights to Bali on behalf of travel company Indojet Asia.
At least one of those jets,
VH-OZD, was listed for sale on the internet yesterday for $625,000.
The move forced Indojet, which says it was not told until Wednesday about the airline's problems, to scramble to make alternative arrangements for holidaymakers stranded in Perth and Bali.
Ozjet blamed the decision on problems with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Indojet Asia, although both have since rejected the claim.
But Perth airport confirmed that it had refused to continue handling the airline because it had become a credit risk.
Perth airport chief executive Brad Geatches said that Ozjet had arrears amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars and extending back to 2008.
He said the airline had broken "dozens of promises" and Ozjet had become a significant credit risk after parent Heavylift had told the airport it would no longer support the airline.
Ozjet blamed its position primarily on CASA, saying it would not allow it to add cargo aircraft to its air operators' certificate.
It also claimed that money owed by Indojet had further exacerbated the situation.
"The resultant lack of revenue has resulted in a significant impact on the airline's overall business plan," it said.
A CASA spokesman confirmed that Ozjet approached the regulator seeking to add a cargo aircraft to its air operators' certificate.
"Ozjet put the application on hold before providing any further documentation," he said.
Indojet Asia's lawyer, Andrew Chelvathurai, also denied that the company owed Ozjet money.
He said Indojet, which runs resorts in Bali and chartered the Ozjet planes to fly passengers to the island resort, had paid for those charters.
"Indojet has been paying in advance," he said.
Mr Chelvathurai said Indojet had discovered only on Wednesday that Ozjet was in arrears with its landing fees.
He said about 60 people were stranded in Bali and Indojet was making alternative arrangements to fly them home on other budget carriers.
It was also talking to the carriers about setting up another charter arrangement for future flights.
Mr Chelvathurai said that Ozjet had failed to tell Indojet about the arrears and that it was in financial difficulty.
"It would have been better if Ozjet had told them in advance that they were having problems because this problem has been festering for more than 10 months, since last September," he said.
Queensland-based Alliance Airlines confirmed yesterday that it had begun flying the Perth-Derby service under a charter arrangement.
It said it would enter into a more permanent arrangement from next Tuesday.
Ozjet has had a chequered career, including a failed attempt by Mr Stoddart to set it up as an all business-class airline.
The experiment ended up costing Mr Stoddart $1 million a week and he abandoned it in March 2006 and quietly converted the airline into a charter operation.
At least three operators have failed in Australia in the past 18 months -- Queensland-based MacAir and SkyAirWorld and O'Connor Airlines, based in South Australia.