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SA Express announced Thursday that the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) had reinstated its Aircraft Maintenance Organization (AMO) certification on Friday, June 22, 2018. [19659002] SACAA Suspended SA Express OMA and Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in May and Simultaneously Suspended Certificate of Airworthiness for Nine Months After Airline Underwent "Rigorous Process" and rigorous to meet the high standards of the regulator. 21 aircraft operated by the airline. SACAA cited non-compliance in relation to 17 specific outcomes.
The regulator does not disclose all the details of its checks
Poppy Khoza, SACAA's director of civil aviation, said at the time of the grounding that SACAA can not turn a blind eye to an operation where there is overwhelming evidence the safety measures are compromised as this automatically poses a serious danger to the crew, pbadengers and the general public.
"All of our corrective action plans were accepted by SACAA for all findings that resulted in the suspension of the AMO and AOC A team comprising members of the new Board of Directors. Administration, the Departmental Intervention Team, as well as the dedicated employees of SA Express have worked tirelessly to implement the SACAA-approved Corrective Action Plans (CAPS), the statement said. ] The airline stated that it wanted to badure the public and its customers that it "focused intensely" on the root causes that led to its anchorage and that it has now restructured the internal process. SACAA spokeswoman Kabelo Ledwaba told Fin24 Thursday that SA Express's reinstatement of the AOC does not mean it could take off in the near future. Indeed, the last phase of a five-step process of SACAA to re-certify the airline's AOC has yet to be completed.
According to SA Express, its newly appointed board has informed the Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan of the progress made since the beginning. grounding. The airline said Gordhan expressed satisfaction with the progress to put the airline back into full operation in the near future.
While SA Express is founded, three partner airlines – SAA, Mango Airlines and SA Airlink – have collaborated to try and mitigate the impact of the suspension of its services and to ensure business continuity.
SA Express was already stranded for a short time 2017.
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