Aery Aviation is contesting a proposed $15.7 million civil penalty from the Federal Aviation Administration over flights carried out for the U.S. Navy. The dispute centres on whether the operations qualified as official public aircraft operations, placing the case in a sensitive regulatory area for business aviation work tied to government missions.
The proposed penalty is unusually large for an FAA enforcement case involving a business aviation operator and points to a serious disagreement over compliance and authorisation. Aery Aviation operates a Learjet fitted with wing hardpoints, an aircraft detail that appears in the available reporting and may relate to the missions under review.
The case is still at the proposal stage, and the accessible material does not identify the FAA’s specific allegations, the flight dates involved or Aery Aviation’s formal response. No separate agency statement or company filing was available in the source material, leaving the enforcement theory and next procedural steps unclear.