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The Bermudian Civil Aviation Authority has become the latest organisation to put a ban on Russian aircraft from flying into its airports.
The BCAA issued the following statement,
International sanctions on the aviation sector have had a significant impact on the ability to sustain safety oversight on Russian operated aircraft on the Bermuda Aircraft Registry. The airworthiness system has been restricted to the point that the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) is unable to confidently approve these aircraft as being airworthy. Therefore, as of 23:59 UTC on March 12th 2022, the BCAA has provisionally suspended all Certificates of Airworthiness of those aircraft operating under the Article 83bis Agreement between Bermuda and the Russian Federation.For any aircraft airborne at 23:59 UTC on March 12th 2022, the provisional suspension is effective immediately upon landing.
There are over 900 aircraft currently registered with Bermuda, a significant amount are utilised by commercial Russian air operators which will be affected by this announcement. Aeroflot, Probeba and S7 all had aircraft operating under the Bermudian registration prior to the announcement.
BCAA has a responsibility for the safety oversight of all local aviation activity which would include the aerodrome (including Air Traffic Management, Meteorological Services, Communications Navigation and Surveillance); certify/inspect one Bermuda air operator; foreign air operator oversight; and issuing of flight permits.
In addition, BCAA has established the Bermuda Aircraft Registry which enjoys a high reputation internationally as a safe, well-regulated registry. The Bermuda Aircraft Registry includes private aircraft (125 aircraft) and commercial aircraft operated under Article 83 bis Agreements (625 aircraft).
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