August 20, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued enhanced Air Operator Certificate (AOC) Operations Specifications (Op.Specs) to all current AOC holders.
An Air Operator Certificate (AOC) is the approval granted by a civil aviation authority to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets, and systems in place to ensure the safety of its employees, and the general public. The certificate will list the aircraft types, and registrations to be used, for what purpose and in what area, specific airports or geographic region
According to the regulator, the Authority considers it imperative to issue the new OpSpecs to all current AOC holders with the validity of the previous AOC and Op. Specs retained.
This directive, which was contained in an All Operator Letter referenced NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/370 and dated 18th August, 2023, is applicable to all AOC holders certificated by the Authority and was personally signed by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Captain Musa Nuhu.
It will be recalled that the NCAA published the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. CARs) 2023, which came into effect on 10th July 2023 and in subsection 9.1.1.7 of Nig. CARs Part 9, the NCAA redesigned the layout and format of the Operations Specifications associated with the AOC.
These new and enhanced multi-paged Op. Specs contain the authorizations, conditions, limitations and approvals issued by the Authority in accordance with the standards, which are applicable to operations and maintenance conducted by the AOC holder.
“In view of the above directive, all AOC holders are required to electronically complete the appropriate pages of the attached Op. Specs and return same to the NCAA via only email addresses assigned for the purpose,” NCAA stated
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