COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT OPERATIONS …

1 Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations Air OPERATIONS Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Annex IV Part CAT Revision No: Original AIV-1 01-Jan-15 Issue No: 1 ANNEX IV COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PART-CAT) SUBPART A GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Competent authority Touring motor gliders, powered sailplanes and mixed balloons SECTION 1 Motor-powered aircraft Crew responsibilities Responsibilities of the commander Authority of the commander Personnel or crew members other than cabin crew in the passenger compartment Common language Taxiing of aeroplanes Rotor engagement helicopters Admission to the flight crew compartment Portable electronic devices Information on emergency and survival equipment carried Ditching aeroplanes Carriage of weapons of war and munitions of war Carriage of sporting weapons and ammunition Carriage of sporting weapons and ammunition alleviations

2 Method of carriage of persons Alcohol and drugs Endangering safety Documents, manuals and information to be carried Information to be retained on the ground Provision of documentation and records Preservation, production and use of flight recorder recordings TRANSPORT of dangerous goods SECTION 2 Non motor-powered aircraft Responsibilities of the commander Additional balloon crew member Authority of the commander Common language Portable electronic devices Information on emergency and survival equipment carried Alcohol and drugs Endangering safety Documents, manuals and information to be carried Provision of documentation and records TRANSPORT of dangerous goods SUBPART B OPERATING PROCEDURES SECTION 1 Motor-powered aircraft Use of air traffic services Use of aerodromes and operating sites Use of isolated aerodromes aeroplanes Adequate aerodrome Aerodrome operating minima Approach flight technique aeroplanes Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations Air OPERATIONS Maldives Civil Aviation Authority

3 Annex IV Part CAT Revision No: Original AIV-2 01-Jan-15 Issue No: 1 Airborne radar approaches (ARAs) for overwater OPERATIONS helicopters Instrument departure and approach procedures Noise abatement procedures aeroplanes Noise abatement procedures helicopters Routes and areas of operation general Routes and areas of operation single-engined aeroplanes Routes and areas of operation helicopters Maximum distance from an adequate aerodrome for two-engined aeroplanes without an ETOPS approval Establishment of minimum flight altitudes Fuel policy Fuel policy alleviations Carriage of special categories of passengers (SCPs)

4 Stowage of baggage and cargo Passenger seating Passenger briefing Flight preparation Selection of aerodromes aeroplanes Selection of aerodromes and operating sites helicopters Planning minima for IFR flights aeroplanes Planning minima for IFR flights helicopters Submission of the ATS flight plan Refuelling/defuelling with passengers embarking, on board or disembarking Refuelling/defuelling with wide-cut fuel Push back and towing aeroplanes Crew members at stations Use of headset aeroplanes Use of headset helicopters Assisting means for emergency evacuation Seats, safety belts and restraint systems Securing of passenger compartment and galley(s)

5 Life-jackets helicopters Smoking on board Meteorological conditions all aircraft Meteorological conditions aeroplanes Meteorological conditions helicopters Ice and other contaminants ground procedures Ice and other contaminants flight procedures Fuel and oil supply Take-off conditions Minimum flight altitudes Simulated abnormal situations in flight In-flight fuel management aeroplanes In-flight fuel management helicopters Use of supplemental oxygen Ground proximity detection Use of airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS) Approach and landing conditions Commencement and continuation of approach Operating procedures threshold crossing height aeroplanes Flight hours reporting helicopters Aircraft categories SECTION 2 Non motor-powered aircraft Use of aerodromes and operating sites Noise abatement procedures balloons and powered sailplanes Fuel or ballast supply and planning balloons Carriage of special categories of passengers (SCPs)

6 Passenger briefing Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations Air OPERATIONS Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Annex IV Part CAT Revision No: Original AIV-3 01-Jan-15 Issue No: 1 Flight preparation Submission of the ATS flight plan Securing of passenger and pilot compartments balloons Smoking on board Meteorological conditions Ice and other contaminants ground procedures Take-off conditions Simulated abnormal situations in flight In-flight fuel and ballast management balloons Use of supplemental oxygen Approach and landing conditions Operational limitations hot-air balloons Operational limitations sailplanes SUBPART C AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING LIMITATIONS SECTION 1 Aeroplanes CHAPTER 1 General requirements Performance classes General CHAPTER 2

7 Performance class A General Take-off Take-off obstacle clearance En-route one-engine-inoperative (OEI) En-route aeroplanes with three or more engines, two engines inoperative Landing destination and alternate aerodromes Landing dry runways Landing wet and contaminated runways Approval of OPERATIONS with increased bank angles Approval of steep approach OPERATIONS Approval of short landing OPERATIONS CHAPTER 3 Performancec lass B General Take-off Take-off obstacle clearance multi-engined aeroplanes En-route multi-engined aeroplanes En-route single-engined aeroplanes Landing destination and alternate aerodromes Landing dry runways Landing wet and contaminated runways Take-off and landing climb requirements Approval of

8 Steep approach OPERATIONS Approval of short landing OPERATIONS CHAPTER 4 Performance class C Take-off Take-off obstacle clearance En-route all engines operating En-route OEI En-route aeroplanes with three or more engines, two engines inoperative Landing destination and alternate aerodromes Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations Air OPERATIONS Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Annex IV Part CAT Revision No: Original AIV-4 01-Jan-15 Issue No.

9 1 Landing dry runways Landing wet and contaminated runways SECTION 2 Helicopters CHAPTER 1 General requirements Applicability General Obstacle accountability CHAPTER 2 Performance class 1 General Take-off Take-off flight path En-route critical engine inoperative Landing Helicopter OPERATIONS to/from a public interest site CHAPTER 3 Performance class 2 General OPERATIONS without an assured safe forced landing capability Take-off Take-off flight path En-route critical engine inoperative Landing CHAPTER 4 Performance class 3 General Take-off En-route Landing Helicopter OPERATIONS over a hostile environment located outside a congested area SECTION 3 Mass and balance CHAPTER 1 Motor - powered aircraft Mass and balance.

10 Loading Mass and balance data and documentation SECTION 4 Sailplanes Operating limitations Weighing Performance SECTION 5 Balloons Operating limitations Weighing System for determining the mass Performance Maldivian Civil Aviation Regulations Air OPERATIONS Maldives Civil Aviation Authority Annex IV Part CAT Revision No: Original AIV-5 01-Jan-15 Issue No: 1 SUBPART D INSTRUMENTS, DATA, EQUIPMENT SECTION 1 Aeroplanes Instruments and equipment general Minimum equipment for flight Spare electrical fuses Operating lights Equipment to clear windshield OPERATIONS under VFR by day flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment OPERATIONS under IFR or at night flight and navigational instruments and associated equipment Additional equipment for single-pilot operation under IFR Altitude alerting system Terrain awareness warning system (TAWS) Airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS)