Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (18 June 2020) - The impact of the ongoing pandemic COVID-19 on the aircraft industry has been unprecedented. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI), custodian of the Cayman Islands’ Aircraft Registry (CIAR), has implemented proactive measures to meet these new challenges providing enhanced services to our existing and [...]
Further to the relaxed renewal policy previously issued by the CAACI, the following is specific guidance for air operators and flight crews to meet the Flight Crew Recency requirements specified in the OTAR applicable to their scope of flight operation.
Overseas Territories Aviation Requirements (OTAR) reference 61.701 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to adversely affect the aviation world in many ways, one of which is with regards to flight crew maintaining the validity of their licences/ratings, as well as that of operational checks. With regards to flight crew licences, the CAACI issues CoVs, eligibility for which [...]
21 April, 2020 Based on the current global situation, some Cayman registered aircraft owners may find their aircraft inaccessible or grounded for an extended period of time. For this reason, some required maintenance tasks may not be readily able to be accomplished. This will render the Certificate of Airworthiness to be no longer In Force [...]
Advisory to Cayman Islands Travel Partners The Cayman Islands Government (CIG) has been monitoring the progress of the Coronavirus/COVID 19 pandemic and announced varying initiatives to reduce the transmission of COVID 19 throughout the Cayman Islands. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (CAACI) issued a notice on Monday, 10 April 2020 in regards [...]
During the current circumstances of “shelter in place” and “social distancing”, the CAACI continues to function in terms of providing regulatory certification and oversight services. All the CAACI Technical and Support staff have been equipped and resourced to carry out their duties remotely. The function and capacity of our VP-C Online secured electronic data management [...]
Due to the increase of positive test results in the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands Government implemented a shelter-in-place order via the Cabinet as of Tuesday, 24 March 2020 as an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. In compliance with the Cayman Islands Government’s shelter-in-place order, the CAACI office at Grand Harbour closed as of 5 pm [...]
The CAACI, in response to the socio-economic impact of the novel coronavirus, has decided to provide flexibility to Air Operators and Flight Crew while travel is restricted, where visiting Aviation Medical Examiners is not recommended, Aircraft Training Centres are closed and while the gathering of groups is limited to a minimum or not at all [...]
The Cayman Islands Government (CIG) has been monitoring the progress of the Coronavirus/COVID 19 pandemic and have announced varying initiatives to reduce the transmission of COVID 19 throughout the Cayman Islands. In addition to travel restrictions from various jurisdictions announced on Friday 13 March, today the CIG announced the following air travel restrictions (click here [...]