Air Antilles Express temporarily grounded by the DGAC – Air-Journal

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) nailed to the ground since Friday Air Antilles Express after observing maintenance deficiencies on its fleet of planes, reports the overseas channel La 1ère.

Air Antilles operates a total of 11 aircraft, of which 7 ATR and 4 Twin Otter. The maintenance schedules for these planes were not respected: “ During the monitoring of your organization since the start of 2021, we have observed 8 major non-conformities, concerning the ATR and Twin fleets, which demonstrate that your management system does not allow you to control compliance with the required procedures. to ensure the airworthiness of these aircraft fleets and the adequacy of procedures“, Wrote the DGAC to the Guadeloupe company to justify the flight ban.

Consequently, all Air Antilles Express connections between Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, Dominica and the Caribbean islands are canceled until further notice, the time to carry out maintenance on its fleet. The Guadeloupe company ” makes every effort to route the passengers affected by these disruptions and return to a normal situation as soon as possible“, She said in a statement.