{"id":2732,"date":"2017-08-26T10:41:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T14:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2017-10-26T10:46:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T14:46:14","slug":"europe-tco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/europe-tco\/","title":{"rendered":"EUROPE: Third Country Operators (TCO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>A TCO is an authorization<\/b> issued by EASA to any third-country operator wishing to perform commercial air transport in any of the following European countries:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">28 EU Member States<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Plus the following territories:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Gibraltar, Aland Islands, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Martin, Mayotte<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Applications are made directly to EASA using their application form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easa.europa.eu\/document-library\/application-forms\/fotco00160\">https:\/\/www.easa.europa.eu\/document-library\/application-forms\/fotco00160<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">You will need to provide the following documentation:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">AOC<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Operating Specifications<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Insurance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Contact details for applications are made to:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>European Aviation Safety Agency<\/b><br \/>\nApplications Handling Department<br \/>\nPostfach 10 12 53<br \/>\nD-50452 K\u00f6ln<br \/>\nGermany<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fax: +49\u00a0(0)221\u00a089990 ext. 4461<br \/>\nE-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tco.applications%40easa.europa.eu\"><span class=\"s1\">tco.applications@easa.europa.eu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Should EASA deem the application in order the operating authorization process is completed in approximately 30 days.\u00a0 Some flights can avoid this requirement, such as Air Ambulance or Humanitarian flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Please note:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Overflights of the above states do not require a TCO permit.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">EU member states <span class=\"s2\">cannot<\/span> issue a permit for their country if the operator does not already hold a TCO operating authorization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you plan to operate to these areas, we&#8217;d suggest getting your TCO right away, even if you don&#8217;t have a planned flight at the moment.\u00a0 They can take some time to obtain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TCO is an authorization issued by EASA to any third-country operator wishing to perform&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[927,926,64,332,217,928,427,642,413,206,96,65,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-2732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"tag-authorisation","9":"tag-commercial-ops","10":"tag-easa","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-flight","14":"tag-flight-operations","15":"tag-international-flight-operations","16":"tag-international-flight-ops","17":"tag-international-ops","18":"tag-permit","19":"tag-tco","20":"tag-third-country-operators"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2798,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions\/2798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}