The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has reinstated South African Express’ Air Operator Certificate (AOC), clearing the airline for take-off.
This development comes just over a month after the regional airline managed to get its Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) approval successfully reinstated by the SACAA.
SACAA said in a statement: “With these two crucial certificates successfully reinstated SA Express can now conduct scheduled commercial operations as an airline. In addition to successfully reinstating its AOC and AMO certificates, South African Express has also managed to get Certificates of Airworthiness for two of its aircraft. As such, the airline is in the meantime permitted to operate with only two of its aircraft.”
SA Express was not yet able to confirm a re-launch date, or flight schedules for the two aircraft.
SACAA told Tourism Update that the timeline for determining the airworthiness of the remainder of the fleet would depend on when SA Express was able to present the aircraft for the certification process.
Tourism Update will follow this story as it develops.
