Regular Public Transport (RPT) Licence (For Airline) is issued by DG CAA with the approval
of the Federal Government for carriage of passengers and cargo services.
REQUIREMENTS
Registration of the Company shall be as Private or Public Ltd under the Companies
Ordinance 1984.
Minimum paid-up capital of Rs. 100 million.
Foreign investment, if any, is allowed but not more than 49% of the paid up capital, to
the extent where the controlling interest remains in local hands.
Security deposit of Rs. 10 million and bank guarantee of an equivalent amount from a
scheduled bank acceptable to CAA. (To be submitted before the grant of Licence).
A sound business plan, registration documents like the Memorandum and Articles of
Association, share allocation form duly verified by Securities Exchange Commission of
Pakistan (SECP), Trust Deed, bank references three years projected book of accounts
prepared by registered Charter Accountants Firm, and any other documents to prove to
the satisfaction of CAA that the airline is a legally established body capable of operating
commercial flights. (To be submitted with Licence application).
Comprehensive insurance policy covering aircraft, crew, passenger/cargo and third party
risks at the level specified by ICAO conventions.
DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
The Company shall make adequate arrangements in the following areas:
Ground handling.
Flight Operation.
Refueling Arrangements.
Minimum fleet requirement is three aircraft for passenger operations and one aircraft for
Cargo operations.
Aircraft may be inducted on dry lease or ownership basis subject to conditions laid down
by the Government / CAA.
In case of Eastern origin/ Russian aircraft, the maximum age at the time of
induction shall be 15 years and 75% cycles of structural life, or 75% hours; or
less as given by the manufacturer according to the current modification status
In case of western/European aircraft, there shall be no age limit except for the
criteria of 75% cycles of structural life, or 75% hours; or less as given by the
manufacturer according to the current modification status
ACQUISITION OF AIRCRAFT
The operator shall have minimum three aircraft registered in Pakistan to avoid
inconvenience to the traveling public.
For operations with Pakistan registered aircraft, Airworthiness Directorate will issue the
Certificate of Registration and Certificate of Airworthiness.
Wet lease aircraft induction from foreign countries would be allowed only in an extraordinary circumstances i.e. unforeseen surge in the market demand or sudden shortage
of the operators capacity due accident / incident of aircraft. Wet lease permission of
foreign registered aircraft shall not be more than 90 days unless satisfied the Director
General CAA.
For foreign registered aircraft, a transfer agreement between the State of Registry and
State of Operator is required to be concluded (before the commercial agreement between
the lessor and lessee operator) under Article 83 (bis) of the Chicago Convention read
with Civil Aviation Rule 368-A. The Author and OPI for the transfer agreement will
be the Chief Legal Services, CAA.
DOMESTIC OPERATIONS
All RPT Licence holders can freely operate on domestic routes. The following domestic routes
must be serviced as a minimum:
Minimum of two trunk routes, one of which should include Peshawar, Quetta, Multan or
Faisalabad.
Minimum of two frequencies per week on one socio-economic or one tertiary route.
In case of inability to service on socio-economic or tertiary routes, a royalty will be paid to PIA
(Pakistan International Airline) @ Rs. 500,000 per month.
Eight destinations i.e. Chitral, Gilgit, Skardu, Gwadar, Panjgur, Turbat, Pasni and Jiwani
are treated as socio-economic routes.
Tertiary routes include Sukkur, Rahim-Yar-Khan, Moenjodaro, D. I. Khan, Bahawalpur,
D. G. Khan, Zhob, Nawabshah, Saidu Sharif, Hyderabad, Jacobabad, Ormara,
Dalbandin, Khuzdar, Bannu, Rawalakot, Parachanar, Muzaffarabad and Sehwan Sharif.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Allocation of international routes will be determined by the Federal Government in the light of
the following factors:
Operations on routes on which PIA has been designated as the Pakistani carrier but is
not operating.
The applicant has demonstrated that his equipment, organization staffing and training
program are adequate to secure the safe operations of the types of aircraft to be included
in the AOC
The applicant can establish and maintain a satisfactory method of supervision of the
flight operations
The aircraft are provided with servicing and maintenance facility and a system of
maintenance control is established.
The management structure is appropriate and personnel selected by the operator for
specified management positions possess the required experience and qualifications
Manuals should have been prepared in advance, which describe in detail how company
personnel would be required to carry out their duties. These manuals are as under:
Exposition Manual.
MEL / MMEL.
Aircraft meet the appropriate standards and have been proven in flight to be acceptable for the
operations proposed.
The operator shall be issued with the relevant type of AOC after the successful demonstration of
the regulatory and operational requirements to CAA.
Once certificated, the operator is responsible for ongoing compliance with the requirements of
the relevant legislations. The CAA is required to continually monitor the operations to ensure
compliance. Failure by the operator to comply may result in suspension or cancellation of the
AOC. The application for AOC is to be prepared with the requirements prescribed in Appendix
A to CAA AOC Guide available at Flight Standards Directorate.
RENEWAL OF RPT (AIRLINE) LICENCE
The Licence holder (Licencee) shall apply to the Director Air Transport, HQ CAA,
Karachi on the Company Letterhead application Form where applicable for renewal with
appropriate Licence renewal fee as per AT FEE SCHEDULE at least 45 days before
expiry of the licence. In case of failure, the holder, in addition to the normal fee shall pay
surcharge Rs 20,000/- per month or part thereof. In case of receipt of application for
renewal after expiry of the licence, no waiver or extension to the licence shall be granted
until approval of the Competent Authority i.e. Federal Government is being sought or
waiver/extension granted by the DG CAA in the National and General Public interest.
On receipt of the application, Air Transport Directorate shall seek comments / no
objection of the CAA specialist directorates i.e. Finance, Flight Standards and
Airworthiness and if applicable / required of Legal directorate.
If there are any CAA outstanding (aeronautical / non aeronautical) dues against the
licencee/operator or any other objections, the licencee should clear the same before
renewal of the licence unless agreed by the Director General CAA or the Federal
Government.
On receipt of the approval of the Federal Government, the licence shall be renewed by
the Air Transport Directorate.