Civil Aviation Authority grounds CemAir’s 21 planes
The carrier has been flying with loading limits outside of those permissible, with the weights of passengers and baggage different to those recorded by the contracted service provider
The South African Civil Aviation Authority has said that CemAir, which operates domestic flights, may no longer operate as an airline or air operator, or fly any of its 21 aircraft, even as the country’s summer holiday season begins. “CemAir has been operating some aircraft outside of permissible loading limits, meaning the weights of passengers and baggage declared by the flight crew were not the same with those recorded by the service provider contracted by CemAir,” the authority said in a statement on Friday. “Despite being issued with a prohibition order, CemAir knowingly continued to fly its aircraft in contravention of the applicable regulatory prescripts. This constitutes a material contravention that threatens aviation safety.” On Wednesday, the aviation authority briefly grounded CemAir after the airline failed to appoint a qualified person to head flight operations and continued to use an employee who didn’t meet the stipulated requirements. CemAir was also grounded in Feb...
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