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Thai Airways' creditors approve rehabilitation plan
May 21, 2021
Thai Airways International's creditors have approved its rehabilitation plan at a 19 May meeting. "Among the creditors, those who hold 91.56% of the total debt of creditors who attended the meeting and casted votes, accepted the rehabilitation plan that the planner submitted to the official receiver on 2 March 2021 as well as three plan amendment petitions," the airline said in a 19 May filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand. It adds that the three amendment petitions were proposed by the airline's rehabilitation planners as well as creditors Bangkok Bank and the Federation of Savings and Credit Cooperatives of Thailand. Thai's rehabilitation planners prepared the rehabilitation plan and as of 14 September, the planners comprise six individuals along with EY Corporate Advisory Services appointed by Thailand's Central Bankruptcy Court. The same filing also names five plan administrators, and among them, the airline's acting president Chansin Treenuchagron and independent director Pirapan Salirathavibhaga are also the airline's rehabilitation planners. The Central Bankruptcy Court has scheduled a hearing to consider the rehabilitation plan on 28 May. The creditors' meeting, initially scheduled for 12 May, was postponed by one week to 19 May at the request of 20 creditors, who represented more than one-tenth of the total debt of creditors who attended the meeting. The creditors had requested for the additional time to consider amendments and proposals to the rehabilitation plan. Thai submitted its rehabilitation plan on 2 March after being granted two one-month deadline extensions, the maximum allowed under Thailand's Bankruptcy Act.


Rex pays fine to settle failure to disclose information charges
May 20, 2021
Regional Express has agreed to pay a A$66,000 ($51,000) fine, in relation to charges by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that it failed to disclose plans for domestic operations through appropriate channels last May. ASIC is Australia's integrated corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator. In a disclosure to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) dated 18 May, Rex said it received an ASIC infringement notice alleging it contravened section 674(2) of Australia's Corporations Act on 11-12 May 2020. The subsection stipulates that ASX-listed companies must lodge material information with the bourse prior to informing the public. The company says in the statement: "Rex maintains the position that it did comply with those obligations at all times and will continue to comply with these disclosure obligations. "Be that as it may, Rex has elected to comply with the infringement notice and pay the penalty of A$66,000 on a no-admissions basis." Under the act, this is not an admission of liability, Rex states, and cannot be regarded as a finding that the company has contravened the act. Furthermore, ASIC cannot take civil or criminal proceedings against Rex for the alleged contravention. Rex's plans to expand into domestic operations first emerged when deputy chairman John Sharp discussed them in an interview with local media Australian Financial Review, published on 11 May 2020. ASX then placed Rex in a trading halt on 12 May, before Rex addressed the matter in an ASX announcement dated 13 May. In relation to that, ASIC announced on 16 December a one-year restriction on Rex's fundraising, effective until 15 December 2021. During this time, the company cannot rely on reduced-disclosure rules and must issue a full prospectus to raise funds. Rex said on 17 December that it did not anticipate any other fundraising in 2021, and ASIC's restrictions do not impede its agreement with PAGAC Regulus Holding for A$150 million funding meant for its domestic operations, which on 1 March launched according to plan.


​Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen expands repair capabilities
May 20, 2021
Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen (LTS) is converting a warehouse to expand its repair capabilities amid an air traffic recovery in China. The conversion of a bonded warehouse, which is scheduled to be completed in June, will provide additional repair shop space and a climate-controlled material storage facility, the German-based MRO group says. As a result of the expansion, LTS will be able to service more than 70 Honeywell components installed on Airbus A350s, the MRO group adds, noting that the Chinese site is currently the only licensed repair provider for that equipment in Asia-Pacific. In co-operation with TAT Technologies, LTS will repair and overhaul heat transfer components used in bleed air, environmental control and fuel inerting systems. Additionally, LTS intends to improve its capabilities for Meggitt fire and safety solutions, fuel systems, valves and sensors as an OEM-approved repair centre. The MRO group says that LTS "has resumed its investment into new capabilities" as a result of a recovery in China's air transport market.


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