CTA suspends SkyGreece's licence

The Canadian Transportation Agency has suspended SkyGreece Airlines’ international aviation licence, citing the embattled carrier’s failure to meet liability insurance requirements.

The ruling was issued earlier this week, after SkyGreece “had ceased to meet the requirement to have the prescribed liability insurance coverage under the Canada Transportation Act” as of midnight on Sept. 18, the agency said in a statement to PAX.

According to the CTA, under Canadian law, a foreign applicant for a scheduled international licence must:

• be designated by the government of the applicant's state or an agent of that government to operate an air service under the terms of an agreement or arrangement between that government and the Government of Canada;
• hold a document issued by the government of the applicant's state or an agent of that government that, in respect of the service to be provided under the document, is equivalent to the scheduled international licence for which the application is being made;
• hold a Canadian Aviation Document issued by Transport Canada in respect of the applied for air service; and
• have liability insurance for the proposed air service.

According to CTA spokesperson Alexandre Robertson, “the licence will be reinstated when the Agency is satisfied that SkyGreece meets their licensing requirements.”

SkyGreece declared bankruptcy earlier this month shortly after suddenly announcing a temporary halt to its services, stranding hundreds of passengers in Canada and Europe. The airline has previously stated that it is currently in the process of restructuring with the goal of resuming operations in the future.