What is flight permit? What must be included in the request for issue of flight permit in Vietnam?

What is flight permit? What is included in the request for issue of flight permit in Vietnam? (Internet image)

1. What is flight permit?

According to Clause 1, Article 81 of the Law on Vietnam Civil Aviation 2006 (amended in 2014), flight permit means a written document or order which is granted by a competent state agency and determines conditions and permitted limits of operation of an aircraft.

2. Request for issue of flight permit in Vietnam

The aircraft operator, the transporter or the authorized person (hereafter referred to as the requester for flight permit) shall send the request for issue of flight permit to the flight permit issuing body specified in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Article 14 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP.

The request for issue of flight permit is stipulated as follows:

(1) The request for issue of flight permit except the flights specified in item (2) and (3) consists of the following contents:

- The name, postal address and telegram address of the aircraft operator and the transporter;

- The type of aircraft, flight number, registration number, aircraft nationality and maximum take-off weight;

- The flight itinerary;

- The airway and points of flight into and out of the Airspace of Vietnam;

- The date of flight performance; estimated time of takeoff, landing or estimated time of flying past the points of flight into and out of the Airspace of Vietnam (the calculated time is twenty-four (24) hours a day and is the Coordinated Universal Time - UTC);

- The purposes of flight;

- The number of seats and available ton - AT.

(2) For the flights of joint aviation activities, the request for issue of flight permit must submit the request for flight permit including the contents specified under Points a, b, e and g of Paragraph 2 of Article 15 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP and the following contents:

- The flight itinerary, flight area in service of joint aviation; airway or flight path in service of joint aviation activities;

- The time of flight permit performance.

(3) Request for issue of flight permit to the ultra-light flying vehicle including the contents specified in item (1) and the following contents:

- The departure and arrival aerodrome or position of ultra-light flying vehicle (WGS-84 coordinate);

- Thời gian hoạt động (giờ, ngày, tháng, năm); The operational time (hour, date, month, year);

- The minimum and maximum altitude;

- The flight path and flight direction of ultra-light flying vehicle;

- The identification characteristics;

- The communication equipment;

- Other notes.

(Clause 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Article 15 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP)

3. Time limit for submission of request of flight permit in Vietnam

The time limit for submission of request of flight permit is stipulated as follows:

- Within ten (10) working days prior to the estimated date of flight permit performance for the regular flights.

- Within seven (07) working days prior to the estimated date of flight permit performance for the following cases:

+ Testing, performance, demonstration or training flights;

+ Flights in service of scientific study, national economy, cultural, sports and tourism activities;

+ Flights of foreign military aircraft performing the civil flight activities in Vietnam.

- Within five (05) working days prior to the estimated date of flight permit in the following cases:

+ The foreign special aircraft flights transporting the guests of the Party and State and flights performing the escorting or preparation duty for those special flights; Other foreign special flights and escorting or preparation flights those special flights;

+ The international chartered flights or increased flights to and from Vietnam;

+ The flights of foreign public service aircraft not subject to the cases specified in Paragraph 2 of Article 16 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP.

- Within three (03) working days prior to the estimated date of flight permit performance for the following cases:

+ The irregular flights over the airspace of Vietnam or technical landing in Vietnam;

+ The flights are performed as decided by the Court or the competent state authorities of Vietnam;

+ The flights are performed under the aircraft lease/ sale contract;

+ The flights transferred to international aerodrome;

+ The flights in service of separate needs of the bodies, organizations and individuals.

- Within twenty four (24) hours prior to the estimated hour of flight permit performance for the flights specified under Point c, Paragraph 4, Article 14 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP; the flights for humanitarian purposes and the flights of joint aviation activities.

- Do not apply the time limit in the following cases:

+ The flights in urgent circumstances;

+ The flights specified under Points a, b and d, Paragraph 4, Article 14 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP

+ Modification of flight permit specified under Point dd, Paragraph 4, Article 14 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP.

(Clause 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Article 16 of Decree 125/2015/ND-CP)

Thanh Rin

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