Certification and commercial aviation outside the west?
I've often wondered how this works in most of the countries in the world outside of Europe or North America. It seems like you see a lot of mixed fleets and "anything goes" in, for example, Africa. An example you might see a lot of Let turboprops and Antonovs and Russian gear flying commercially, types that have never been certified in EASA or FAA land. How does this technically work - do these countries have no request that commercial aviation has the be with certified aircraft, or have these manufacturers simply gone to every little country in the world and certified their product?
Hungarian Malev, LOT and many others regularly flew Tupolevs to western cities in their network although they were never certified there. Can a country block another countries aircraft if they're not certified?
Anyone know?
I mean, would it be possible to start an aircraft manufacturing business, not FAA and EASA certify them as it's a pain in the a**, and then still be able to sell them to most countries in Africa, Asia and South America?