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Cameroon's police have questioned several Camair-Co executives over their involvement in various aircraft maintenance and leasing deals, ch-aviation reports. According to the police report, during the course of December, detectives interviewed the airline's CEO Ernest Dikoum along with its maintenance and air operations managers over deals involving the maintenance of the carrier's B767-300(ER)'s Pratt & Whitney PW4060 powerplants as well as the lease of an ATR72-200 from Aero4M    late last year. According to FlightRadar24 ADS-B data, S5-ACK was ferried to Dinard for maintenance on January 2. On the turboprop's arrival last month, airline trade unionists questioned why management would lease an aircraft for USD3,250 per block hour when their research had shown the median market rate to be USD1,750. Management did not respond for comments. The airline's difficult financial state forced it to withdraw its B767 and last remaining operational B737-

Camair-Co has grounded its jet fleet with neither its sole remaining B737-700 nor its B767-300(ER) active since the beginning of this month, reports ch-aviation. According to FlightRadar24 ADS-B data at hand, B737-700 TJ-QCB has been parked at Douala since November 26 while B767-300(ER) has been parked at Yaoundé Nsimalen since December 1. Camair-Co's two MA-60s, used to ply domestic routes, have also been grounded given a lingering concerns about the validity of Chinese maintenance specifications in relation to Cameroonian civil aviation regulations. As such, the airline has maintained limited operations using ATR72-200 leased from Regourd Aviation charter unit, Aero4M. Owned by the Cameroonian state, Camair-Co has struggled to remain active despite government's pledge earlier this year to recapitalize the carrier to the tune of XAF60 billion (USD101.4 million). Source: http://www.africanaerospace.aero/camair-co-grounds-in-house-jet-fleet.html