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| 27/07/2010 - EBAA WELCOMES ELIMINATION OF COMPLEX US TSA INTERNATIONAL WAIVER REQUIREMENTS |
The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) welcomes the announcement by US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano that US-bound international operators will now benefit from a simplified procedure for in-bound flights to the United States, signalling the end of the current, onerous TSA International Waiver process.
The EBAA, in concert with the National Business Aviation Association, has been in discussions with US government officials over the past five years in order to introduce a modified waiver procedure that would ease the high administrative burden of filing for flights to the US, while still safeguarding the integrity of US security policy.
The new simplified procedure is based on the web-based Electronic Advance Passenger Information System (e-APIS) overseen by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Under this system, each time an operator sends data through the eAPIS, the CBP will forward a copy to the TSA providing them with the required information. For its part, the undemanding eAPIS system, which collects electronic traveller manifest information for international travel both in to and out of the United States, has been widely received by the aviation community since its introduction a few months ago.
This new process will streamline the process for pre-screening passengers and crew for all Business Aviation commercial and non-commercial foreign operations by allowing pilots and operators to submit a single manifest to the e-APIS as from 1 September this year. The greatest advantage compared to the waiver system is that operators will get almost an instant response from the system.
For more information, please click here.
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| 24/06/2010 - EASA RELEASES A NPA ON THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATION OF PILOTS AND MEDICAL FITNESS OF CABIN CREW |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 27/04/2010 - DECLARATION OF THE ORGANISATIONS IN THE AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR ON EU AIR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REGULATION |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 19/04/2010 - STATUS REPORT ON EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME, EASA OPS RULEMAKING AND THE DATALINK MANDATE |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 30/03/2010 - EASA RELEASES A NPA ON THE NEW VERSION OF ACAS II |
EASA has published a Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) on the introduction of ACAS II software version 7.1 on its website. EASA invites any stakeholder wishing to send any comment to place them on the Agency’s website indicated below. This NPA will be open for consultation until 7th May 2010. The NPA states that the mandate will enter into force on 1st March 2012 for new aircraft and on 1st March 2014 for retrofit aircraft.
Click on the following link to access the NPA: http://hub.easa.europa.eu/crt/docs/viewnpa/id_86
To place comments please logon at http://hub.easa.europa.eu/crt/
For further information please contact Rulemaking Process Support at RPS@easa.europa.eu
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| 29/03/2010 - NOW AVAILABLE: ANNUAL REVIEW 2009/2010; 10 YEARS OF SUCCES! |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 25/03/2010 - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS: ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 16/03/2010 - INTELLIGENCE REPORT: SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY - REDUCTION OF ATM COSTS |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 02/03/2010 - EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUBLISHES NEW PRIOR COMPLIANCE LIST FOR DIRECTIVE 2003/87/EC ON ETS |
A prior compliance list (updated on 26.02.2010) has been established for aircraft operators that are currently outside the scope of the scheme, but forecast that they will be covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in 2010. They may be outside of the scope of the scheme for reasons such as they are currently under the 'de-minimis' exemption or have started, or plan to start aviation activities in 2009 or 2010. The purpose of the prior compliance list is to allocate these operators to an administering Member State to enable them to participate in the tonne-km and emissions monitoring in 2010.
It is possible that further aircraft operators will request such a preliminary allocation. Such requests should be sent to the following functional e-mail address:
env-eu-ets-aviation-prior-compliance-list@ec.europa.eu
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| 22/02/2010 - EUROPEAN COMMISSION ETS OPERATOR LIST FULL OF INACCURACIES…AGAIN |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 18/12/2009 - NEW TALKING POINTS: BUSINESS AVIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to Members) |
| 24/11/2009 - US TSA RELEASES DRAFT RULE IMPOSING A SECURITYT PORGRAMME FOR ALL FAA REPAIR STATIONS |
The US TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has published an official proposal of rulemaking that potentially will affect, not only US-based repair stations, but the 694 foreign repair stations located outside the United States that have an FAA certificate under part 145 of the FAA’s rules. For a list of FAA certificated repair stations please click on the following link:
www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/74328
The impact and expense of this rulemaking can be significant as it will require all FAA repair stations to adopt and implement a standard security programme and to comply with security directives issues by the TSA. Please contact the EBAA Secretariat if you want to have a copy of the full TSA proposal.
