CASA EX223/15 Exemption — extended diversion time operation requirements (Nauru Airlines B737) (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX223/15

I, MARK ALAN SKIDMORE, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed Mark Skidmore AM]

Mark Skidmore AM
Director of Aviation Safety

23 December 2015

Exemption — extended diversion time operation requirements (Nauru Airlines B737)

1          Duration

            This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day of registration; and

(b)   expires at the end of December 2016, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2          Definitions

In this instrument:

adequate aerodromehas the same meaning given in paragraph 2.1 of Civil Aviation Order 82.0 (CAO 82.0).

EDTO has the same meaning given in paragraph 2.1 of CAO 82.0.

3          Application

This instrument applies to Nauru Air Corporation, trading as Nauru Airlines, Aviation Reference Number 552180 (the operator), when conducting regular public transport operations or charter operations in the operator’s B737 aircraft.

4          Exemption

The operator is exempt from complying with the requirements of subsection 3BC of CAO 82.0.

Note   The operator will not be required to undertake EDTO for passenger-carrying operations conducted in the operator’s B737 aircraft.

5          Conditions

        (1)     The operator must ensure that the aircraft does not operate at any point along a route which is greater than 75 minutes of flight time at the 1 engine inoperative cruise speed (in ISA and still air conditions) from an adequate aerodrome.

        (2)     The operator must provide to CASA’s satisfaction by 29 January 2016 an action plan with milestones and timelines in relation to the operator’s proposed EDTO compliance by December 2016.

        (3)     The operator must include a copy of this instrument in the operator’s operations manual.