Federal Aviation Administration Revokes Florida Operator Certificate
Universal Flight Services surrendered its passenger-carrying certificate after the FAA alleged it conducted illegal charters.
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Universal Flight Services surrendered its passenger-carrying certificate after the FAA alleged it conducted illegal charters.
- 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, a...
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