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| 18/11/2009 - EUROCONTROL CALLS FOR BUSINESS AVIATION FUEL DATA SAMPLES |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 17/11/2009 - EBAA WORKING TO DEVELOP TAILORED FTL REGULATIONS FOR BUSAV OPERATIONS IN EUROPE |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 10/11/2009 - BIG SUPPORT FOR THE NEW EBAA AIRPORT, HANDLING AND GROUND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AT ITS FIRST MEETING IN PARIS |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to Members) |
| 21/10/2009 - UK DGCA ISSUES OPEN LETTER TO INFORM OPERATORS ABOUT ETS DEADLINES |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 09/10/2009 - EUROCONTROL LAUNCHES A WEB-SURVEY TO TEST ITS NEW ETS SUPPORT FACILITY POPULARITY. OPERATORS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE! |
| For more information, please please click here. |
| 05/10/2009 - PRESS RELEASE - EBAA LEADS INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP ERP MANUAL FOR EUROPEAN BUSINESS AVIATION OPERATORS |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 25/09/2009 - NEW MINIMUM NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS PUBLISHED FOR OPERATIONS IN NORTH ATLANTIC AIRSPACE |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 17/09/2009 - TOGETHER WITH KEY AIRLINES EBAA STEPS ONBOARD SESAR TO ADVANCE THE SINGLE EUROPEAN SKY INITIATIVE |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 10/09/2009 - EBAA PROVIDES YOU WITH THE LATEST BUSINESS AVIATION TRAFFIC FIGURES FOR EUROPE ! |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to Members) |
| 10/09/2009 - NEW UPDATE - EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUBLISHES AN UPDATED OPERATORS LIST FOR ETS |
The European Commission published last month an updated list of operators included into the EU ETS. In accordance with the EBAA Fow Chart, we suggest you to:
- check if you are in the list (see list attached)
- check which is your administering member state
- check which is your competent authority (see list attached)
- get in touch with your competent authority if not already done
Deadline for the submission of the monitoring plans depends on the competent authority:
- UK: 11 weeks after 22 August (date of publication of the updated operators list)
- Germany: 6 weeks after 22 August
- Italy: 30 September
- Sweden: 15 October
- All the rest 23 Member States: 31 August 2009
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| 24/08/2009 - JAR 26 ON ADDITIONAL AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATIONS TO BE TRANSPOSED INTO THE EASA SYSTEM |
EASA is currently circulating a questionnaire to be completed by aircraft operators on JAR 26. This questionnaire will help EASA transpose JAR 26 on Additional Airworthiness Requirement for Operations into the EASA rule system. The deadline for the questionnaire is 10 October.
Please find attached the questionnaire and related JAR 26 documents including an explanatory letter, the preamble, the requirements, the amendments and the AMC. |
| 10/08/2009 - TAX REFUND FOR AVIATION FUEL IN GERMANY - ANOTHER EBAA VALUE PROPOSITION |
After a long battle, the German Business Aviation Association (GBAA), is proud to announce that Dr.Schaefer (GBAA Lawyer) has recently won a remarkable lawsuit: The Court has ruled that companies using an aircraft for business non-AOC flights eg corporate, have the right to reclaim any previously paid fuel tax and for the future, to enjoy tax free refuelling on production of a certificate to demonstrate business non-AOC usage.
As this can represent significant sums of money, we would recommend our Members operating such flights to check immediately if this might be applicable to them.
For any further questions or further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the GBAA-Lawyer:
HSP Law
International Law Firm
German Branch
Mr. André Duewel, Attorney at law
Phone: +49 511 34 35 30
Fax: +49 511 34 35 63
Email: adu@hsp-law.de
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| 07/08/2009 - NOW AVAILABLE TO NON-MEMBERS – EBAA ETS FLOWCHART TO HELP YOU MEET THE DEADLINE OF 31 AUGUST! |
EBAA – Here to help Business Aviation in Tough Times
To download the chart, please click here. |
| 06/08/2009 - 7, 8, 9 OCTOBER - SMS WORKSHOP - FARNBOROUGH, UK |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 03/08/2009 - AVAILABLE ON REQUEST - THE CD: CLEAR OF CONFLICT - RAISING AWARENESS OF THE TCAS USER INTERFACE |
| The CD “Clear of Conflict - Raising the Awareness of the TCAS User Interface” which has been produced by NATS in association with Flight Safety International, Eurocontrol and supported by EBAA is available from the EBAA Secretariat (info@ebaa.org) on request and free of charge. |
| 15/07/2009 - EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND MEMBER STATES VOTE FOR BUSINESS AVIATION SECURITY RULES TO BE ESTABLISHED AT NATIONAL LEVEL |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 10/07/2009 - EBAA PROVIDES YOU WITH THE LATEST BUSINESS AVIATION TRAFFIC FIGURES FOR EUROPE ! |
| For more information, please please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 09/07/2009 - COMMISSION AND MEMBER STATES TO TAKE PRAGMATIC APPROACH ON SIMPLIFIED MRV FOR ETS |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 30/06/2009 - EUROCONTROL TO MANDATE TCAS UPGRADE BY END 2009 |
Eurocontrol has announced to EBAA that it will release a draft NPA by end 2009 requesting operators to upgrade their TCAS II to the TCAS II 7.1 version.
