South African Express (EXY, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is set to resume commercial flight operations after the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) reinstated its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC).
SACAA suspended SA Express’s AOC, AMO accreditation, and Certificates of Airworthiness (CoA) for nine of its 21 aircraft after an audit of the airline and its maintenance organisation uncovered severe cases of non-compliance that posed serious safety risks.
Following a change in leadership and the drafting of a recovery plan, the regulator said on Thursday, July 26, that aside from the reinstatement of SA Express's AOC, it had also granted Certificates of Airworthiness for two of the carrier's aircraft, understood to be Dash 8-400s ZS-YBR (msn 4144) and ZS-YBU (msn 4344).
South African Express has yet to comment on its next move or when it intends to resume services.
