Air Navigation (98 — Special Operations) Regulations 2018 · As enacted · Part 2
65. Additional details for application
Feedback & supportA commercial air transport operator seeking a special operations approval to conduct commercial air transport operations at night or in instrument meteorological conditions (as the case may be) using a single‑engine turbine‑powered aeroplane must comply with the requirements of paragraph (2) when making an application under regulation 4(1) for such an approval.
As part of an application for the special operations approval mentioned in paragraph (1), the commercial air transport operator —
must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Director‑General of Civil Aviation, that —
the commercial air transport operator is able to safely conduct operations using a single‑engine turbine‑powered aeroplane at night or in instrument meteorological conditions, as the case may be; and
the airworthiness certification of the aeroplane that is to be used for such operations is appropriate;
must prove to the Director-General of Civil Aviation that the type of turbine engine in the single‑engine turbine‑powered aeroplane that is intended to be used for such operations has a world fleet power loss rate of less than one per 100,000 engine hours; and
must provide details of —
the operating equipment to be carried on an aeroplane used for such operations; and
the training programme required under regulation 71.
Subregulation 1
A commercial air transport operator seeking a special operations approval to conduct commercial air transport operations at night or in instrument meteorological conditions (as the case may be) using a single‑engine turbine‑powered aeroplane must comply with the requirements of paragraph (2) when making an application under regulation 4(1) for such an approval.
Subregulation 2
As part of an application for the special operations approval mentioned in paragraph (1), the commercial air transport operator —
must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Director‑General of Civil Aviation, that —
the commercial air transport operator is able to safely conduct operations using a single‑engine turbine‑powered aeroplane at night or in instrument meteorological conditions, as the case may be; and
the airworthiness certification of the aeroplane that is to be used for such operations is appropriate;
must prove to the Director-General of Civil Aviation that the type of turbine engine in the single‑engine turbine‑powered aeroplane that is intended to be used for such operations has a world fleet power loss rate of less than one per 100,000 engine hours; and
must provide details of —
the operating equipment to be carried on an aeroplane used for such operations; and
the training programme required under regulation 71.