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The operations of Kazairnavigation and the Flight Safety Assessment Center have been merged, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar said on Wednesday.

"By a government decision dated 23 July 2013, Kazairnavigation and the Flight Safety Assessment Center are united under one Republican State Enterprise, Kazairnavigation," Sklyar said.

He noted that the enterprises were reorganized to increase safety. The new company is the legal successor of all obligations of Kazairnavigation and the Flight Safety Assessment Center

"Kazairavigation will consolidtate its staff and open a professional training center, which in the future will create a modern aviation training center and train industry workers," he noted.

Sklyar said issues regarding improvement of the civil aviation medical center, including the transition to European standards will also be solved.

According to him, the acting-CEO of the combined entity will be Serik Shulembekov, who has so far served as the Deputy Director General Kazairnavigation.

The enterprise was reorganized based on a law "On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Transport Matters" dated July 5, 2013. According to the legislation, the certification of aviation services and civil aviation were transferred to the Flight Safety Assessment Center of the Committee for Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan.