WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $97,500 civil penalty against IBC Airways, Inc. of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for allegedly operating as a scheduled air carrier without the appropriate FAA certification.

IBC Airways is an on-demand carrier that is also authorized to offer and operate up to four weekly scheduled flights using aircraft with a maximum of nine seats. The FAA alleges IBC Airways operated three Saab 340B aircraft, which have more than nine seats, on a total of 54 scheduled flights between July 1 and August 17, 2012. The FAA alleges that IBC’s on-demand authority did not allow the company to operate these scheduled passenger-carrying flights with the Saab 340B aircraft.

IBC Airways operated the flights between Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Guantanamo Naval Air Station in Cuba and Norman Manley Airport in Kingston, Jamaica, and between Miami International Airport and Guantanamo Naval Air Station.
The FAA discovered the alleged violations during an inspection.

The FAA is reviewing information that IBC provided in response to the proposed civil penalty.