On 7 October, according to Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 738 of 3 October 1994, Civil Aviation Day is observed.

History

In October 1933, from an airfield in the suburbs of Frunze, a U-2 aircraft took off which for the first time opened an air route across the Küngey Ala-Too mountain ranges at an altitude of 3,500 metres to establish the Frunze – Rybachye – Przhevalsk line.

Significance

The professional holiday was established to acknowledge the particular importance of civil aviation and its contribution to the economy and development of the country.

Documents and sources

Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 738 (link)

Photo credit

Photo credit: Dmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation