In case of acute crises of humanitarian character in connection with earthquakes or similar disasters outside office hours, the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority has granted a general and standing permission for emergency relief flights with cargo and/or passengers to/from Denmark, cf. AIC A 04/13, on the following conditions:

• That the flight is notified to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by email.
• That the aircraft operated has a valid certificate of airworthiness.
• That the aircraft operated has been entered on the airline’s valid OS/AOC.
• That the aircraft operated is insured in accordance with Regulation (EC) no. 785/2004.
• That neither the airline nor the aircraft is entered on the EU list of airlines whose operations are banned within the EU
• That documentation for the character of the acute need can be submitted.

Trafikstyrelsen
Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority
Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43
1577 København V
Phone Number +45 72218800

info@trafikstyrelsen.dk

In pursuance of ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) recommendation 35-1, flights in Denmark with historical aircraft that

• are originally factory-manufactured,
• previously have held an ICAO compliant Certificate of Airworthiness,
• subsequently have been operated under national rules through a National Restricted Permit to Fly or National Restricted Certificate of Airworthiness,
• fall under EU Regulation (EC) No. 2018/1139, Annex I, Article a(i),
• have a maximum take-off weight of less than 5,700 kg, and
• are operated in non-commercial flights

may be carried out for a period of up to 90 days per year without any restrictions other than those stated in the certificate of airworthiness or permit to fly issued by another ECAC member state.

Note: Historical aircraft operating in Denmark must be insured in accordance with Regulation (EC) no. 785/2004.

It is a condition for all non-Community air carriers (Third Country Operators) intending to operate non-scheduled (charter) flights to/from Danish airports that the air carrier has been granted TCO (Third Country Operator) authorization from EASA and that the aircraft operated has/have been approved by EASA.

See below under Third Country Operators for further information.

Time-limits for applications/notifications do not include Saturdays, Sundays, Danish holidays, and days on which the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority is closed (on 5 June, the day after Ascension Day, and the days between Christmas and New Year).
Community air carriers operating between Denmark and destinations within the EU

Community air carriers may operate non-scheduled (charter) flights between Denmark and destinations within the EU without permission from the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, cf. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1008/2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community. The flights shall, however, be notified to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk.

Notification of traffic programmes covering entire/parts of summer/winter periods shall be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme in question. Notification of individual flights (up to a maximum of 4 flights within a period of 2 months) shall be submitted not later than 48 hours in advance of the intended landing.

Notifications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Number of weekly flights (for traffic programmes only)
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Flight numbers
• Purpose of flight
• Name(s) of the charterer/charterers
• Wet-lease, if relevant

Community air carriers operating between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and non-Community air carriers (except for UK and US air carriers) operating to/from Denmark, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Community air carriers intending to operate between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and non-Community air carriers (for UK and US air carriers – see below) intending to operate to/from Denmark, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, shall, according to Regulations for Civil Aviation (BL) 10-1, Regulations on charter flights and taxi flights to/from Denmark, submit an application to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 48 hours in advance of the intended landing, if the air carrier intends to carry out up to a maximum of 4 charter flights within 2 months to Denmark.

For air carriers intending to operate more than 4 charter flights within 2 months between Denmark and non-Community destinations (traffic programmes), the time-limit is 30 days in advance of the intended landing/the effective date of the traffic programme in question.

Saturdays, Sundays, Danish holidays and days on which the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority is closed (on 5 June, the day after Ascension Day and the days between Christmas and New Year) are not included in these time-limits.

Applications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Date, flight plan, and flight number
• Number of weekly flights (for traffic programmes only)
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Name(s) of the charterer/charterers
• Charter category
• Purpose of flight
• Wet-lease, if relevant

UK air carriers operating between Denmark and the UK and between Denmark and destinations outside the UK.

UK air carriers intending to operate between Denmark and the UK and between Denmark and destinations outside the UK must, in addition to TCO authorization, also have been granted Operating Authorization by the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority in order to operate to/from Denmark.

UK air carriers can apply for an Operating Authorization for Denmark by sending the following documents to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority:

• A valid AOC, issued by the UK CAA
• A valid TCO approval, issued by EASA
• A statement from the operator/carrier in which compliance with Article 422 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the TCA) is confirmed.

The Operating Authorization only covers 3rd and 4th freedom rights. Any other flights will have to be applied for on a flight-by-flight basis, including any flights to the Faroe Islands and/or Greenland.
Once the Operating Authorization has been granted, the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority only require notification of operating plans, programmes, or schedules for air services, cf. Article 423 of the TCA, as regard 3rd and 4th freedom flights.

