Source: Flight International Author: 08/04/2008
Subject Concerned: Government Airlines
Scottish low-fare operator FlyGlobespan has been fined 5,000 pounds (US$9,800) plus costs after admitting two charges of breaching air transport safety regulations.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) prosecuted the airline under the Air Navigation Order after it operated a Boeing 757 on a transatlantic route last year with its engine-pressure ratio indicators inoperative.
While the airline admitted the charges before magistrates in London last month, sentencing was deferred to a crown court in the capital on Aug. 4.
A spokesman for the CAA says the judge imposed a fine of 2,500 pounds for each offence plus 4,280 pounds in costs.
Edinburgh-based FlyGlobespan, in its defence, had claimed the incident was a mistake rather than deliberate violation.