BAE Systems grounds planes vital for World Food Program aid delivery in Somalia

LONDON: BAE Systems, the UK’s largest arms manufacturer, has ended its support for a fleet of aircraft delivering aid to a number of the world’s poorest states, including Somalia and South Sudan. The company withdrew the airworthiness license of its Advanced Turbo-Prop commercial aircraft with the UK Civil Aviation Authority, telling the EU Aviation Safety Agency it was “no longer produced” and that, to the company’s knowledge, “only (a) few aircraft are being operated.” That means that the last known operator of the ATP, Kenyan air-cargo firm EnComm Aviation, will have to ground its fleet.

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