New CASA EDTO standards

[Rowan McKeever]

Hi All

Linked document updates CASA standards on EDTO (Extended Diversion Time Operations), to align with ICAO Annex 6. From 1 July 2015 operators may apply for EDTO >240 and, significantly, polar operations may be approved subject to the operator demonstrating to CASA that it has appropriate procedures etc in place.

http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/download/caaps/ops/82_1.pdf

Good news in the context of LAN commencing 787 operations and looking for additional frequencies... good news in general, really!

Cheers
Rowan

[Radi K]

Thanks for the update!

As I understand these procedures apply only to Australian operators, so LAN, being registered in Chile, would be governed by their local aviation regulatory body when it comes to ETOPS/EDTO.

[Rowan McKeever]

Ahhh okay, I didn't realise that. Makes sense given some of the language in the CAAP.