19.07.2021 - 20:31 UTC
Having investigated the company’s safety practices for months, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded cargo carrier Rhoades Aviation (T4, Honolulu) trading as Transair Hawaii (R9, Honolulu), whose B737-200(C) crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii on July 2, 2021.
The FAA in a statement said its decision was separate from the ongoing investigation into the accident in which both pilots survived the night-time ditching despite high swells.
“The FAA began investigating the maintenance and safety practices of Rhoades Aviation last fall. On June 13, the FAA notified Rhoades Aviation that the agency intended to rescind the authority for the airline to conduct maintenance inspections due to deficiencies identified during the investigation. The company was given 30 days under administrative process to ask the FAA to reconsider, which it did not do,” the FAA said.
Without an inspection authorisation, the carrier cannot operate legally. The FAA decision became effective at 0000L (1000Z) on July 16, 2021.
The carrier was not immediately available for comment.
N810TA (msn 21116), a B737-200...
06.07.2021 - 16:59 UTC
Transair Hawaii (R9, Honolulu) is set to add its first B737-400(SF), having registered B737-400 N251AU (msn 25104) in late April 2021, ch-aviation research has shown.
The 28.2-year-old Boeing aircraft was previously operated in a passenger configuration by Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int'l) and Flair Airlines (F8, Kelowna). The latter retired it during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and, after a spell of storage at Calgary, ferried it to Tampa Int'l on August 4, 2020. Although it was acquired and registered by Transair by late April 2021, the jet was only reactivated on June 28, 2021, for a ferry flight to Dothan for conversion, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows.
Transair Hawaii, which is a division of Trans Executive Airlines (R9, Honolulu), announced the signing of a conversion contract with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) in February 2021.
Transair and Trans Executive Airlines jointly operate seven Shorts 360s, one B737-200, two B737-200(C)s, and one B737-300(F)....
14.01.2021 - 01:10 UTC
Trans Executive Airlines (R9, Honolulu) is planning to launch international charters with a B737-200 and has asked the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to make effective its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Foreign Charter Air Transportation, initially issued in 2017.
The airline said in its application that while it "had planned to commence foreign charter air transportation services well before now", it could not do so due to various external factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it has recently secured the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to launch services to Canada, Mexico, Central and Southern America, and the Caribbean.
Trans Executive Airlines also trades as Transair Hawaii, Transair Global, and Interisland Airways Hawaii. According to its DOT filing, it currently has six Shorts 360s and a single B737-200, N413JG (msn 23148), on its books. The FAA aircraft registry shows that the airline owns one more Shorts 360, two B737-200(C)s, and one B737-200(F). The three Boeing dedicated freighters are active on cargo runs within the...
05.04.2017 - 10:19 UTC
Hawaiian operator Trans Executive (which operates under the name Transair Hawaii) has been approved by the US Department of Transportation for foreign and interstate charter air transportation of persons, property and mail.
In its initial application – lodged more than a year ago – Transair outlined its plan to carry out charter air transportation using one "VIP" B737-200Adv – N413JG (msn 23148) aircraft to foreign destinations such as the Marshall Islands or Kiribati.
Trans Executive's fleet additionally comprises seven Shorts 360, of which five are dedicated cargo carriers and two fitted for passenger operations, and four B737-200(F) freighters.