Applications and notifications shall include the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail
• Date(s) of flight, flight plan, and flight numbers
• Number of weekly frequencies (only relevant for traffic programmes)
• Destinations to be flow with indication of time
• Aircraft type, registration numbers and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant

For flights to/from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the applications shall contain the following additional information:

• Name(s) of the charterer/charterers
• Charter category
• Purpose of flight

Applications for/notifications of individual flights must be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 48 hours in advance of the intended landing. Applications for approval of/notifications of traffic programmes shall be submitted not later than 30 days/15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme.

US air carriers operating between the US and Denmark, between destinations in Denmark and destinations within in EU, and between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

US air carriers may operate non-scheduled (charter) flights between the US and Denmark without permission from the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, cf. the Treaty on Open Skies/Air Transport Agreement. The flights shall, however, be notified to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk.

Notifications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Date, flight plan, and flight number
• Number of weekly flights (for traffic programmes only)
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant

US air carriers intending to operate between Denmark and destinations within the EU and between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, shall submit an application to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk.

Applications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Date, flight plan, and flight number
• Number of weekly flights (for traffic programmes only)
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant

For flights to/from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the applications shall contain the following additional information:

• Name(s) of the charterer/charterers
• Charter category
• Purpose of flight

Applications for/notifications of individual flights must be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 48 hours in advance of the intended landing. Applications for approval of/notifications of traffic programmes shall be submitted not later than 30 days/15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme.

Operations to/from the Faroe Islands are subject to prior approval from the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority

All operators intending to perform commercial air traffic to/from the Faroe Islands shall submit an application to the address below.

The application shall be accompanied by the documentation and information, the contents of which can be found in AIP Faeroe Islands, GEN 1.2 https://aim.naviair.dk/.

The time-limit for submitting applications for permission to operate up to a maximum of 4 flights within 2 months is 48 hours in advance of the intended landing, and for approval of traffic programmes 30 days in advance of the effective date of the traffic programme in question. Saturdays, Sundays and Danish holidays are not included in this time-limit.

Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority
Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43
1577 Copenhagen V
Phone Number (+45) 7221 8800

info@trafikstyrelsen.dk

Please note the special flight procedures for Vagar Airport described in AIP Faroe Islands, Part 3, AD 2 – EKVG. The operator is not allowed to fly any IFR SID without approvals – only conversion to IFR after VFR departure from Vagar Airport or conversion to IMC after a VMC departure from Vagar Airport

All operators intending to perform commercial air traffic to/from and domestic commercial air traffic in Greenland shall submit an application.

All operators intending to perform commercial air traffic to/from and domestic commercial air traffic in Greenland shall submit an application to the adresse below.

The application shall be accompanied by the documentation and information contained in the following links.

Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority
Carsten Niebuhrs Gade 43
1577 Copenhagen V
Phone Number (+45) 7221 8800

info@trafikstyrelsen.dk

Civil aircraft, registered in a State that has acceded to

• the Chicago Convention and
• the Transit Agreement of 7 December 1944 (traffic rights for scheduled international flights) and/or
• the Multilateral Agreement of 30 April 1956 (commercial rights for non-scheduled air traffic in Europe), may without special permission fly across Danish territory. 

Aircraft registered in a State that has not adhered to one of the above-mentioned Agreements must not without special permission fly over Danish territory. 

Application for such permission shall have been received by the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority not later than 5 days before the estimated time of passage of the Danish FIR boundaries. 

The application shall contain the following information: 

• Operator’s name, address, phone number and e-mail
• Aircraft type, nationality and registration marks
• Intended route and destination of the flight as well as date, time and location for passage of the Danish FIR boundaries

Private flights to and from Danish territory with foreign civil aircraft registered in a State which has acceded to the Chicago Convention may be carried out without special permission.

Private flights into, from or across Danish territory with foreign civil aircraft registered in a State which has not acceded to the Chicago Convention may not be carried out without permission. Application for permission to carry out such flights shall be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority not later than 5 days before the estimated passage of the Danish FIR boundaries. 

