Its air service permit was revoked by Malaysian Aviation Commission (MavCom) last Tuesday.
But the National Union for Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam) secretary-general Mohd Akram Osman told FMT: “The management continued to issue orders for the crew to operate, under a Malaysian aircraft code that is only approved by the Department of Civil Aviation,”
He added: “This aircraft is used for Saudi Airlines, as the leasor, to operate with the crew for their trips to Algeria.
“But the crew members are only hired to fly under Eaglexpress to and from Malaysia. If anything happens to the aircraft, a blame game will ensue.”
He said with the revocation of the Malaysian permit to fly, Eaglexpress was supposed to cease operations immediately, as it is no longer allowed to operate any flights.
When asked where he obtained the information, Mohd Akram said it came from Eaglexpress staff themselves, who had contacted the union for assistance.
The staff also forwarded some emails, which included the flight schedule for today, he claimed.
In the email sighted by FMT, there were two flights scheduled for trips from Jeddah to Algeria, and another two from Algeria to Jeddah.
Mohd Akram also showed FMT a list of names, allegedly of the cabin crew in charge of one of the flights, and said Nufam had contacted some of them for confirmation.
“Even right after the date of suspension, Eaglexpress issued schedules to the employees to fly. Some refused, some had no choice,” he said.
“They are worried for their safety. After two serious air disasters involving Malaysia Airlines, we are highly concerned about all these illegal operations that are taking place.
“Without the permit, insurance coverage under the international laws, are not applicable to those on board Eaglexpress flights.”
He then urged MavCom to investigate the matter immediately, and take appropriate action.
“Eaglexpress should immediately cease all its operations and avoid placing the lives of its passengers and crew at risk.
“The airline management should also be reprimanded and charged for going against the aviation laws and regulations.”
At the time of publication, efforts to obtain comments from Eaglexpress have been unsuccessful.
The charter carrier was launched in January 2012 and it served mainly the Muslim pilgrimage market.
Eaglexpress had earlier said it served 19 destinations with umrah and Haj flights to Saudi Arabia, from North Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Malaysia.