Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargoSubpart 4 : Documentation and Records135.04.12 ATS flight planning for a series of flights |
| (1) | An air service operator shall ensure that an ATS flight plan is completed for each flight operated under this Part unless the flight is operated on a series of flights as provided in subregulation (2) and for each sector, alerting service has not been requested and the aeroplane does not— |
| (a) | depart or arrive at a controlled aerodrome; |
| (b) | operate within or transit through any controlled or advisory airspace; or |
| (c) | operate within an airway or advisory route unless crossing such at right angles. |
| (2) | For the purposes of subregulation (1), a series of flights is deemed to occur as long as the following criteria are met— |
| (a) | the series of flights shall not result in flight time longer than 90 minutes in total; |
| (b) | no individual sector shall be longer than 30 minutes; and |
| (c) | the time spent on the ground at each en route stop shall not exceed 30 minutes. |