SAN FRANCISCO, July 07, (THEWILL) – Few days after it warned private jet owners of abuse of operations protocol, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has grounded several private jets operating in the country following the suspension of the operations Specs Part G of the Air Operator’s Certificate of Sky Power Express Airways Nigeria Limited and some private charter aircraft due to non-compliance and or violations of the provision of NCARS (Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations) Part 9.2.3.4(b).
THEWILL had previously reported that the regulator was outraged that some private jets were being used for commercial charter services without proper accreditation.
According to a THISDAY report Wednesday, an aircraft registered with Sky Power Express Airways was grounded in Dubai due to non-compliance with the regulations of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regulatory authorities and NCAA.
NCAA in a letter dated June 30, 2020, with reference number NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/129 signed by the Director-General, Captain Musa Nuhu, and entitled: Suspension of the Ops Specs Part G (Aircraft Leasing Operations) of your organisation’s Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC), issued the suspension, which was addressed to the Managing Director of Sky Power Express, the newspaper said.
“NCARS Part 9.2.3.4(b) refers to Wet Leasing aircraft and states: (b) No holder of an AOC issued under this Part 9 may allow another entity or air operator to conduct wet-lease operations on its behalf (a wet lease in) unless
“(1) That air operator holds an AOC or its equivalent from a contracting state that authorises those operations;(2) The AOC holder advises the authority of such operations and provides a copy of the AOC under which the operation was conducted;(3) Such operation does not exceed a period of 12 months and (4) The authority approves the operations.
“Be informed that by this action, your organisation ceases to exercise all the privileges associated with Part G authorisation.
“Furthermore, the operations of the following aircraft listed on the Part G of your organisation’s operations specifications are hereby suspended pending a full audit of your organisation and compliance with all the relevant Nig. CARS: Hawker 800XP: N838B, Hawker 800XP: N552ME, Hawker 800XP: N749WW, Hawker 800XP: ZS-EXG, CL604-D-ANGB, CL604-T7-NMN, CL601-N580KR, Gulfstream 200-N100EK
“Other aircraft affected by the audit include: CL604-N605JA operated by Jedidiah Air, CL604-N880ET operated by OmniBlu, CL604-N604WL operated by West Link Airlines, G.IV-N990EA operated by NestOil, CL601-N253LA operated by West Link Airlines, G1159A-N313MS operated by Izy Air and CL604-G-FABO operated by Jet Support Services,” the NCAA said in the letter according to the report.
THEWILL reports that private jet owners in the country often use their jets for commercial charters to help defray the cost of lease and maintenance of the planes.
