Registration of the Aircraft in the Kyrgyz Republic: 10 Frequently Asked Questions

Kyrgyz law defines an aircraft as any apparatus supported in the atmosphere due to its interaction with air.

Yes, however, aircrafts which are registered in another country are not required to be registered in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Meteorological balloons, as well as gliders and aerostats used exclusively for meteorological purposes or to unmanned free balloon or balloons without payload and other similar aircraft are not required to be registered in the Kyrgyz Republic. They are however, still subject to a special accounting procedure by the Civil Aviation Authority. All civil aircrafts which are not registered in a foreign state and which are operated in the Kyrgyz Republic must be registered with the Civil Aviation Authority.

The registration of an aircraft with the Civil Aviation Authority is merely evidence of compliance with Kyrgyz law and permits operation of an aircraft in the Kyrgyz Republic. It does not constitute the registration of the transfer of a title to an aircraft, nor does the Certificate of Registration evidence ownership of an aircraft.

In order to register an aircraft in the Kyrgyz Republic, the owner or operator must submit the following documents to the Civil Aviation Authority, including:
- the completed standard application form;
- certificate of airworthiness or standard form report on an aircraft’s technical condition confirming the airworthiness of the aircraft;
- type certificate;
- sales-purchase agreement or other document evidencing ownership of the aircraft;
- lease agreement or other document evidencing right of use of the aircraft by the operator, who is not the owner of the aircraft;
- export certificate of airworthiness, recognized in the Kyrgyz Republic, in case of aircraft imported to the Kyrgyz Republic;
- act or other document that contains a list of operational, technical and other documentation, as well as a removable and other equipment of the aircraft in accordance with the technical documentation and its purpose.

There is no fee payable for the registration of an aircraft. At present, services for registering an aircraft with the Civil Aviation Authority are free of charge.

Kyrgyz law requires that the owner or operator of an aircraft registered in the Kyrgyz Republic, immediately notify the Civil Aviation Authority of any changes in data.
Replacement of Certificate of Registration will usually be done if:
- there has been a modification to an aircraft and/or a change in its ownership; or
- a Certificate of Registration has been damaged to the point that it is difficult to read or completely illegible.

Yes. According to Kyrgyz law, an aircraft must be registered by the pledgee (creditor), with the Central Pledge Registration Office under the Ministry of Justice. The registration has the effect of giving public notice and prioritizes against the claims of other creditors and third parties.
If an aircraft is subject to more than one pledge then the respective pledgees' claims then are satisfied on a first-come, first-serve basis, by reference to the date and time of each pledge registration. Thus, the pledgee who first registered a security interest in the aircraft will have priority over subsequent pledges registered by other pledgees’.

In 1992, the Kyrgyz Republic ratified the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944). The Kyrgyz Republic also ratified the Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft (Geneva, 1948) in 1999.
The Kyrgyz Republic has not ratified the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Precautionary Arrest of Aircraft (Rome, 1933) or the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town, 2001).
As of March 2013

In order to deregister an aircraft in the Kyrgyz Republic the aircraft operator/owner shall provide the following documents to the Civil Aviation Agency:

a) standard aircraft de-registration application;
b) document confirming the fact of decommissioning or withdrawal from service of the aircraft, in case if the aircraft was decommissioned or withdrawn from service;
c) report on mechanical condition of the aircraft, in case if it is necessary to issue the Export Airworthiness Certificate;
d) document confirming the obligations of the state of export of the aircraft to register the aircraft in its register, in case of submission of the de-registration application with the purpose to export or register the aircraft in another state;
e) the original Certificate of Registration.

Upon request of the operator/owner or another state the Civil Aviation Agency while de-registering the aircraft issues a Certificate of De-registration.

Starting from 1992 to date the Kyrgyz Republic has ratified the following documents of international aviation law:

- Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago, 1944);
- Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft (Geneva, 1948);
- Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Warsaw, 1929);
- Convention Suppelementary to the Warsaw Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Guadalajara, 1961);
- Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (Tokyo, 1963);
- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (Hague, 1970);
- Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (Montreal, 1971);
- Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection;
- International Air Services Transit Agreement (Chicago, 1944).

Information about the documents of international aviation law, ratified by the Kyrgyz Republic Republic, in more details can be found on the website of the Civil Aviation Agency (www.caa.kg).