Guyana’s aviation sector is already 95% compliant with the requirements needed to attain a Category One status, which would see carriers from Guyana flying directly to the United States of America, Ogle International Airport boss Anthony Mekdeci said last week.
Mekdeci, speaking at an Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) news conference last Thursday, said the Category One status is a standard required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) conventions, to which Guyana is a signatory.
The Category One status is accepted internationally and countries that fail to reach the standard would not be permitted to have their aircraft travel to the United States of the America, Mekdeci said. “For example, the FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] does not permit