Sadyr Japarov, the President of Kyrgyzstan, has signed a decree imposing a moratorium on registration and issuance of operator certificates to airlines. The press service of the head of state reported.
This prohibition decision is aimed at strengthening the national aviation system, as well as increasing its transparency and compliance with international standards.
According to the decree, a ban on the registration of new airlines and issuance of operator certificates to them is imposed until a special order from the president.
The State Agency for Civil Aviation has been instructed to conduct an inspection of airlines operating flights outside the country and not basing their aircraft in Kyrgyzstan for more than a month.
In case of non-compliance with the requirements, the cancellation of their registration and certificates will be initiated. The Decree read, the mortarium is :
"To conduct an audit of the activities of airlines operating flights exclusively outside the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as having aircraft (planes/helicopters) that have not been based at airports in the Kyrgyz Republic for more than 1 (one) month."
"Based on the results of the inspection, to cancel the registration and air operator certificate of airlines that do not meet the established requirements,"The decree says.
The Cabinet of Ministers is obliged to bring its decisions into line with this document and take the necessary measures for its implementation.
The President of Kyrgyzstan commented on the plane crash in Sudan, when documents of Manas International Airport OJSC were found at the crash site. Sadyr Japarov wrote about this on his Facebook page.
According to him, it is important to strengthen control in the aviation industry and ensure transparency and compliance with international safety standards.
The accident in Sudan, he added, was a reminder of the importance of constant monitoring of airlines flying abroad, especially in dangerous areas.
According to Sadyr Japarov, some airlines registered in Kyrgyzstan operate flights only outside the republic.
"This case underscores the need for strict and continuous monitoring of every flight abroad, as such situations pose a direct threat to our efforts to remove the country from the European Union's blacklist. I instructed the relevant authorized state bodies to carefully and promptly check airlines operating only abroad and take strict measures against those who do not meet the requirements, as well as prepare an appropriate presidential decree," he explained.
On October 22, it became known that an Il-76 cargo plane was shot down in the province of Northern Darfur, where hostilities continue between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Reaction Force (RSF) paramilitary group.
The Il-76 cargo plane, shot down in the province of Northern Darfur, was reportedly chartered by the UAE and based at Bishkek's Manas International Airport.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stated that they mistook a UAE cargo plane for a Sudanese army bomber and shot it down.
Preliminary reports showed that the aircraft beared registration of EX-76011 of new Way Cargo Airline, later the Kyrgyz CAA confirmed that the registration was cancelled on 12 January 2024, and the aircraft was on export to Sudan where it was registered as ST-JAN.
In September this year, the President of Kyrgyzstan also imposed a moratorium on raising salaries of civil servants. The corresponding document was published in Erkin-Too government newspaper.
The salary related moratorium was imposed until 2026. The decision was made in order to optimize state budget expenditures.
The head of the Kyrgyz Republic noted that in recent years, the state has been actively working on the development of aviation, and one of the significant results was the successful completion of two audits of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) during the year.
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