Part 9

• PART 09 – Air Operator Certification and Administration
• Part 9 - applies to the carriage of passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or hire by persons whose principal place of business or permanent residence is located in Republic of the Philippines
• Part 9 - prescribes requirements for the original certification and continued validity of air operator certificates (AOC) issued by Republic of the Philippines.
• AOC – Air Operator Certificate
• AMO – Approved Maintenance Organization
• ATP – Air Transport Pilot
• CAT – Commercial Air Transport or approach Category
• CDL – Configuration Deviation List
• FAA – Federal Aviation Administration
• IFR – Instrument Flight Rules
• IMC – Instrument Meteorological Conditions
• JAA – Joint Aviation Authorities
• MEL – Minimum Equipment List
• PIC – Pilot-In-Command
• PBN – Performance-based Navigation
• RNAV – Area Navigation
• SMS – Safety Management System
• UN – United Nations
• VFR – Visual Flight Rules
• VMC – Visual Meteorological Conditions
• Exceptions to aircraft ownership requirement for existing AOC holders

  • Owned at least one (1) aircraft for a period of one (1) year from the issuance of the original Air Operator Certificate
  • Engaged in commercial air operations for ten (10) consecutive years from the issuance of the original Air Operator Certificate
  • Currently leasing at least five (5) Philippine-registered aircraft
• Paid-up Capital requirement for International Air Operators

  • Scheduled Flights: P800,000,000
  • Non-Scheduled Flights: P150,000,000
• Paid-up Capital requirement for Domestic Air Operators

  • Scheduled Flights: P300,000,000
  • Non-Scheduled (Air Taxi): P25,000,000
• Each applicant shall make the application for an initial issue of an AOC AT LEAST 90 DAYS before the date of intended operation, except the Operations Manual specified in Subpart 9.3.1.2 and Maintenance Control Manual specified in Subpart 9.4.1.4, which may be submitted later but NOT LESS THAN 60 DAYS before the date of intended operation
• An AOC, or any portion of the AOC, issued by the Authority is effective for a period of 5 YEARS
• An operator shall make application for renewal of an AOC AT LEAST 60 DAYS before the expiry date on the certificate
• Safety Program – needs to be establish by each operator of an aircraft and approved maintenance organization