The US Department of Transportation has tentatively granted Suriname’s Fly All Ways Airlines (8W, Paramaribo International) a Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Exemption Authority for passenger and any other charters to the United States for a period of two years, the regulator announced in a filing.
Pending the finalisation of the order, any objections may be submitted to the DOT within 21 days from the filing on August 18, 2021.
According to the preliminary order, the carrier was granted permission for foreign charters ferrying people, property, and mail from points behind Suriname, via Suriname and intermediate points, to any point/s in the United States and beyond. Fly Allways may also conduct foreign charters of property and mail between the US and any point/s, and any other charters in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212 of the DOT’s charter rules.
The DOT said exemption authority was preliminarily afforded subject to certain standard conditions, and the permit was granted subject to show-cause procedures. Its decision was in the public interest as the applicant had demonstrated that it was financially and operationally qualified.
This followed an application by Fly Allways on June 25, 2021.
According to the DOT filing, Fly Allways is wholly owned by Suriname national Amichand Jhauw, who also serves as chief executive of the airline. Jhauw did not respond to request from ch-aviation for more information on the airline’s US plans.
According to the ch-aviation fleets module, Fly All Ways has a small fleet of one DHC-6-400 wet-leased in from Zimex Aviation (XM, Zurich) for a passenger charter contract from French petroleum firm Total for flights between Suriname and French Guiana.; as well as two Fokker 70s, of which it owns one while the other is leased from Holly Day Airline BV.
The Surinamese airline currently operates scheduled and charter flights to Brazil, Guyana, Curacao, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Cuba, and Colombia.
