Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

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

Regulation 7

Application for foreign operator’s permit

Subregulation 1

An application for the grant of a foreign operator’s permit to conduct in Singapore any kind of commercial air transport operation or any kind of aerial work operation using any aircraft must —

(a)

be made by or on behalf of the foreign operator who is to have or is likely to have control over the exercise of the privileges under the foreign operator’s permit applied for;

(b)

be made —

(i)

at least 28 days before the start of that kind of commercial air transport operation or kind of aerial work operation (as the case may be) in Singapore; or

(ii)

in the case of a renewal application, at least 28 days before the date of expiry of the foreign operator’s permit concerned;

(c)

be accompanied by a non‑refundable application fee, if specified in the Second Schedule;

(d)

state every aircraft to be covered by the foreign operator’s permit applied for;

(e)

state the purpose for which the foreign operator’s permit is applied for, being a commercial air transport operation of a certain kind or an aerial work operation of a certain kind;

(f)

contain —

(i)

an address in Singapore at which notices and other documents under the Act for the foreign operator may be served; or

(ii)

the full name and contact address of one or more persons in Singapore authorised by the foreign operator to accept on the foreign operator’s behalf service of notices and other documents under the Act;

(g)

state whom the foreign operator nominates as a representative of the foreign operator in respect of that kind of commercial air transport operation or kind of aerial work operation (as the case may be), and the following particulars of the representative:

(i)

the representative’s full name and every alias, if any;

(ii)

the representative’s title, office or designation in relation to the foreign operator;

(iii)

the representative’s nationality;

(iv)

the representative’s contact address; and

(h)

contain all particulars and information that the Authority requires to decide the application, and documents and other evidence of those particulars and information.

Subregulation 2

The Authority may refuse to consider an application for a foreign operator’s permit that is incomplete or not made in accordance with this regulation.