Tunisian based carrier, Syphax Airlines, officially suspended operations on the 31st of July 2015. The airline noted that this suspension would only be temporary while it works to reconfigure its operations. Despite this, the airline has not yet established a prospective recommencement date. The airline had recently withdrawn an additional aircraft from its fleet and only operated a fleet of two aircraft. Additionally, the deteriorating security situation within Tunisia has also likely impacted on the airline’s operations.

India’s civil aviation regulator, the DGCA, has officially removed Air India’s Air Safety Chief after it was discovered that the airline had not sufficiently maintained and stored its flight data records. DGCA regulations require Indian-based airlines to store all flight data records for a minimum of 6 months. However, a recent investigation by the DGCA identified that these records had not been adequately recorded and stored by Air India’s safety department and that much of the data was not stored at all. The DGCA has subsequently moved to have the Flight Safety Chief stood down from his position as a consequence of the non-compliance with the prescribed regulations.

The Indonesian civil aviation regulator, the DGCA, has recently cited that it will move to revoke the Air Operators Certificate’s (AOC’s) of airlines that are currently in a state of negative equity. As a part of new laws passed by the DGCA, the regulator has prescribed minimum capital amounts that must be held by airlines, which will in turn be based on the capacity of the aircraft being operated by the airline. The regulator noted that these laws were designed to further enhance airline safety within Indonesia, as sustained poor financial performance likely limited the airline’s ability to invest in safety initiatives.