Camair-Co's MA60s returns into service
One of Camair-Co's MA60s (registration TJQDA) is fit to fly. The 48-seat aircraft received its certificate of airworthiness on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, as the aircraft, grounded for several months, required spare parts from China, the manufacturer's country.
Its maintenance ensured, and the OK of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) obtained, it should take the air on Sunday, December 6 on the domestic network, entrusted DG Louis Georges Njipendi Kuotu. In contrast, the other MA60 (TJQDB), which was shot on landing in Bamenda in the northwest of the country a year ago, remains unserviceable.
Since the resumption of domestic operations on October 18, Camair-Co has operated a Boeing 737-300 leased from the Ukrainian company Jonika. It is this aircraft that covers most of the domestic network (Douala, Yaoundé, Garoua, Maroua) where the company has a total of more than 8,000 passengers and more than 12 tonnes of freight transported. The service to Ngaoundéré will begin on December 6.
As part of the rehabilitation and densification of the fleet, the boss of Camair-Co has made announcements. "It is also planned - shortly - to send its two owned B737-700 NG aircraft for overhaul and the entry into the fleet of new acquisitions such as Q400 type aircraft during the same period". However, he has not commented on the fate of the Boeing 767 - one of Camair-Co's MA60s (registration TJQDA) is fit to fly. The 48-seater aircraft received its certificate of airworthiness on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, as the aircraft had been grounded for several months, requiring spare parts from China, the manufacturer's country.
Its maintenance ensured, and the OK of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA) obtained, it should take the air on Sunday, December 6 on the domestic network, entrusted DG Louis Georges Njipendi Kuotu. In contrast, the other MA60 (TJQDB), which was shot on landing in Bamenda in the northwest of the country a year ago, remains unserviceable.
Since the resumption of domestic operations on October 18, Camair-Co has operated a Boeing 737-300 leased from the Ukrainian company Jonika. It is this plane that covers most of the domestic network (Douala, Yaoundé, Garoua, Maroua) where the company has a total of more than 8,000 passengers and more than 12 tonnes of freight transported. The service to Ngaoundéré will begin on December 6.
As part of the rehabilitation and densification of the fleet, the boss of Camair-Co has made announcements. "It is also planned - soon - to send its two owned B737-700 NG aircraft for overhaul and the entry into the fleet of new acquisitions such as Q400 type aircraft during the same period". However, he has not commented on the fate of the Boeing 767-300 abandoned in Addis Ababa since January 12, 2018.
