Airlink announced the cancellation of January 7 flights to Nampula in Mozambique following a claim for damages instituted by the province’s court. The instituting of the claim was accompanied by a court application to have Airlink’s aircraft seized pending the outcome.
According to Airlink’s statement, Mozambican courts do not have the jurisdiction to seize or arrest foreign-registered aircraft as security for civil claims and do not have the jurisdiction to consider the claim as the incident occurred in South Africa. Airlink provides about 70% of scheduled commercial air travel between South Africa and Mozambique.
[original article: Freight News]