Uganda - Obtain Air service License

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Procedure

1. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is mandated to license all air services in the country.
2. It is a regulatory requirement that any air operator intending to undertake commercial operations (domestic or international) applies to UCAA for an operating license known as an Air Service License (ASL).
3. In executing this and its other responsibilities, CAA is guided by the provisions of the relevant statutes, including: the Civil Aviation Act, and the Civil Aviation (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations.
   

Apply In-Person

1. To obtain an Air Service License, one has to complete and submit the prescribed Application for an Air Service License application form to the Air Transport Department offices: Airport Road- Entebbe.
2. This form can be obtained by visiting the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Branch Offices.You can visit their website on the following link Civil Aviation Authority
3. After filling the application, attach documents required and submit them to the Air Transport Department offices A irport Road- Entebbe, P.O Box 5536 Kampala
4. You are to submit the application documents with all the required documents.
5. You are also to proceed to pay the prescribed application fees and submit the payment receipt to together with the application documents.
6. Application fee of US $ 1,500 is charged for new application
7. Upon submission of the application documents the authority’s Inspectors will then carry out an in depth review of the contents of each document submitted for regulatory compliance, relevance and scope.
8. After a successful evaluation phase the Authority Shall carry out an inspection of the organization’s facility, stations, programs, systems and processes to ensure that the organization declarations and commitments stated in the documents are actually available, functional, are of the recommended standard and that there are qualified persons in the recommended numbers to perform the aircraft maintenance related activities in the organization different departments and sections.
9. When all regulatory requirements for approval of the license are satisfactorily met, the Authority shall prepare and issue to the applicant the Air Service License that shall be valid for a period of twelve calendar months (12 months) which indicate the approval scope and limitations.
10. The whole process takes a period of 120 days to complete.

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Required Documents

1. Operations Statistics (Last one year)
2. Audited Accounts for the previous financial year
3. Insurance including third party liability
4. Air Operators Certificate
5. Business Plan (New applicant)
6. Certificate of Incorporation (New applicant)
7. Memos and articles of association (New applicant)
8. Source funding (New applicant)
9. Any other additional document to support the application.
10. All copies of attached documents should be certified by an advocate/commissioner for oaths

Office Locations & Contacts

Uganda Civil Aviation Authority - Head Office
Entebbe International Airport
Airport Road-Entebbe
KAmpala
P.O Box 5536
Kampala
Fax: +256 41 4320964
Tel: +256 (312) 352-000
Email: aviation@caa.co.ug
Website : Link

Eligibility

A person who

1. Intends to provide any air service;
2. Intends to continue with an air service whose license is due to expire;
3. Wishes to vary the terms or conditions specified on the license;
4. Is deemed by the Authority to have made significant changes that have a significant bearing on the finances or control of the air carrier should apply to the Authority for a license.

Fees

• Application fee of US $ 1,500 is charged for new application.

Validity

• Valid for 1 year

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The processing time is approximately one hundred and twenty days.

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Instructions

The applicant should –'

1. Complete the prescribed renewal application form,
2. Submit the completed form with all the required documents.
3. Pay the applicable fees and submit the payment receipt.
4. Wait for evaluation and inspection by the Authority
5. Wait for the processing period to elapse then collect your new Air Service License

Required Information

1. Name of applicant
2. Business address of applicant
3. If the applicant is a company (registered office, company registration no, date of incorporation, operating or business name and address of correspondence)
4. Nationality of applicant
5. State the type of service applied for (i.e. whether scheduled air service, non- scheduled air service, aerial work service, flying instructions, etc.)
6. List all other air services operated by the applicant at the time of this application and give the relevant license numbers
7. Enumerate particulars of working arrangements that the applicant has with any other company operating an air service
8. Financial particulars
9. Staffing, organization and Ugandanization of company
10. Terms and conditions of employment in the company
11. Particulars of any experience of air transport operations or any other relevant experience of the directors and senior management employees of the company
12. Aircraft and equipment (state the aircraft which you employ or intend to employ on air services applied for giving particulars)
13. Liability for loss or damage information
14. Declaration

Need for the Document

1. This allows application/ certificate allows the authority to regulate activities of maintenance organizations.
2. It also allows the applicant to engage in Air Service in Uganda
3. The process is designed to ensure that prospective holder of the Air Service License to fully be aware of the applicable Regulations, has satisfied all the requirements and is capable of fulfilling and maintaining the approval standards.

Information which might help

• In respect of air carriers of other States, the Authority may accept as sufficient evidence, the production of licenses, certificates and documents issued by competent authorities in the States of origin regarding the competence, technical and financial fitness of the air carriers
• Every applicant at such a public hearing (including those seeking renewal) is expected to clarify on issues to do with their business plan, proposed air routes, and equipment to be used, among others.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• Licence Application Pdf
• External Link

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