Kenya Airways has lost an aircraft servicing license for aircraft registered in the United Kingdom from the European Union. This is after the national carrier failed the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) compliance audit.
Apparently, KQ had been asked to separate some of its general storage during the certification audit. The national carrier was asked to have a temperature control device in compliance with European standards.
“As you may know we are in the tropics and our manuals do not require us to have temperature controls such as those in Europe where there are extremes. We are, however, working on compliance,” KQ director for technical Gilbert Bett told a local daily business newspaper.
The daily reported that KQ had applied for the EASA certification (EASA Part 145 requirements for a Part 145 Maintenance) as part of strategic growth for maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) as well as the prospect to service and maintaining European registered aircraft.
Following the revocation, KQ stands to lose revenue in plane maintenance for European Union-registered airlines. However, as of now, the national carrier says that it does not have any aircraft under maintenance that requires EASA certification.
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“There is no revenue loss as there is no aircraft under maintenance that requires EASA certification. We do not have any European-registered aircraft under maintenance,” said Bett.
