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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargo

Subpart 4 : Documentation and Records

135.04.12 ATS flight planning for a series of flights

 

(1) An air service operator shall ensure that an ATS flight plan is completed for each flight operated under this Part unless the flight is operated on a series of flights as provided in subregulation (2) and for each sector, alerting service has not been requested and the aeroplane does not—
(a) depart or arrive at a controlled aerodrome;
(b) operate within or transit through any controlled or advisory airspace; or
(c) operate within an airway or advisory route unless crossing such at right angles.

 

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), a series of flights is deemed to occur as long as the following criteria are met—
(a) the series of flights shall not result in flight time longer than 90 minutes in total;
(b) no individual sector shall be longer than 30 minutes; and
(c) the time spent on the ground at each en route stop shall not exceed 30 minutes.