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This Cessna Citation CJ3+ is one of two aircraft Air Charter Scotland has placed under the Maltese aircraft registry after establishing an AOC within the European Union. (Photo: Mario Caruana/Air Charter Scotland)
Brexit restrictions have prompted UK private jet operator Air Charter Scotland to secure a European Union (EU) air operator s certificate (AOC) in Malta. The company now has two of the 10 aircraft in its fleet on the Maltese register to be able to continue flying between the 27 EU states, which is no longer possible for UK operators.
The Glasgow-based company now has a Cessna Citation CJ3+ based in Malta and a Bombardier Challenger 350 at Nice in southern France. It also employs three flight crew residing in the EU to support these aircraft formerly based in the UK.
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On the 22 June 2010, Parliament approved and published the
Aircraft Registration Act, which came into force on 1 October 2010.
This means that it has already been a decade since a decision was
taken and duly actioned to overhaul the aviation laws in Malta in
relation to the registration of aircraft and security interests
and, more significantly, to implement the Cape Town Convention and
its Aircraft Protocol. This anniversary, ironically, coincides with
one of the most difficult years for the aviation industry.
Nonetheless it seems fitting to analyse the success or otherwise of