Air services for which a licence from the Agency is not required

Subsection 3(1) of Part I of the ATR and subsection 56(2) of the Act provide that no Agency licence is required to operate specialty services not subject to Part II of the Act.

However, operators are still required to obtain a Canadian aviation document (Canadian Foreign Air Operator Certificate) and satisfy Transport Canada that they have adequate insurance coverage.

The following air services are excluded from licensing requirements:

  • aerial advertising services
  • aerial fire-fighting services
  • aerial survey services
  • aerial reconnaissance services
  • aerial sightseeing services
  • aerial spreading services
  • aerial weather altering services
  • air cushion vehicle services
  • air flight training services
  • aerial inspection services
  • aerial construction services
  • aerial photography services
  • aircraft demonstration services
  • external heli-transport services
  • glider towing services
  • hot air balloon services
  • parachute jumping services
  • transportation services for the retrieval of human organs for human transplants
  • rocket launching
  • aerial spraying services
  • aerial forest fire management services
  • use of an aircraft on behalf of the Canadian Armed Forces or any other armed forces cooperating with the Canadian Armed Forces
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