Cyprus Civil Aviation becomes Independent Authority

Government Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardis said here today that the Council of Ministers has approved the changing of the institutional frame of functioning of the Department of Civil Aviation to an Independent Authority of Civil Aviation.

Pashiardis said the change aims at flexibility in decision making, economical independence, reduction of bureaucracy and time-consuming procedures, improvement of the offered services and mainly improvement of flight safety.

He added that the independence of the Department of Civil Aviation from the state is a standard suggested and supported by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the European Flight Safety Organisation.