# Removal of Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 87-Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Ethiopia
> **Rule** · Immediately adopted final rule. · Published 2015-02-04 · Effective 2015-02-04 · 80 FR 5918
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-02193
- **Category:** airspace
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Immediately adopted final rule.
- **Citation:** 80 FR 5918
- **Publication date:** 2015-02-04
- **Effective date:** 2015-02-04
- **FAA docket:** Docket No.: FAA-2000-7360
## Abstract

This action removes the prohibition against certain flights within the territory and airspace of Ethiopia contained in Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 87 from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The prohibition only applied to flight operations within the territory and airspace of Ethiopia north of 12 degrees north latitude conducted by United States (U.S.) air carriers or commercial operators; persons exercising the privileges of an airman certificate issued by the FAA, unless that person was engaged in the operation of a U.S.-registered aircraft for a foreign air carrier; and operators using an aircraft registered in the United States, except where the operator of such aircraft was a foreign air carrier. The FAA has now determined that the safety and security situation that prompted the above flight prohibition has significantly improved, and that it is safe for U.S. civil flights to be operated within the entire territory and airspace of Ethiopia, subject to the approval of and in accordance with the conditions established by the appropriate authorities of Ethiopia.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/02/04/2015-02193/removal-of-special-federal-aviation-regulation-no-87-prohibition-against-certain-flights-within-the)
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