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US's Transair Hawaii gets brief dormancy extension reprieve

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted Transair Hawaii (T4, Honolulu) a brief dormancy waiver until August 15 to allow the airline to petition the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) not to revoke its air safety certificate.

Transair (legal name Rhoades Aviation Inc.) is to meet with the FAA on August 10 to discuss the regulator’s proposed revocation of its air operator’s certificate (AOC) for various alleged safety violations.

In a June 30 letter to the airline’s attorney, the DOT said Transair Hawaii may submit a further request for an additional waiver before August 15. This must include updated air fitness information and evidence that it was making significant progress with the FAA to recommence operations. “If this information is not received by August 15, 2022, we will not consider further requests for a waiver and extension […] and will proceed with the revocation of Rhoades Aviation’s economic authority for the reason of dormancy without further notice,” the DOT stated.

It further noted that it would normally have denied the extension request since Transair Hawaii...

US's Transair Hawaii looks to extend dormancy waivers

Transair Hawaii (T4, Honolulu) has petitioned the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to extend its dormancy waiver by six months or until January 16, 2023, as its recertification with the US Federal Aviation Administration is taking longer than expected.

"Rhoades Aviation [d/b/a Transair Hawaii] has been grounded since July 16, 2021, as a result of an operations specifications amendment by the FAA that resulted in the suspension of Rhoades' Aircraft Inspection Program ('AIP'). Although Rhoades Aviation is working diligently to address FAA issues, completion of the necessary actions and gating items to resume flight operations will not be completed by the current one-year deadline of July 16, 2022," the carrier said.

Under standard DOT rules, carriers that have suspended operations for one full year lose their certificates of public convenience and necessity and must reapply from scratch.

Transair Hawaii was grounded in July 2021 due to safety violations identified by the FAA following the crash of one of its B737-200(C)s. The carrier said the FAA recently proposed a way forward, and there...

FAA warns it may revoke AOC of Hawaii's Transair Express

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned it may revoke the air carrier certificate of Honolulu-based cargo carrier Rhoades Aviation Inc. - the legal name of Transair Hawaii (T4, Honolulu) - citing a litany of alleged safety violations.

The regulator has given the carrier 15 days to respond to its enforcement notice. The airline was not immediately available for comment.

Transair operates an in-house fleet of two B737-200(C)s, one B737-200(F) (all inactive), and one active VIP B737-200, ch-aviation fleets advanced data reveals.

The FAA, in a statement, alleged the cargo carrier has:

• failed to maintain Safety Management System records;
• address issues the FAA found with its general operations manual;
• conduct proper safety risk management when addressing discrepancies in its aircraft loading, weight and balance, and runway analysis manuals;
• provide revised manuals to the FAA;
• provide safety-risk-management documentation when it submitted its administration manual;
• operated two B737s more than 900 times after failing to add the aircraft to its maintenance and inspection program;
• operated a...

FAA grounds Transair Hawaii over safety concerns

Having investigated the company’s safety practices for months, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded cargo carrier Transair Hawaii (T4, 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 converted freighter operating as Transair Flight 810, crashed...