- June 4, 2021, 12:06 PM
The FAA issued an emergency order revoking Universal Flight Services (UFS) certificate to conduct passenger flights, alleging that the Sarasota, Florida-based company conducted illegal charter operations over a span of nearly five years, the agency announced today. UFS received its certificate for passenger operations in March 2019, but the FAA alleged it had operated 26 such flights between October 2015 and February 2019 at airports including Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, Key West International Airport, Florida Keys/Marathon International Airport, and Witham Field.
After obtaining certification, the company conducted flights between September 2019 and September 2020 using unauthorized pilots and/or aircraft, the agency additionally alleged. On two of those flights, the pilot did not have the requisite medical certificate, did not pass a flight check for flight in instrument conditions, and was not current in instrument conditions, accordi
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Aztec Airwaysâ new passenger airline service between Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and Florida Keys Marathon International Airport will enable travelers to avoid parking fees, large crowds, long security lines, renting a car and driving three hours each way.
Itâs also a welcomed return of scheduled commercial service to the Middle Keysâ general aviation airport since the departure of Cape Air in 2009 and Delta in 2007.
âWhy drive when you can fly?â said Aztec Airways spokeswoman Stacy Horachek. âItâs about a 35-minute flight.â
Roundtrip flights will be offered by Aztec Airways three times a week beginning Thursday, March 4, for $249 per passenger.
MARATHON â Aztec Airwaysâ new passenger airline service between Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and Florida Keys Marathon International Airport will enable travelers to avoid parking fees, large crowds, long security lines, renting a car and driving three hours each way.
Itâs also a welcome return of scheduled commercial service to the Middle Keysâ general aviation airport since the departure of Cape Air in 2009 and Delta in 2007.
âWhy drive when you can fly?â said Aztec Airways spokeswoman Stacy Horachek. âItâs about a 35-minute flight.â
Roundtrip flights will be offered by Aztec Airways three times a week beginning Thursday, March 4, for $249 per passenger.
MARATHON — Private jets consistently took off and landed as about 30 people rendezvoused Feb. 5 inside a Florida Keys Marathon International Airport hanger. Monroe County and Marathon leaders discussed