According to Eurocontrol most aircraft should already be fitted with 7.0 version and for most of them it will therefore be a relatively simple software upgrade. Eurocontrol believes that only aircraft fitted with TCAS Rockwell Collins TTR 7 20 will require a more complicated upgrade.
Eurocontrol expects to have the NPA approved by late 2010, with the retrofit becoming mandatory shortly after.
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| 29/06/2009 - BUSINESS AVIATION PART OF TRANSATLANTIC NEGOTIATIONS ON AIRSPACE LIBERALIZATION |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Member) |
| 29/06/2009 - NEW AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO PASSANGER NAME RECORDING LEGISLATION |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Member) |
| 19/05/2009 - COMMISSION ADOPTS DRAFT RULES TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY OF AIRPORT SECURITY COSTS |
| Please find attached a Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on Aviation Security Charges. The attached press release provides you with a summary of the main provisions of this legislative proposal.
Please note, for the adoption of this proposal into Community law, it must go through the co-decision legislative procedure where the European Parliament and the Council play key roles in the final content of the proposal. The timeframe for the adoption is between 20 to 25 months.
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| 04/05/2009 - IBAC PUBLISHES CNS/ATM EQUIPAGE MANDATES FOR ALL WORLD REGIONS |
| For more information, please click here. (Public) |
| 04/05/2009 - 4 MAY 2009 - NEW UK SID AND STAR CLIMB AND DESCENT PROCEDURES AND PHRASEOLOGY |
| For more information, please click here. (Public) |
| 10/04/2009 - EUROCONTROL / EBAA / IAOPA JOINT YEAR BOOK 2009; |
| For more information, please click here. |
| 08/04/2009 - ETSC ORGANIZES A MEETING ON THE EASA FTL STUDY TO KEEP THE REPORT ALIVE |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 07/04/2009 - SLIGHT INCREASE IN LATEST BUSINESS AVIATION TRAFFIC FIGURES FOR EUROPE! |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 02/04/2009 - PRESS RELEASE - EBAA REORGANISES ITS MANAGEMENT TEAM |
| For more information, please click here |
| 02/04/2009 - EASA DELAYS NPAS COMMENT DEADLINE |
| For more information, please click here (Restricted to our Members) |
| 16/03/2009 - EASA PUBLISHES THE DRAFT RULES ON OPS. COMMENTS EXPECTED BY 16 MAY. |
| Fore more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 11/03/2009 - EBAA PROVIDES YOU WITH THE LATEST BUSINESS AVIATION TRAFFIC FIGURES FOR EUROPE ! |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 06/03/2009 - MAKING THE CASE FOR BUSAV: TALKING POINTS FOR OWNERS & USERS |
| Fore more information, please click here. (Public) |
| 02/03/2009 - CONFERENCE TO HELP YOU BUILDING YOUR COMMENTS ON THE NEW EASA DRAFT NPA OPS |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 24/02/2009 - THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS AN IMPORTANT REPORT SUPPORTING BUSINESS AVIATION, THE QUEIRO REPORT |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 24/02/2009 - IMPORTANT: THE QUEIRO REPORT ON BUSINESS AVIATION |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 20/02/2009 - EBAA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS - 27 MARCH 2009 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM |
| Fore more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 17/02/2009 - REMINDER : LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS ON IMPLEMENTING RULES FOR PILOT LICENSING |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 05/02/2009 - PRESS RELEASE: EBAA HELPS EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL OPERATORS FULFIL NEW SMS REQUIREMENTS |
| For more information, please click here. (Public) |
| 27/01/2009 - 27 JANUARY 2009 - EUROCONTROL AND COMMISSION PRESENT THEIR NAVIGATION STRATEGY FOLLOWING ICAO’S PBN INTRODUCTION |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 27/01/2009 - 27 JANUARY 2009 - IMPORTANT: GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS AVIATION OPERATORS |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 15/01/2009 - 15 JANUARY 2009 - EBAA MEMBERS INVITED TO ATTEND THE ACI SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE AIRPORT CONFERENCE IN LINZ IN MARCH. BOOK NOW AND OBTAIN A FEE DISCOUNT! |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 08/01/2009 - 8 JANUARY 2009 - FODCOM - CLIMB AND DESCENT UK PHRASEOLOGY |
Dear Members,
We would like to kindly draw your attention to the recently issued FODCOM concerning Climb and Descent UK Phraseology, which may be of interest to you.
