Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In pursuance of the resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On measures to transform and support civil aviation enterprises" from 30 April 2021, large-scale work is being carried out. One of the steps is the creation of a free customs zone on the territory of Uzbekistan Airways Technics LLC, which will help create a flexible model of interaction between the state and business on mutually beneficial terms.

The organizational and practical work begun at the airline was completed by the beginning of October 2022. During this time, two warehouses were prepared for storing cargo of spare parts for aviation equipment, the territory was equipped with a video surveillance system, and a special room was provided to the employees of the state customs service, which was equipped with modern technology, the Internet and communications.

It is important to note that the created free customs zone will help foreign airlines to reduce the cost of customs clearance of an aircraft upon arrival for maintenance and repair, will create an opportunity to start maintenance (using these aircraft parts) and shorten the maintenance process, and ultimately finish the repair work in advance.

It was determined that in the created customs zone there will be:

- free replacement of spare parts of aviation equipment intended for the repair of all foreign aircraft and their individual units in accordance with international legal and technical standards;

- spare parts of aviation equipment necessary for the repair of aircraft of local airlines, as well as their parts and assemblies, are purchased within the free customs zone and used in the customs regime "release for free circulation";

- spare parts of aviation equipment imported from abroad are placed in this customs zone by registration in the customs regime "free customs zone", and as an exception, certificates and permits are not required;

- upon arrival of aircraft (including their parts and assemblies) imported into the free customs zone for the purpose of carrying out repairs, customs control is carried out without registering them in the appropriate customs regimes.

After the creation of a free customs zone on the territory of Uzbekistan Airways Technics, the Boeing 737-300 of SCAT Airlines (Republic of Kazakhstan) was the first to arrive for maintenance.