Regular Domestic Air Transport

Based on the Decree-Law 01/2003 of 10 March, Section 34, and Timor-Leste Civil Aviation Economic Regulations (TL CAERs): Economic Regulations of Civil Aviation in Timor-Leste of April 2021, paragraph 6, prescribe the requirements for the provision of regular domestic air transport in Timor-Leste:

1. Regular domestic air transport shall only be carried out by those national air carriers that are duly authorized for this purpose, without prejudice to bilateral or multilateral agreements entered into by Timor-Leste
2. Without prejudice to the provision of the previous sub-section (1) and should there be no national air carriers interested in operating a specific internal route, the Civil Aviation Authority may authorize that route to be operated by a non-national air carrier

Below are the Timor-Leste Civil Aviation Safety Regulation’s requirements for the domestic flight operations to be carried out in the territory of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste:

1. Letter of intent to operate domestic air transport service on specific routes with specified frequency and flight schedule;
2. Valid Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and associated  “Operation Specification”  with the list of  operator’s  aircraft,  authorized types of operation, geographical limitation for operation ( or with included Timor-Leste), authorized aerodromes in Timor-Leste, condition and restriction (if any), issued by the State of Operator;
3. The certificates of registration and airworthiness in force in respect of the aircraft (all aircraft intended to be used for Timor-Leste operation);
4. The Certificate of Insurance (Hull and Liability) in force that covers Timor-Leste;
5. Approval from other State Civil Aviation authority to operate charter flights operation from the specific point in their State to Timor-Leste;
6. The Statement from respective civil aviation authority under whose  operational control AOC had been issued, to be warrant of the safety oversight for a specific operation to/from Timor-Leste, since Timor-Leste has not yet fully established its own regulatory mechanism;
7. The lease agreement with clearly defined the right and obligation of each party shall be presented to AACTL in the case that flight approval is required by operator without its own AOC (AOC Holders);
8. Valid licenses, with appropriate current ratings, for the flight crew members of the aircraft mentioned in paragraph 2 (only for the operator’s initial application, and for ad-hock charter flights);
9. Statement in regard to customer protection policy (including warranty);
10. As per the Government of Timor-Leste’s requirement on licensing of economic activities, AACTL requires operators to present certificates of commercial registries and business activities, and proof of tax obligations from the relevant authority;
11. Lease agreement between air operator and aircraft operation management/charter broker, etc.