Any queries relating to this should be addressed to the CAA at FOP.Admin@caa.co.uk
For more information, please click here. (Public) |
| 09/12/2008 - 9 DECEMBER 2008 - IBAC BULLETIN 08-02 - NEW AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES OUTSIDE CONTROLLED AIRSPACE - UK - AS FROM 12 MARCH 2009 |
Dear Members,
We would like to kindly draw your attention to the IBAC Bulletin 08-02 "New Air Traffic Services Outside Controlled Airspace - UK - as from 12 March 2009".
For more information, please click here. (Retricted to our Members)
To see the CAA ATSOCAS Presentation, please click here. (Restricted to our Members) |
| 06/12/2008 - 6 DECEMBER 2008 - EUROCONTROL’S PROVISIONAL COUNCIL ADOPTS MAJOR REFORM OF THE ORGANISATION’S GOVERNANCE |
| For more information, please click here. (Restricted to Members) |
| 02/12/2008 - 2 DECEMBER 2008 - UK AIP PUBLISHES NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPONDER USE ON GROUND |
| UK NATS has been made aware that with effect 12 Feb 2009 the UK AIP will harmonise on the use of A2000 squawk on ground as follows: "Unless otherwise instructed by ATC, Mode S transponder equipped aircraft on the aerodrome surface should select Mode A code 2000 when under tow; or parked and prior to selecting OFF or STDBY." |
| 27/11/2008 - ATTENTION !!! - 27 NOVEMBER 2008 - NATS - BEWARE OF FRAUDULENT DEMANDS FOR PAYMENT |
Dear Member,
Please be aware that you may receive a fraudulent invoice indicating that it comes from NATS. If at all unsure, DO NOT PAY, and contact NATS on the numbers indicated in the attached message.
Please click here to read the warning issued by NATS. (Public)
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| 29/10/2008 - 29 OCTOBER 2008 - FAA TO RUN REDUCED WATTAGE TEST OF NEW YORK VOLMET STATION |
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be conducting a test using the New York high frequency (HF) VOLMET station which broadcasts meteorological information to aircraft in flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
For more information, please click here. (Public) |
| 20/10/2008 - 20 OCTOBER 2008 - FRANCE TO LAUNCH MISSILE TESTS IN NORTH ATLANTIC AIRSPACE IN NOVEMBER |
| For more information, please click here. (Public) |
| 29/09/2008 - 29 SEPTEMBRE 2008 - THE FRENCH CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGES THE NEED TO REVISE CURRENT SLOT ALLOCATION AT SECONDARY AIRPORTS |
For more information, please click here or consult our latest Newsletter (September/1).
(Restricted to Members) |
| 12/09/2008 - IMPORTANT !!! - EBAA ON-LINE SURVEY IN PREPARATION FOR THE CABIN CREW SAFETY SYMPOSIUM NEXT YEAR AT EBACE2009 |
IMPORTANT !!!
Thank you for taking the time to check our On-Line Survey in preparation for the Cabin Crew Safety Symposium next near, within the frame of EBACE2009.
Please click here to access our Survey (Public) or read more on our EBACE page. |
| 28/05/2008 - 28 MAY 2008 - AS PART OF ITS MEMBERS' VALUE PROPOSITION, EBAA LAUNCHES A UNIQUE PILOT INSURANCE SCHEME. |
| For more information, please click here. (Public) |
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