Safari Aviation, Inc. v. Aircraft Casa 212

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO QUASH AIRCRAFT ARREST AND STAY FURTHER PROCEEDINGS, AND DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO

Introduction

On February 12, 2004, Plaintiffs Safari Airlines, Inc., Safari Pacific Airways, and SAF, Ltd. (together “Safari”) entered into a contract with Defendant Village Aviation, Inc. (“Village”) in which Village agreed to provide Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) and Department of Transportation (“DOT”) authorized aircraft, flight crew, and maintenance personnel to Safari for transportation of cargo from Pago Pago International Airport to…