The application shall contain the following information:

• The type, nationality, and registration marks of the aircraft
• Name, nationality and address of the owner of the aircraft and of the pilot-in-command
• Intended route and destination of the flight as well as date, time and location for passage of the Danish FIR boundaries
• Number of persons on board
   

Note: Article 5 of the Chicago Convention contains an agreement regarding flights into, flights across and technical landings. No agreement has, however, been made with foreign state regarding those cases where a person or an operator (Danish or foreign) residing in Denmark wants to use a non-Danish registered aircraft for private flights (including business flights) within Danish territory. Therefore, in these cases application for permission to carry out such flights must be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority.

It is a condition for all non-Community air carriers intending to operate non-scheduled (charter) flights to/from Danish airports that the air carrier has been granted TCO (Third Country Operator) authorization from EASA and that the aircraft operated has/have been approved by EASA.

See below under Third Country Operators for further information.

Time-limits for applications/notifications do not include Saturdays, Sundays, Danish holidays, and days on which the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority is closed (on 5 June, the day after Ascension Day, and the days between Christmas and New Year).

Community air carriers operating between Denmark and destinations within the EU

Community air carriers may operate scheduled flights between Denmark and destinations within the EU without permission from the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, cf. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1008/2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community. The flights shall, however, be notified to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk.

Notification of traffic programmes covering entire/parts of summer/winter periods shall be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme in question.

Notifications shall contain the following information:

Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address

• Number of weekly flights
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Flight numbers
• Wet-lease, if relevant
• Code-share, if relevant

Community air carriers operating between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and non-Community air carriers (except for UK and US air carriers) operating to/from Denmark

Community air carriers intending to operate between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and non-Community air carriers (for UK and US air carriers – see below) intending to operate to/from Denmark, including

Greenland and the Faroe Islands, shall apply for approval of traffic programmes covering entire/parts of summer/winter periods by submitting an application to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 30 days in advance of the intended landing/the effective date of the traffic programme in question.

Applications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Date, flight plan, and flight number
• Number of weekly flights
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant
• Code-share, if relevant

UK air carriers operating between Denmark and the UK and between Denmark and destinations outside the UK

UK air carriers intending to operate between Denmark and the UK and between Denmark and destinations outside the UK must, in addition to TCO authorization, also have been granted Operating Authorization by the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority in order to operate to/from Denmark.

UK air carriers can apply for an Operating Authorization for Denmark by sending the following documents to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority:

• A valid AOC, issued by the UK CAA
• A valid TCO approval, issued by EASA
• A statement from the operator/carrier in which compliance with Article 422 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the TCA) is confirmed.

The Operating Authorization only covers 3rd and 4th freedom rights. Any other scheduled flights are subject to prior approval, including any flights to the Faroe Islands and/or Greenland.

Once the Operating Authorization has been granted, the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority only requires notifications scheduled air services, cf. Article 423 of the TCA, as regards 3rd and 4th freedom flights.

Applications and notifications shall include the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail
• Date(s) of flight, flight plan, and flight numbers
• Number of weekly frequencies
• Destinations to be flow with indication of time
• Aircraft type, registration numbers and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant
• Code-share, if relevant

Applications for approval of/notifications of traffic programmes shall be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 30 days/15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme in question.

US air carriers operating between the US and Denmark, between Denmark and destinations within in EU, and between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands

US air carriers intending to operate scheduled flights between the US and Denmark shall submit a notification to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority. US air carriers intending to operate scheduled flights between Denmark and destinations within the EU and between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, shall submit an application the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority.

Notifications/applications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Date, flight plan, and flight number
• Number of weekly flights
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant
• Codeshare, if relevant

Applications for approval of/notifications of traffic programmes shall be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 30 days/15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme.
It is a condition for all non-Community air carriers intending to operate non-scheduled (charter) flights to/from Danish airports that the air carrier has been granted TCO (Third Country Operator) authorization from EASA and that the aircraft operated has/have been approved by EASA.

See below under Third Country Operators for further information.

Time-limits for applications/notifications do not include Saturdays, Sundays, Danish holidays, and days on which the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority is closed (on 5 June, the day after Ascension Day, and the days between Christmas and New Year).

Community air carriers operating between Denmark and destinations within the EU

Community air carriers may operate scheduled flights between Denmark and destinations within the EU without permission from the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, cf. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1008/2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community. The flights shall, however, be notified to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk.

Notification of traffic programmes covering entire/parts of summer/winter periods shall be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme in question.

