{"id":123160,"date":"2022-03-12T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=123160"},"modified":"2022-03-12T22:04:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T22:04:15","slug":"south-africa-suspends-comairs-air-operator-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/03\/south-africa-suspends-comairs-air-operator-certificate.html","title":{"rendered":"South Africa suspends Comair’s air operator certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

South Africa<\/strong> has suspended the air operator certificate for Comair <\/strong>as a precautionary measure for 24 hours, effectively grounding its fleet and affecting passengers using low-cost airline Kulula as well as British Airways flights, the transport ministry said on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Comair has since 1996 serviced local and regional routes from South Africa under the British Airways livery as part of a license agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe regulator took this decision independently, in line with its mandate to oversee aviation safety,\u201d Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said in a statement, Reported Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regulator, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), said in the past month Comair had experienced safety problems ranging from \u201cengine failures, engine malfunction and landing gear malfunctions, amongst others\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is a precautionary suspension for a period of 24 hours, within which the operator must demonstrate to the regulator that the risk and safety management systems are effective in managing potential hazards,\u201d the SACAA said in a statement on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe operator has until tomorrow morning, Sunday, 13 March 2022 to meet the requirements from the regulator, failing which the approval will be suspended indefinitely, pending the satisfactory closing of the findings,\u201d said SACAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Kulula.com website the airline said its executive team was engaging with the regulator in a bid to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Bob Adams\/Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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