Same day services
The same day service provides a single day turnaround of documents for certain Aircraft Registration, Airworthiness and Flight Operations processes. The same day service is on request, which should be made at the time of initial application. Documents are worked to a same day turnaround from receipt of customer request by 11:00 to completion of the processing of the application by 16:30 on the same working day. This is subject to all information being submitted and all queries answered within this timeframe.
Airworthiness and Flight Operations certificates are now digital and will be emailed out. For Aircraft Registration, the documents shall be sent by Royal Mail special delivery, where this is included in the service, or where the applicant so requests on the application form. Within the UK this provides for a 9:00am delivery on the next working day, or on a Saturday should it be sent at 16:30 on the Friday before.
For Aircraft Registrations, if preferred and selected by the customer, the document shall be scanned and sent by email. The customer should indicate the preferred delivery method at the time of application on the application form. Our services are detailed below by business area.
Same day services for Dangerous Goods approvals
Please note that all same day services for Dangerous Goods are currently suspended. This is a temporary arrangement for the next few weeks.
If this decision will have a detrimental operational impact on you, then please contact our Dangerous Goods team on dgo@caa.co.uk.
Aircraft Registration
The following same day fees will be applied:
| Aircraft Registration Service |
Additional fee £ Aircraft greater than 15000 kg |
Additional fee £ Aircraft 15000 kg or less |
|---|---|---|
| New registration of aircraft | £350 | £220 |
| Change of registered ownership | £350 | £220 |
| Change or registration marks | £350 | £220 |
| De-registration of aircraft | £350 | £220 |
Flight Operations
The following same day fees will be applied:
| Flight Operations Service |
Additional fee £ AOC only |
|---|---|
| Aeroplane Exemption/Permission (except Dangerous Goods) | £365 |
| EU-OPS Aeroplane RIE Exemption | £365 |
| Helicopter Exemption/Permission (except Dangerous Goods) | £365 |
| Munitions of War Approval for non-UK EU Operators | £365 |
| Munitions of War Permissions for non EU Operators | £365 |
| Dangerous Goods Approval for non EU Operators | £365 |
| Dangerous Goods Exemptions | £365 |
| A1/A2 Dangerous Goods Approval | £345 |
| Lithium Battery Approval | £365 |
| Police AOC Permission/Approval for dangerous goods and weapons | £365 |
| Replacement Documents | £365 |
Airworthiness Services
Application Form
With immediate effect requests for same day service will only be considered for the following cases:
- Temporary Permit to Fly where an aircraft is operated on an AOC and is in an AOG situation
- Temporary Permit to Fly for State aircraft
- Overflight Permission for operational aircraft only
The following same day fees will be applied:
| Airworthiness Services |
Additional fee £ AOC |
Additional fee £ Non AOC |
|---|---|---|
| Issue of an CAA or National temporary Permit to Fly | £365 | £220 |
| Issue of an CAA temporary Permit to Fly, including approval of non-design related Flight Conditions | £515 | £305 |
| Over-fly Exemptions | £365 | £220 |
Out-Of-Hours Service
The CAA presently offers an informal out-of-hours service, via the use of an out-of-hours contact number. This is in place to assist AOC Operators when an urgent operational need requires access to the CAA. Where an AOC Operator requests a Permit to Fly, to enable an aircraft to fly without a valid Certificate of Airworthiness, or Certificate of Validity being in place, and this is issued outside of normal working hours.
| Out-of-hours | Fee £ |
|---|---|
| Permit to Fly | £1,085 |