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August 17, 2010 -
Quebec air carrier Aeropro reported on Monday that the company is
shutting down its flight operations as a result of its failure to
convince a Federal Court in Quebec, Canada to reverse the decision made
by Transport Canada which had revoking its operating license. Following
a deadly crash near Quebec City on June 23, in which seven people
onboard Aeropro’s Beechcraft King Air died shortly after takeoff.
Aeropro attorneys
argued before Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada the government
had not given the company ample warning or time to correct any of its
problems before revoking their license to operate.
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However, the
Transportation Appeal Tribunal sided with the government stating the
government followed appropriate procedures and acted to protect
public safety.
Aeropro stated it would cease flight operations, would not resort to
further legal actions, and it would lay off 90 percent of its
employees. The company will maintain its weather services and
operations of airport management with its 10 or so remaining
employees. 's an unfortunate situation and Aeropro wants to
underline its employees' professionalism and dedicated work in these
difficult past weeks," wrote Aeropro.
Aeropro is an air
charter, aircraft maintenance and airport management company with its
headquarters on the grounds of
Within 24-hour of
the fatal crash on June 23rd
Transport Canada suspending Aeropro permit to operate and on
August 1, 2010, Transport Canada effectively grounded all air operations
by revoking Aeropro's operating permit following an audit that found
repeated violations of Canadian aviation regulations.
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