Kazakhstan's Civil Aviation Committee has received powers to approve rules for air taxi operations, the procedure for certifying their operators and drone regulation. This follows from an order of the Minister of Transport dated 30 October 2026.
The Committee will set requirements for companies planning to operate air taxis and the procedure for them to obtain the relevant certificates.
The order is the next step after the law signed on 24 June 2026. The law introduced the concept of advanced air mobility (AAM) into legislation, with its urban and regional types, created a legal basis for operating electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) and set out the legal status of vertiports as infrastructure.
In parallel, the Ministry of Transport put a draft Advanced Air Mobility Rules out for public consultation on 30 September, with discussion running until 15 October. According to the description of the draft, the rules will define requirements for urban air mobility and vertiport operators, maintenance organisations, aircraft and their approval for flights, use of airspace, charging infrastructure, the safety management system and training of aviation personnel.
The topic is also developing internationally. In September, Kazakhstan and Korea signed a trilateral memorandum on air taxis and drone traffic management systems, with Korea Airports Corporation and Alatau Advance Air Group named as implementing partners. We covered it here: https://www.flycentralasia.com/news/en/kazakhstan-and-korea-sign-memorandum-on-air-taxi-and-drone-traffic-management-systems/
Our assessment: the order defines which body will adopt the rules and issue certificates, but it does not authorise commercial air taxi launches. That would require approved rules, certified operators and aircraft cleared for flight. For companies planning to work in urban air mobility, vertiport operators, eVTOL manufacturers, certification consultants and maintenance organisations, clarity on the regulator is an important signal. This is the view of flycentralasia.