Procedures for deregistration of aircraft nationality

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On September 15, the Government issued Decree 246/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing Decree No. 68/2015/ND-CP dated August 18, 2015 of the Government regulating nationality registration and registration of rights to aircraft, which was amended and supplemented by Decree No. 64/2022/ND-CP dated September 15, 2022 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of decrees regulating business activities in the field of civil aviation.

In particular, Decree 246/2025/ND-CP adds Clause 3 to Article 8 of Decree 68/2015/ND-CP regulating cases of aircraft nationality cancellation.

Decree 246/2025/ND-CP stipulates: in case the IDERA document has been registered according to the provisions of this Decree, only the person designated in the IDERA document has the right to request the deregistration of the nationality of the aircraft. The IDERA document (Irrevocable De-registration and Export Request Authorisation) is a document issued according to the provisions of the Cape Town Convention, which specifies the person entitled to request the deregistration or export of the aircraft.

Along with that, Decree 246/2025/ND-CP added a number of regulations on procedures for deleting aircraft nationality registration at the request of the person designated in the IDERA document to Article 9 of Decree 68/2015/ND-CP.

According to regulations, the person requesting to cancel the registration of aircraft nationality submits a set of documents directly or via the postal system or via the online public service system to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and is responsible for the accuracy and truthfulness of the information recorded in the documents.

Within 5 working days from the date of receiving a complete application as prescribed, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall issue a Certificate of Deregistration of Vietnamese Aircraft Nationality and a Certificate of Airworthiness for Export as prescribed in the case of Deregistration of Aircraft Nationality at the request of the person designated in the IDERA document; revoke the Certificate of Vietnamese Aircraft Nationality; in case of refusal to issue, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall respond to the applicant in writing.

In case the dossier is incomplete, within 2 working days from the date of receiving the dossier, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam shall issue a document instructing the applicant to complete the dossier according to regulations.

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