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 7 : Flight OperationsDivision Two : Dispatch and flight release rules135.07.31 RVSM |
| (1) | An air service operator shall not operate in RVSM airs pace unless such operator— |
| (a) | is authorised to do so in its operation specification by means of an RVSM specific approval: and |
| (b) | complies with the requirements stipulated in regulation 91.04.31. |
| (2) | An air service operator authorised to operate in an RVSM airspace shall ensure that a minimum of two aeroplanes of each aeroplane type grouping of its fleet, have their height-keeping performance monitored at least once every two years or within intervals of 1 000 flight hours per aeroplane, whichever period is longer: Provided that, if an operator's aeroplane type grouping consists of a single aeroplane, monitoring of that aeroplane shall be accomplished within a period specified in such aircraft documentation. |
| (3) | The height-keeping performance monitoring requirements specified in subregulation (2 ) may be met through the use of data obtained from any air traffic services regional monitoring programme. |
[Regulation 135.07.31 substituted by regulation 11 of Notice No. R. 3169, GG 48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Fifth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]