Regulations and Government
FAA Issuing New Registrations for Grounded SACI Aircraft
Some 800 aircraft had been grounded
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Photo: Mark Wagner

Less than two weeks after the FAA grounded some 800 aircraft registered under the Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc. (SACI) trust, the agency has begun issuing temporary certificates of registration (CORs) to enable them to resume operations, according to Gilchrist Aviation Law.

On January 13, the FAA announced the grounding of about 800 aircraft—including 52 turboprops, business jets, and turbine helicopters—saying that all of SACI’s aircraft registration certificates were invalid because the UK-based company violated U.S. citizenship requirements when it submitted the registration applications.  

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