SA Express’s plans for corrective action accepted, but it still might not recover
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (Sacaa) has accepted plans submitted by SA Express for corrective action following the grounding of the state-owned regional carrier in May 2018. The government agency suspended SA Express’s certification issued by the Aircraft Maintenance Organisations SA (Amosa) and airworthiness certificates for nine of 21 of its aircraft over non-compliance with safety regulations, which meant SA Express could no longer operate as an airline. On Thursday, SA Express said the Sacaa had reinstated its Amosa certification on June 22. Since then, it had undergone a corrective process to meet the regulator’s standards, it said in an official communiqué. It was now in the final phase of a five-phase process to re-certify the airline’s operator’s certificate. In 2016, the airline was grounded for 36 hours, but was allowed to resume operations based on undertakings to improve safety and maintenance.
Aviation expert Joachim Vermooten said in June that the ...
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