The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) grounded CemAir flights for 24 hours on Wednesday.
This after the airline allegedly contravened legislation and civil aviation regulations.
“This implies that CemAir cannot operate as an approved air operator,” SACAA’s aviation safety executive Simon Segwabe said.
The CAA said the prohibition order lapses at 1.30pm on Thursday after it informed CemAir on Wednesday afternoon.
SACAA inspectors found during CemAir’s annual permit renewal audit on Wednesday that the airline had contravened the Civil Aviation Act and five SACAA regulations.
This included being unable to “produce nor demonstrate” that an approved and qualified person was hired as “Responsible Person: Flight Operations”.
Segwabe said this means “they don’t have anybody who’s assigned to that airline to ensure that the operations of that airline are safe”.