Ghana - Renew Air Service License

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Renew Air Service License in Ghana, the applicant has to contact the nearest Civil Aviation Authority Office in Ghana.
2. The contact link of the Civil Aviation Authority Office can be found below
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3. Application form should obtain from the respective office.
4. Also, make sure that the applicant has all the documents listed in the “Required documents” section of this page.
5. Payment of appropriate fees should be made and that can be found under the "Fees" section of this page.
6. Submit the completed application form and pay the required application fee and submit the receipt as a proof of payment.
7. The receiving officers will check for discrepancies or ineligibility in the application documents. If a discrepancy that cannot be immediately corrected exists in any of the documents, the application and all the submitted documents will be returned to the applicant and should not be re-submitted until the discrepancy has been rectified/ corrected.
8. If the receiving officers is satisfied that all the requirements have been met for the renewal of a license and the prescribed application form has been completed and presented in the Personnel Licensing (PEL) Office, the applicant will be advised to pay the prescribed renewal application fees, after which the license will be issued.
9. A renewal processing time of hundred and twenty days is needed to complete the processing of the Air Service License application, after which the applicant will be contacted through a phone call to collect him/her new license at the GCAA’s Personnel Licensing offices.
10. Applicant will be required to carry his/her identification documents when collecting his/her renewed license.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Operations Statistics (Last one year)
• Audited Accounts for the previous financial year
• Insurance including third party liability
• Air Operators Certificate
• Any other additional document to support the application.
• All copies of attached documents should be certified by an advocate/commissioner for oaths.
• Evidence of payment

Office Locations & Contacts

Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Accra, Ghana
Private Mail Bag
Kotoka International Airport (KIA)
Accra, Ghana
Tel.:  +233-302-776-171
Fax:  +233-302-773-293
E-mail:  [email protected]
Contact link

Eligibility

An applicant for a license shall:

• Provides any air service in Kenya.
• Intends to provide any air service.
• Intends to continue with an air service whose licence is due to expire.
• Wishes to vary the terms or conditions specified on the licence.
• Is deemed by the Authority to have made significant changes that have a significant bearing on the finances or control of the air carrier.
• Should apply to the Authority for a licence.

Fees

• A fee of GHS 2000 is charged for issuance of this license.
• Refer to fees details for this Link

Validity

• The validity period is one year.

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Processing Time

• The processing time is approximately one hundred and twenty days.

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Instructions

The applicant should:

• Complete the prescribed renewal application form.
• Submit the completed form with all the required documents.
• Pay the applicable fees and submit the payment receipt.
• Wait for evaluation and inspection by the Authority.
• Wait for the processing period to elapse then collect the applicant’s renewed Air Service License.

Required Information

• Name of applicant
• Business address of applicant
• If the applicant is a company (registered office, company registration no, date of incorporation, operating or business name and address of correspondence)
• Nationality of applicant
• State the type of service applied for (i.e. whether scheduled air service, non- scheduled air service, aerial work service, flying instructions, etc.)
• List all other air services operated by the applicant at the time of this application and give the relevant license numbers
• Enumerate particulars of working arrangements that the applicant has with any other company operating an air service
• Financial particulars
• Terms and conditions of employment in the company
• Particulars of any experience of air transport operations or any other relevant experience of the directors and senior management employees of the company
• Aircraft and equipment (state the aircraft which you employ or intend to employ on air services applied for giving particulars)
• Liability for loss or damage information
• Declaration

Need for the Document

• It also allows the applicant to continue engaging in Air Service in Ghana.
• This allows application/ certificate allows the authority to regulate activities of maintenance organizations.

Information which might help

• In respect of air carriers of other States, the Authority may accept as sufficient evidence, the production of licences, certificates and documents issued by competent authorities in the States of origin regarding the competence, technical and financial fitness of the air carriers.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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