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Haiti - Economy : ICAO downgrades OFNAC, Sunrise Airways collateral victim 13/05/2014 14:05:10
Philippe Bayard, the Director of "Sunrise Airways" stressed that has nothing to do with the standard at his company "We stopped operating on the route Providenciales to Cap-Haitien since the May 1st. This is a decision taken by the [TCI] CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) of TCI. It is good to emphasize the fact that this is only dealing with the issues that has nothing to do with the quality of the service that we provide or the safety’ or security standard that we have. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10551-haiti-security-sunrise-airways-compliant-with-new-safety-standards.html , as a matter of fact, we have been inspected by the civil aviation here and I trust we had good cooperation and we thank them for their support." For his part, Tom Swann, Head of the TCI Civil Aviation Authority, declared that the local aviation authority did not know that when they were issuing the operating certification to Sunrise Airways, recalling that ICAO carries out audits of all aviation authorities of the contracting states, to satisfy themselves that the authorities are complying with the international oversight. "We granted Sunrise the approvals (Summer 2013) at the time when we were not aware of the OFNAC status [...]" Note indeed that in a document of 2014 from ICAO, it is mentioned "During the last years, ICAO carried out several missions and audits in Haiti and pointed out many deficiencies related to the oversight capacity of the Haitian civil aviation authority. In this regard, special attention and leadership are required to simultaneously address issues in airline operations, aerodrome operations and air traffic management [...] Full aerodrome control service is to be provided at Cap-Haitien international airport in a short term resolving a long standing deficiency." The CAA confirms to be satisfied of standards of operation of the Sunrise Airways. "We are still satisfied with Sunrise. It [termination of license to fly to TCI] has nothing to do with the airline. It just has to do with the status of the authority." Meanwhile, the situation is regularized, Tom Swann says that until the situation is regularized, the only way to Sunrise Airways to operate again between Haiti and Turkey and Caicos Islands, is to changes its allegiance to another country that has the approval of the ICAO. For his part, Philippe Bayard said that his company was working with the Haitian authorities to rebuild the aviation authority of Haiti, so that its ratings and classification can be restored. Learn more about Sunrise Airways : Sunrise Airways (IATA: S6) is a new Haitian owned commercial airline launched in November 2012 that aims to establish a hub in Port-au-Prince to better serve air travel needs within the Western Caribbean. The airline currently operates daily scheduled passenger service between Cap Haitien and Providenciales, Turks & Caicos, as well as domestic routes within Haiti, and charter flights to various gateways throughout the Western Caribbean. New service to Holguin, Havana and Santiago in Cuba, Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, and Kingston, Jamaica are planned for 2013. Sunrise Airways owns and operates a fleet comprised of Jetstream 32 EP aircraft offering the comfort of leather seating and ample in-cabin cargo room for a maximum capacity of 19 passengers. Headquartered in Port-au-Prince with a dedicated maintenance facility in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Sunrise Airways is owned by noted Haitian businessman and philanthropist, Philippe Bayard. Members of the airline’s leadership team average more than 15 years of aviation experience with such well-known industry brands as Aerocaribbean, Air Jamaica, BAE Systems, Condor Airlines, Jamaica Air Shuttle, and LAN Airlines. Se also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10551-haiti-security-sunrise-airways-compliant-with-new-safety-standards.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10180-haiti-economy-positive-results-for-the-1st-year-of-sunrise-airways.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9862-haiti-economy-green-light-for-sunrise-airways-to-fly-towards-santo-domingo.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9770-haiti-economy-start-of-the-sunrise-airways-flights-between-haiti-and-cuba.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9510-haiti-economy-new-air-route-haiti-cuba.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9260-haiti-economy-sunrise-airways-new-route-cap-haitien-providenciales-tci.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8885-haiti-economy-sunrise-airways-plans-to-expand-its-service-to-jamaica-and-tci.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8993-haiti-economy-things-are-moving-at-sunrise-airways.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-7354-haiti-economy-sunrise-airways-will-offer-daily-flights-port-au-prince-cap-haitien.html SL/ HaitiLibre
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