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Aviation Law 2020 A practical cross-border insight into aviation law Eighth Edition Featuring contributions from: ǼLEX Dingli & Dingli Law Firm Kreindler & Kreindler LLP AEROHELP Law Office ESENYEL & PARTNERS Maples Group LAWYERS AND CONSULTANTS Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega Monard Law Fox Rothschild LLP ASBZ Advogados Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Freidenberg, Freidenberg & Lifsic Augusta Abogados RadcliffesLeBrasseur Furtună și Asociații AZB & Partners Raful Sicard Polanco & Fernández Gongora Reina & Associates Azmi & Associates Studio Pierallini Gross, Orad, Schlimoff & Co. (GOS) Benn-Ibler Rechtsanwaelte GmbH The Air Law Firm LLP IUNO Canales, Dávila, De la Paz, Enríquez, Urwantschky Dangel Borst PartmbB Sáenz, Leal, S.C. K&L Gates LLP VISCHER AG Christodoulou & Mavrikis Inc. Kabraji & Talibuddin Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners Ltd. Clyde & Co Kaplan & Stratton Advocates Wiley Rein LLP ISBN 978-1-83918-019-4 ISSN 2050-9839 Published by 59 Tanner Street London SE1 3PL United Kingdom +44 207 367 0720 Aviation Law 2020 [email protected] www.iclg.com Eighth Edition Group Publisher Rory Smith Publisher James Strode Contributing editors: Senior Editors Rachel Williams Suzie Levy Alan D. Meneghetti Editor RadcliffesLeBrasseur Nicholas Catlin Philip Perrotta Creative Director Fraser Allan K&L Gates LLP Printed by Ashford Colour Press Ltd. Cover image iStockphoto ©2020 Global Legal Group Limited. All rights reserved. Unauthorised reproduction by any means, Strategic Partners digital or analogue, in whole or in part, is strictly forbidden. Disclaimer This publication is for general information purposes only. It does not purport to provide comprehen- sive full legal or other advice. Global Legal Group Ltd. and the contributors accept no responsibility for losses that may arise from reliance upon information contained in this publication. This publication is intended to give an indication of legal issues upon which you may need advice. Full legal advice should be taken from a qualified professional when dealing with specific situations. Table of Contents Expert Chapters The Use of Personal Data in the Commercial Aviation Industry 1 Alan D. Meneghetti & William Bainbridge, RadcliffesLeBrasseur Investing in Mid-Life Aviation Assets 6 Philip Perrotta, K&L Gates LLP Restoring Confidence in Aviation Safety 11 Marc S. Moller & Justin T. Green, Kreindler & Kreindler LLP Onboard Offences and Unruly Passengers – Effective Management and the Changing Legal Landscape 17 Chris Smith, The Air Law Firm LLP United States Regulatory Regime for Commercial Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems 22 Anna M. Gomez, Joshua S. Turner, Katy Milner Ross & Sara M. Baxenberg, Wiley Rein LLP Regulations on Drone Flights in Japan 28 Hiromi Hayashi & Koji Toshima, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto WALA: 12 Years of Growth in the Airport Sector 33 Alan D. Meneghetti & Michael Siebold, Worldwide Airports Lawyers Association (WALA) Q&A Chapters Argentina Ireland 36 Freidenberg, Freidenberg & Lifsic: Elizabeth Mireya 148 Maples Group: Donna Ager & Mary Dunne Freidenberg & Juan Manuel Llobera Bevilaqua Israel Austria 160 Gross, Orad, Schlimoff & Co. (GOS): Omer Shalev 46 Benn-Ibler Rechtsanwaelte GmbH: Mag. Irena Gogl-Hassanin, LL.M. Italy 170 Studio Pierallini: Laura Pierallini & Francesco Belgium Grassetti 52 Monard Law: Birgitta Van Itterbeek, Tine Bogaerts & Willem De Vos Japan 179 Mori Hamada & Matsumoto: Hiromi Hayashi Brazil 62 ASBZ Advogados: Guilherme Amaral & Renan Melo Kenya 189 Kaplan & Stratton Advocates: Peter Hime, Ruth British Virgin Islands Kirunga & Matthew Arrumm 68 Maples Group: Michael Gagie & Rebecca Lee Malaysia Cayman Islands 198 Azmi & Associates: Norhisham Abd Bahrin & Nazran 75 Maples Group: Sherice Arman & Shari McField Arvind Bin Nahdan Rengganathan China Malta 83 Clyde & Co: Victor Yang, Samuel Yang & Peter Coles 206 Dingli & Dingli Law Firm: Dr. Tonio Grech Colombia Mexico 90 Gongora Reina & Associates: Jorge Gongora 214 Canales, Dávila, De la Paz, Enríquez, Sáenz, Leal, S.C.: Bernardo Canales Fausti & Aldo Álvarez Martínez Denmark 97 IUNO: Aage Krogh Nigeria 221 ǼLEX: L. Fubara Anga & Oluwasemiloore Dominican Republic Atewologun 103 Raful Sicard Polanco & Fernández: María Esther Fernández A. De Pou & María Fernanda Pou Fernández Pakistan 228 Kabraji & Talibuddin: Syed Ali Bin Maaz & Mubeena France Sohail Ellahi 112 Clyde & Co: Maylis Casati-Ollier & Benjamin Potier Panama Germany 238 Arias, Fábrega & Fábrega: Roy C. Durling & Sofía J. 121 Urwantschky Dangel Borst PartmbB: Rainer Amann Cohen & Claudia Hess Romania Hong Kong 244 Furtună și Asociații: Mihai Furtună & Ioana Anghel 130 Clyde & Co: Alastair Long, Justin Yuen & Peter Coles Russia India 254 AEROHELP Law Office: Oleg Aksamentov & Ilona 137 AZB & Partners: Anand Shah & Rishiraj Baruah Tsimbal Aviation Law 2020 Table of Contents South Africa Turkey 263 Christodoulou & Mavrikis Inc.: Chris Christodoulou 301 ESENYEL & PARTNERS LAWYERS AND CONSULTANTS: Selcuk Esenyel Spain 271 Augusta Abogados: Sergi Giménez United Kingdom 307 RadcliffesLeBrasseur: Alan D. Meneghetti Sweden K&L Gates LLP: Philip Perrotta 279 IUNO: Aage Krogh USA Switzerland 322 285 Fox Rothschild LLP: Diane Westwood Wilson & VISCHER AG: Urs Haegi & Dr. Thomas Weibel Rebecca Tingey Thailand 294 Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners Ltd.: Nattaporn Pengkul Chapter 38 285 Switzerland Switzerland Urs Haegi VISCHER AG Dr. Thomas Weibel 1 General expiry date of the existing operation licence, respectively), including appendices: a) certificate on the Swiss or the European character of 1.1 Please list and briefly describe the principal the company (Form 54.045 including appendices); legislation and regulatory bodies which apply to and/or b) leasing or management agreements for the respective regulate aviation in your jurisdiction. aircraft; c) aircraft list (registration marks, type of aircraft, seating The Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) is the super- capacity); vision authority responsible for safety (aircraft, flight operations, d) evidence of own flight crews; and infrastructure) and for aviation policy and strategy issues. e) tenancy agreement for the office of the operation Civil aviation is regulated by two sources: domestic law; and department (Post Holder Flight Operations); international treaties. f) business plan for two operational years; Domestic law g) certified balance sheet, income statement, auditor’s The main enactments are: report; and ■ The Federal Civil Aviation Act (FCAA) h) opening balance sheet and financial plan (budget). The FCAA is the “basic law” concerning civil aviation in 3. File with FOCA certain corporate documents (articles of Switzerland. Based on the FCAA, many Ordinances have association, extract from the commercial register, certi- been enacted by the government, i.e., the Swiss Federal fied copy of the shareholders’ register, organisational chart Council, and the Department of the Environment, with information on Board and management). Transport, Energy and Communication (DETEC). 4. File with FOCA an extract from the debt collection and ■ The Federal Act on the Aircraft Records Register bankruptcy register (Betreibungsregisterauszug) regarding the See question 2.2 below. CEO, the CFO, and the accountable manager. International law Carriers with an EU/EFTA operating licence do not need a There are about 180 bilateral and multilateral treaties. The main separate Swiss operating licence in addition (see Form 49.10). sources are: Apart from the AOC and the EU/EFTA operating licence, they ■ The Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago have to file the following documentation: Convention). 1. liability insurance for passengers, baggage, and cargo; ■ The Agreement between the European Community and 2. security programme; the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport (“EU-CH 3. list of aircraft used on routes from and to Switzerland Agreement”), which entered into force on 1 June 2002. (Form 49.06; if required by FOCA); Based on the EU-CH Agreement, Switzerland has adopted 4. schedule (Form 49.01); the relevant civil aviation regulation in the European Union. 5. information on the constitution of the Board of Directors Federal legislative texts are freely available in German, and the composition of the share capital; French, and Italian on www.admin.ch (Federal law/Classified 6. contact information (e.g., handling agent in Switzerland); compilation). 7. contact person within the airline concerning Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 issues, i.e., compensation and assis- tance to passengers (Form 49.03; for FOCA use only); 1.2 What are the steps which air carriers need to take 8. tariffs for the scheduled flights (Form 49.02); in order to obtain an operating licence? 9. declaration of reciprocity for services in the fifth or seventh freedom to destinations outside the EU/EFTA For an operating licence for a commercial operator to trans- issued by the competent national Civil Aviation Authority; port passengers and/or cargo with an aircraft, air carriers are 10. legal domicile (a declaration that the carrier has set up a required to: legal representation or an establishment in Switzerland 1. Hold an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the (Form E 102)); and competent national Civil Aviation Authority (Regulation 11. request for a Route Licence (Form 49.04). (EC) No 1008/2008). Non-EU/EFTA carriers (see Form 49.07) are subject to 2. File with FOCA the Application Form for an Operating further disclosure duties as set out in Form 49.12 (Operating Licence (Form 49.05; at least 30 days prior to the intended