3 months 1 week

Russian citizens, as pilots, are permitted to fly a UAS in Montenegro for the benefit of operators that are not subject to the sanctions in accordance with Decision on the introduction of international restrictive measures ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 3/2016, 8/2016, 41/2016, 11/2022 and 40/2022) which stipulates that landing off, take-off or flying over the territory of  Montenegro are not allowed to aircraft which are owned or chartered or otherwise controlled by a Russian natural or legal person, entity or body.

It does not matter whether those Russian citizens have a residence in the Montenegro or not.

Russian citizens are not allowed to fly Russian-registered UAS or non-Russian registered UAS that are owned or chartered or otherwise controlled by a Russian... OPŠIRNIJE

3 months 2 weeks

On 18 March 2024, Ivan Scekic, MSc in Air Transport and Traffic Engineering, is appointed as the Acting Director of the Civil Aviation Agency of Montenegro.

Mr. Scekic, as the Air Navigation Safety (ANS) Division Director, actively participated in work of the different safety and ATM/ANS bodies on national and international level: National Airspace Management Committee, EASA Technical Body, ICAO European Region Aviation System Planning Group (EASPG), ICAO EUR Search And Rescue Task Force, Regional Search and Rescue Advisory Committee (RASARAC), etc.

Pursuant to his empowerment, he is very well acquainted with civil aviation authority activities, both on internal and international level

4 months 1 week

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) conducted ATM/ANS standardisation inspection in the period between 20 February 2024 and 23 February 2024, with the objective to determine compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements of the European Union in Montenegro.

 

The inspection was conducted in premises of the Civil Aviation Agency of Montenegro, pursuant to provisions of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2013 on working methods of the EASA, since the Agency is the National Supervisory Authority – NSA in Montenegro. The team of EASA assessors also visited units of Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency – SMATSA llc, that are located at Tivat airport and Podgorica airport, due to the fact that the SMATSA llc is air navigation... OPŠIRNIJE