Trump team is asking companies to handle deportation flights
Source: msn/The Independent
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The Trump administration is on the hunt for aviation companies to handle the running of deportation flights, with the Department of Homeland Security effectively assembling its own fleet.
It is part of the administration’s plans to bolster its deportation efforts following a cash injection of $464.5 million and marks a departure from the use of military aircraft or charter flights.
“The Government requires a contractor to provide flight operations, maintenance, and contractor logistics support for a fleet of aircraft utilized to support removal operations for deportations, voluntary repatriation, high-risk charter operations, deployment of crisis response personnel, medical evacuations, and movement of senior officials in support of continuity directives and diplomatic engagement,” the notice on the government’s System for Award Management website said.
Locations “may include remote, primitive, or austere environments,” said the notice, first reported by Bloomberg. The notice added that successful contractors would be responsible for the running of two C-37B or equivalent Gulfstream 650ERs and seven Boeing 737-700s or equivalent, and supporting operations 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, “with short-notice mission tasking
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