Notifications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Number of weekly flights
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Flight numbers
• Wet-lease, if relevant
• Code-share, if relevant

Community air carriers operating between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and non-Community air carriers (except for UK and US air carriers) operating to/from Denmark

Community air carriers intending to operate between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and non-Community air carriers (for UK and US air carriers – see below) intending to operate to/from Denmark, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, shall apply for approval of traffic programmes covering entire/parts of summer/winter periods by submitting an application to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 30 days in advance of the intended landing/the effective date of the traffic programme in question.

Applications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Date, flight plan, and flight number
• Number of weekly flights
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant
• Code-share, if relevant

UK air carriers operating between Denmark and the UK and between Denmark and destinations outside the UK

UK air carriers intending to operate between Denmark and the UK and between Denmark and destinations outside the UK must, in addition to TCO authorization, also have been granted Operating Authorization by the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority in order to operate to/from Denmark.

UK air carriers can apply for an Operating Authorization for Denmark by sending the following documents to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority:

• A valid AOC, issued by the UK CAA
• A valid TCO approval, issued by EASA
• A statement from the operator/carrier in which compliance with Article 422 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (the TCA) is confirmed.

The Operating Authorization only covers 3rd and 4th freedom rights. Any other scheduled flights are subject to prior approval, including any flights to the Faroe Islands and/or Greenland.

Once the Operating Authorization has been granted, the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority only requires notifications scheduled air services, cf. Article 423 of the TCA, as regards 3rd and 4th freedom flights.

Applications and notifications shall include the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail
• Date(s) of flight, flight plan, and flight numbers
• Number of weekly frequencies
• Destinations to be flow with indication of time
• Aircraft type, registration numbers and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant
• Code-share, if relevant

Applications for approval of/notifications of traffic programmes shall be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 30 days/15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme in question.

US air carriers operating between the US and Denmark, between Denmark and destinations within in EU, and between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands

US air carriers intending to operate scheduled flights between the US and Denmark shall submit a notification to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority. US air carriers intending to operate scheduled flights between Denmark and destinations within the EU and between Denmark and destinations outside the EU, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands, shall submit an application the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority.

Notifications/applications shall contain the following information:

• Operator’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
• Date, flight plan, and flight number
• Number of weekly flights
• Destinations to be flown with indication of times
• Aircraft type, registration numbers, and capacity
• Wet-lease, if relevant
• Codeshare, if relevant

Applications for approval of/notifications of traffic programmes shall be submitted to the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority by e-mail info@trafikstyrelsen.dk not later than 30 days/15 days before the effective date of the traffic programme.

Applications for VIP flights, diplomatic or state flights with a civil non-commercial state aircraft shall be forwarded via your country's diplomatic channels (embassy) to Naviair via Naviair’s homepage not later than 10 days before the estimated time of passage of the airspace of Denmark, Greenland and the Faeroe Islands. Saturdays, Sundays and Danish public holidays are not included in this time-limit.

Naviair can also be contacted by phone: +45 3247 8000.
 
Go to Naviair - Diplomatic Clearance website (new window)

Civil aircraft, registered in a State that has acceded to the Chicago Convention may according to Article 5 fly into or in transit non-stop across Danish territory and make technical landings without prior permission, cf. AIP Denmark, GEN 1-2, paragraph 1.3.1. 

Aircraft registered in a State that has not acceded to the Transit Agreement of 7 December 1944 and with which Denmark has not concluded a special agreement, may not without prior permission make non-commercial landings on Danish territory. 

Application for such permission shall have been received by the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority not later than 5 days before the estimated time of passage of the Danish FIR boundaries. 

The application shall contain the following information: 

• Operator’s name, address, phone number and e-mail
• Aircraft type, nationality and registration marks
• Intended route and destination of the flight as well as date, time and location for passage of the Danish FIR boundaries
• In case of landing: Information on aerodrome as well as date and estimated time of arrival and departure

For more specific information scroll down. For information about flights in Danish airspace, please consult AIP Denmark, AIP Greenland and AIP Faeroe Islands.

Insurance requirements

Common European third party liability requirements for aircraft have been stipulated in Regulation (EC) no. 785/2004 which entered into force on 30 April 2005. The regulations are applicable to both national aircraft as well as foreign aircraft operating within the EU. The regulations have been put into force for Greenland and the Faeroe Islands as a Ministerial Order.

The requirements include both insurance in respect of liability for third parties (injury to persons and damage to property outside the aircraft) and insurance in respect of liability for passengers, baggage and cargo. The requirements are applicable both for overflights and landings.

