Air Navigation (129 — Foreign Operator’s Permit) Regulations 2026

These Regulations are the Air Navigation (129 — Foreign Operator’s Permit) Regulations 2026 and come into operation on 1 February 2026.

Any term in these Regulations that is defined in the First Schedule to the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 441/2018) has the meaning given to that term in that Schedule unless the term is otherwise defined in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

These Regulations prescribe —

the need for a foreign operator to hold an aviation safety instrument called a foreign operator’s permit in order to conduct in Singapore a commercial air transport operation or an aerial work operation;

the relevant requirements for a foreign operator to meet in order to be eligible for and to continue holding a foreign operator’s permit; and

the privileges of a holder of a foreign operator’s permit and the limits on those privileges.

These Regulations are related to, but do not affect, the operating requirements in the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 for aircraft engaged in commercial air transport operations or aerial work operations to the extent that those Regulations apply to any of the following:

any flight involving a foreign registered aircraft in Singapore that is operated by a person other than a Singapore operator;

a foreign operator who is operating a foreign registered aircraft in Singapore;

the pilot‑in‑command of a foreign registered aircraft in Singapore that is operated by a person other than a Singapore operator.