Spicejet reaches out of court settlement with Irish lessor
24 March 2015 11:19 PM GMT
Budget carrier SpiceJet on Monday said it has reached an out of court settlement with an aircraft lessor over default on aircraft rentals.
“SpiceJet Limited has today (March 23, 215) entered into settlement agreement?with its lessor Wilmington Trust SP Services?(Dublin) Ltd with regard to aircraft operated by company,” SpiceJet said in a regulatory filing on Monday.
Under the said settlement agreement, the lessor has agreed to withdraw the said court proceedings
and deregisteration process of aircraft subject to SpiceJet satisfying the terms of settlement, it said.
Meanwhile, the airline moved Delhi High Court against its recent order directing DGCA to de-register six Boeing 737 aircraft given on lease to the low cost carrier by some Irish firms, including Wilmington Trust SP Services (Dublin) Ltd. The carrier sought an urgent hearing of the matter saying once its planes are de-registered by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), it won’t be able to fly them which in turn would affect the people who have booked tickets months in advance.
The matter was mentioned before a bench of justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva which directed that it be listed for hearing on Monday. In a blow to the airline, a single judge bench of the high court had on March 19 directed the DGCA to de-register six Boeing 737 aircraft given to the carrier.
An airline cannot operate an aircraft once it is de-registered by aviation regulator DGCA.
“SpiceJet Limited has today (March 23, 215) entered into settlement agreement?with its lessor Wilmington Trust SP Services?(Dublin) Ltd with regard to aircraft operated by company,” SpiceJet said in a regulatory filing on Monday.
Under the said settlement agreement, the lessor has agreed to withdraw the said court proceedings
and deregisteration process of aircraft subject to SpiceJet satisfying the terms of settlement, it said.
Meanwhile, the airline moved Delhi High Court against its recent order directing DGCA to de-register six Boeing 737 aircraft given on lease to the low cost carrier by some Irish firms, including Wilmington Trust SP Services (Dublin) Ltd. The carrier sought an urgent hearing of the matter saying once its planes are de-registered by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), it won’t be able to fly them which in turn would affect the people who have booked tickets months in advance.
The matter was mentioned before a bench of justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva which directed that it be listed for hearing on Monday. In a blow to the airline, a single judge bench of the high court had on March 19 directed the DGCA to de-register six Boeing 737 aircraft given to the carrier.
An airline cannot operate an aircraft once it is de-registered by aviation regulator DGCA.
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