BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 12. The "Regulations on
the Management of Airports" has been approved.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, signed
the relevant decree.
According to the Decree, these Regulations determine the basic
principles and requirements regarding the management of airports in
the Republic of Azerbaijan. The provisions of these Regulations
apply to civil airports. In the management of civil airports, the
powers of the regulatory body shall be exercised by the State Civil
Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Digital Development and
Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The duties of the regulatory body include: developing and
approving relevant documents for the application of normative legal
acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan regulating the fields of
certification of airports and/or aerodromes, as well as ground
handling providers, ensuring and managing flight safety, aviation
security, and the facilitation of air transport formalities;
implementing the international standards and recommended practices
of the International Civil Aviation Organization (hereinafter –
ICAO) established by the Convention on International Civil Aviation
of December 7, 1944, and its annexes, as well as the norms and
standards of the World Customs Organization; organizing supervision
and inspections over the activities of airport operators;
cooperating with the relevant bodies (entities) of foreign states
and international organizations to study international experience
in the field of airport management; and, in accordance with its
lines of activity, exercising control over the implementation of
normative legal acts related to airport management.
The Cabinet of Ministers must take appropriate measures in this
regard.
