Nationwide Airlines is gradually resuming its operations, with three of its 17 aircraft already back in service.
The airline’s Boeing 767-300 service to London, which resumed last week, is operating as normal and two of its 737-500 aircraft are now being used on domestic flights, company spokesperson Charmaine Thome said on Wednesday.
Nationwide’s flights to Livingstone in Zambia would resume on Monday, she said.
Other services will gradually return to normal with the release into service of the airline’s other aircraft - Boeing 737-200s, 737-500s and 727s - in accordance with South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval.
Thome said passengers could check the airline’s website for the latest flight schedules on www.flynationwide.co.za.
On November 30, the CAA grounded Nationwide when it suspended its approval of the airline’s aircraft-maintenance organisation and the certificates of airworthiness of Nationwide’s fleet of aircraft.
Last week, the CAA and Nationwide concluded a framework of compliance.
Nationwide will contract out the heavy maintenance of its aircraft fleet to the CAA-approved company, Safair. — Sapa