BERMUDA’S CIVIL AVIATION:
Historic Milestones and Highest Standards
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ermuda is known for a lot of things — its tax-neutral status, amazing scenery, great climate, stable political environment, high-quality infrastructure, one of the highest pay scales in the world, great strategic loca on, to name just a few. But were you aware that it has also earned an international reputation for offering high regulatory standards and excellent service levels when it comes to avia on?
Although compe on in this industry has significantly grown, Bermuda’s Civil Avia on Authority (BCAA) works hard to ensure that the Bermuda Aircra Registry not only maintains the highest safety standards in the world, but that it stays ahead of its compe tors. 68 europeanbusinessmagazine.com
A case point of that final sentence being that the BCAA — wan ng to take a leading posi on and be ahead in the marketplace — was the first jurisdic on in the world to meet all the new requirements of the Interna onal Civil Avia on Organisa on (ICAO)’s Annex 6 eight years ago. The story of aviation in Bermuda started just after the First World War, when a visi ng US Navy ship flew its plane over this small island in the Atlan c, marking the very beginning of Bermuda’s avia on history. Fast forward to 2019, Bermuda’s aviation celebrated its 100 year anniversary in May. Thomas Dunstan, Director General of Bermuda Civil Avia on Authority,
commented on this momentous occasion, no ng that, “The aviaࢼon industry has come a long way over the last 100 years, but it is important to remember where it all began.” However, this wasn’t the only inspiring historic milestone for Bermuda this year. Later that same month Bermuda registered its 900th aircra to the current Registry — a Dassault Falcon 8X. The Registry was established in 1931 and is now the largest offshore Aircra Registry and 10th in size worldwide. It includes a mix of both private aircra and commercial aircra operated under “Ar cle ‘83 bis’ Agreement“.