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Kazakhstan bans Soviet-era aircraft

Astana, Kazakhstan - In order to improve the safety standards of the domestic companies

Kazakh Minister of Transport Askar Zhumagaliyev, in a report presented today, 13/06/2012, to the parliament, announced that aircraft dating back to the Soviet-era will be banned by November 2012. The measure aims to improve the safety standards in the civil aviation of the ex-Soviet republic, bringing them to the same level as the international ones. Currently, as a matter of fact, all the Kazakhstan...

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Rome, Italy, 06/13/2012 18:50
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