Air Operator Certificate

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The Air Operator Certificate ( AOC ), German: Luftverkehrsbetreiberzeugnis (in the USA Air Carrier Operating Certificate ), is the prerequisite in the European Union for issuing an operating license for the provision of flight services to a company. The basis for issuing an operating license based on the AOC is Regulation (EC) 1008/2008 of the Parliament and the Council, which replaced Regulation (EC) No. 2407/1992 of the Council on November 1, 2008.

In Germany, the granting of the AOC is regulated in Section 61 of the Aviation Licensing Regulations (LuftVZO). It stipulates that the approval procedure for aircraft used for the commercial transport of people and property is based on the provisions of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EU-OPS) 1.175 ff.

There are three categories:

  • AOC for MTOW up to 5.7 tons maximum take-off weight
  • AOC for MTOW over 5.7 to 10 tons maximum take-off weight
  • large AOC for MTOW over 10 tons maximum take-off weight

There is also a distinction between freight and passenger traffic. The operational area can also be restricted, for example to Europe. These criteria are recorded in the AOC issued in each case.

The AOC is granted by the responsible aviation authority; In Germany, an AOC is issued by the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) in Braunschweig . (Exception: AOC for companies that operate exclusively according to visual flight rules (VFR) are issued by the relevant national aviation authority).

According to the EASA guidelines, the AOC must be carried on board every aircraft.

A comprehensive technical and economic review is carried out prior to the issue. For this purpose, financial strength must be proven and competent persons named within a company who are technically able to fill the corresponding positions. It is the responsibility of the issuing authority to decide whether the named persons are accepted. These people are called managers (heads) and postholders (department heads) in technical terms . These include: Accountable Manager (head of department), Quality Manager (Head of Quality System), Postholder Flight Operations (Head of Flight Operations), Postholder Ground Operations (Head of Ground Operations), Postholder Maintenance System (Head of Maintenance System), Postholder Crew Training (Head of Crew Training).

As a rule, especially in the case of an initial grant, the AOC is granted for a limited period of time. The approval can also be revoked at any time during this period. Reasons can be: unreliability in technical and flight operations or economic reasons.

Since the introduction of the so-called European guidelines ( Joint Aviation Requirements , JAR ), a uniform regulation for the issuing of an AOC has been sought. The superordinate European body is called the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) . The JAA only make proposals to standardize the cooperation in Europe in the aviation sector. The JAR are adopted into national law on the basis of a legal act of adoption (e.g. ordinance). National law continues to apply insofar as it relates to aspects that are not regulated by the JAR.

In 2003 EASA took over the tasks of the JAA in Europe. With Regulation (EC) No. 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council , EASA also had a legislative role. It is therefore above national law. The counterpart in the USA is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), whose regulations are called Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The correct English name should be "Air Operator's Certificate". However, both in the English original and in the EU-OPS 1 German translation, which is binding for the Federal Republic of Germany (see under literature), the term “Air Operator Certificate” is used.
  2. ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 1008/2008 of the Parliament and the Council
  3. ↑ Regulation (EEC) No. 2407/92 of the Council
  4. ↑ EU-OPS 1 (German version) ( Memento from August 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 15, 2002 laying down common rules for civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency

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