The regulations are not applicable for model aircraft with MTOM of less than 20 kg and foot-launched flying machines (including powered paragliders and hang gliders) and kites.
The requirements regarding minimum insurance sums stated in Special Drawing Rights (SDR's) are as follows:

Third-party liability

Insurance in respect of liability to third parties, per accident for aircraft with a maximum take-off mass (MTOM) of:

• less than 500 kg: 0.75 million SDR's
• from 500 kg and up to 1 ton: 1.5 million SDR's
• from 1 and up to 2.7 tons: 3 million SDR's
• from 2.7 and up to 6 tons: 7 million SDR's
• from 6 and up to 12 tons: 18 million SDR's
• from 12 and up to 25 tons: 80 million SDR's
• from 25 and up to 50 tons: 150 million SDR's
• from 50 and up to 200 tons: 300 million SDR's
• from 200 and up to 500 tons: 500 million SDR's of 500 tons or more: 700 million SDR's

Passengers

Insurance in respect of liability for passengers (for flights in Greenland and the Faeroe Islands only applicable in connection with commercial operations):

• 250,000 SDR's per passenger seat with which the aircraft is approved.

Baggage & cargo

Insurance in respect of liability for baggage and cargo (only applicable for commercial operations):

• Baggage: 1,000 SDR's per passenger - Cargo: 17 SDR's per kilogram.

Third Country Operators (TCO) engaging in scheduled or non-scheduled commercial air transport operations into, within or out of a territory subject to the provisions of the Treaty of the European Union, must hold a safety authorization issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 452/2014. This includes operators which are wet leased-in by, or code-sharing with, an EU operator when commercial air transport flights to any territory subject to the provisions of the Treaty of the European Union are performed. This TCO authorization is not required for operators only overflying the above-mentioned EU territories without a planned landing.

Applications for TCO authorization should be submitted to EASA at least 30 days before the intended starting date of operation.

EU Member States continue to be responsible for issuing operating permits. The safety authorization issued by EASA is one prerequisite in the process of obtaining an operating permit, or equivalent document, from the respective EU Member State under existing Air Service Agreements between EU Member States and third countries.

Non-scheduled flights - one-off notifications

A third country operator may perform air ambulance flights or a non-scheduled flight or a series of non-scheduled flights to overcome an unforeseen, immediate and urgent operational need without first obtaining an authorization, provided that the operator:

1. Notifies EASA in a form and manner established by EASA prior to the intended date of the first flight;
2. is not being subject to an operating ban pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2111/2005; and
3. submits to EASA an application for TCO authorization within 10 working days after the date of the notification.

The flights specified in the notification may be performed for a maximum period of six consecutive weeks after the date of notification or until EASA has communicated the formal decision on the application for a TCO authorization, whichever occurs first. One-off notifications may be filed only once every 24 months by an operator.

For more information please visit the EASA website.

Go to EASA - Third Country Operators (TCO) website (new window)

Flights in Denmark with aircraft which do not have a standard certificate of airworthiness, cf. Article 31 of the Chicago Convention, must not be carried out without prior permission.

In pursuance of ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) recommendation INT.S / 11.1, the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority accepts without prior application that non-Danish registered home-built or home-restored aircraft operate in Denmark on an Experimental Certificate of Airworthiness or equivalent “permit to fly” issued by the civil aviation authority of an ECAC State, provided that

• the aircraft has completed its flight test period,
• the maximum take-off mass of the aircraft does not exceed 2,730 kg, and
• the Danish limitations mentioned in Regulations for Civil Aviation (BL) 1-12, para. 5.4.2.1, are complied with in addition to the experimental operating limitations of the aircraft.
   

Operation of the aircraft in connection with

• renting or commercial flights,
• flights in accordance with the IFR rules mentioned in Commission Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 and Regulations for Civil Aviation (BL) 7-1, or
• flights over densely built-up areas, including areas with weekend cottages and inhabited camping sites, and over an open-air assembly of persons, is prohibited.
   

Note 1: Aircraft without standard certificate of airworthiness are often certificated in the experimental class. Homebuilt, home-restored and former military aircraft are usually placed in this class.

Note 2: This acceptance does not apply to aircraft classified as “ULM”, “Ultralight” or “Microlight”.

Note 3: Non-Danish registered aircraft operating in Denmark must be insured in accordance with Regulation (EC) no. 785/2004.