North Carolina's SkyLease Cargo applies for Hong Kong rights

Florida's SkyLease faces hefty fine from FAA

Florida’s SkyLease Cargo (GG, Miami International) faces a USD422,500 fine from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for allegedly flying its two B747-400ERFs on dozens of flights without the required avionics equipment.

The FAA in a statement alleged the cargo specialist had operated N903AR (msn 33096) and N904AR (msn 33097) on 56 flights between June 21, 2020, and July 12, 2020, without the required version of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out. This onboard equipment broadcasts an aircraft’s position, velocity, and other information.

The FAA required aircraft flying in certain controlled US airspace to have this equipment by January 1, 2020. The flights in question happened in the US and to/from Bolivia, China, Canada, Colombia, and Peru. The aircraft had entered controlled airspace around Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, and Anchorage, the FAA said.

SkyLease Cargo has 30 days after receiving the FAA’s enforcement letter to respond to the agency.

According to a fact sheet on the FAA website, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is a foundational NextGen technology that transforms aircraft surveillance using satellite-based positioning....

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US severs commercial air links with Venezuela

Following a study by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into the safety and security risks associated with serving Venezuela, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has now formally banned all commercial passenger and cargo flights between the troubled South American state and the United States and v.v.

Previously, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had effectively barred US civil flight operations to/from Venezuela by prohibiting US carriers from flying in the territory and airspace of Venezuela at altitudes below 26,000 feet.

In a follow-up statement on Wednesday, May 15, the DOT said the DHS study had concluded that “conditions in Venezuela threaten the safety and security of passengers, aircraft, and crew travelling to or from that country, and that the public interest requires an immediate suspension of all commercial passenger and cargo flights between the United States and Venezuela."

As such, effectively immediately, Transport Secretary Elaine Chao has now suspended the authority of all US and foreign air carriers to provide passenger and/or cargo flights to/from Venezuela.

"Specifically, I am adding a...

Centurion Air Cargo terminates operations

Centurion Air Cargo (Miami International) has given up hope of resuming flight operations following the return of its Air Carrier Certificate (ACC) to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on June 1 of this year.

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) said in a filing last week that in light of the return of the licence, it had also revoked Centurion's certificate authority, authorizing it to engage in interstate charter air transportation of property and mail, for reason of dormancy.

In April this year, Centurion Air Cargo owner and chairman Alfonso Rey had implored the DOT not to revoke its economic authority as, at the time, talks were ongoing with an unspecified US investor. The recapitalization talks were critical to the carrier resuming commercial flights.

However, the DOT noted in last week's disclosure that Centurion informed it a month later that it had decided against continuing to pursue the resumption of its operations. This then lead to the return of its ACC to the FAA in June.

"Under these circumstances, and in...