A Gauteng high court ruled in favour of SA Express following a protracted contractual dispute between the airline and charter operator Solenta Aviation in an arbitration hearing on Monday. Solenta Aviation applied for the liquidation of the airline over an unpaid R87.3-million it owed the charter operator in unpaid leasing debts due on three E145s aircraft it wet-leased from Solenta between October 2016 and June 2017. SA Express said in a statement that it was happy to be vindicated by Monday’s ruling.