Jordan to take tough action against illegal charters

Jordan has become the first state in the Middle East and North Africa to take a positive action against the illegal charter business, or grey market.

Speaking in the keynote address to the MEBAA conference in Amman, Mohammad Amin Al-Quran, the chief commissioner and CEO of Jordan’s Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) said the country would be impounding aircraft and banning the aircraft or operator from its airspace if found guilty of operating illegally.
“I am not a great believer in punishment, much more in education and persuasion, but enough is enough,” the CARC chief said.
“The problem is growing. We will track flights and we will carry out scheduled and non-scheduled ramp checks. It is not right for those operators carrying out their business legally. But it is also the responsibility of others in business to report those illegal flights to their authorities.”
Al-Quran said he would be taking the matter to the Arab Civil Aviation Commission (ACAC) in a bid to get other states to follow suit.
“It is possible to rid ourselves of the grey market. We need to educate owners and operators and their customers, but also they must realise there are consequences.”

Capt. Mohammad Amin Al Quran, CEO of Jordan's civil aviation regulatory commission tells Arabian Aerospace editor Alan Peaford about his plans to clamp down on illegal charters afetr the keynote address at today's MEBAA Conference