Removal of the Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Afghanistan

This action removes Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 90, which prohibits flight operations within the territory and airspace of Afghanistan by all U.S. air carriers, all U.S. commercial operators, and by all persons exercising the privileges of an airman certificate issued by the FAA unless that airman is a foreign national engaged in the operation of a U.S.-registered aircraft for a foreign air carrier. This action is taken because the heightened threat to civil aviation within the territory and airspace of Afghanistan, which warranted the issuance of the emergency rule, no longer exists.