CAA’s ‘irrational’ decision to ground CemAir is overturned
The Civil Aviation Authority had claimed it had records showing CemAir had been operating some of its aircraft outside of permissible loading limits
CemAir has welcomed a ruling overturning the SA Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA's) decision to ground the airline, saying the landslide victory vindicated the company. The Civil Aviation Appeal Committee (CAAC) ruled in April that the grounding of the airline’s entire fleet of 21 planes during the December 2018 and January 2019 holiday season was irrational and factually wrong. The airline was grounded after it reportedly contravened the Civil Aviation Act and five CAA regulations. The authority argued at the time that noncompliance by the airline posed a serious and immediate threat to safety. The CAA claimed it had records that showed CemAir had been operating some of its aircraft outside of permissible loading limits, which meant the weights of passengers and baggage declared by the flight crew were not the same as those recorded by CemAir’s service provider. However, the April 29 CAAC’s judgment stated that the CAA’s decision contained material errors which rendered it irrati...
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