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Listed below is a summary of the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority Fee Schedule effective 1st May 2022.

New clients will need to be registered as a vendor with BCAA Finance. The client should complete the New Customer/Name Change Finance Form below and email the completed form to the BCAA Finance team at receivables@bcaa.bm. Once registered, invoices can be provided to the client.

The BCAA Receivables contact is: Michelle Monish +1 441 299-8638

Fee Summary

Detailed information on fees will be found in the Air Navigation (Fees for Certificates and Services) Regulation 2022 found here.

The following is a summary of the most common occurring fees, stated in US$:

**Refer to the full Fee Schedule for details regarding these fees and any additional costs that may be incurred.

Registration:

Registration or deregistration of an aircraft

$500

Change of Ownership

$500

Airworthiness:

Certificate of Airworthiness - Corporate and General Aviation

Initial issue and re-issue with a maximum validity of 12 months*

$100 per 500 kg or part thereof

Note: The Certificate of Airworthiness Fee does not include the investigation cost.

Certificate of Airworthiness - Commercial Air Transport

Initial issue and re-issue with a maximum validity of 12 months

Aircraft not exceeding 5,700 kgs used for Bermuda domestic operations only

$1,000

Aircraft not exceeding 5,700 kgs

$8,000

Aircraft exceeding 5,700 kgs but not exceeding 30,000 kgs

$8,000 plus $175 per 500 kgs or part thereof exceeding 5,700 kgs up to a maximum of $16,500

Aircraft exceeding 30,000 kgs but not exceeding 100,000 kgs

$16,500 plus $145 per 500 kgs or part thereof exceeding 30,000 kgs up to a maximum of $36,000

Aircraft exceeding 100,000 kgs but not exceeding 200,000 kgs

$36,000 plus $135 per 500 kgs or part thereof exceeding 100,000 kgs up to a maximum of $63,000

Aircraft exceeding 200,000 kgs but not exceeding 300,000 kgs

$63,000 plus $130 per 500 kgs or part thereof exceeding 200,000 kgs up to a maximum of $89,000

Aircraft exceeding 300,000 kgs

$89,000 plus $125 per 500 kgs or part thereof exceeding 300,000 kgs up to a maximum of $101,500

Note: The Certificate of Airworthiness Fee includes the investigation cost.

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Storage/Transition Registry

For an aircraft placed in storage and without a Certificate of Airworthiness in force

Storage: A fee may be agreed between the Director General and the owner in respect of the use of the register

Other Airworthiness Fees

Initial approval and the renewal (every two years) of the approval of maintenance organisations

$3,000

Commercial Air Transport CAMO - Initial approval and renewal (every two years) of Continued Airworthiness Management Organisation

$3,000

Corporate and General Aviation CAMO - Initial approval and renewal (every two years) of Continued Airworthiness Management Organisation*

No charge

Issue of a one time approval for a maintenance organisation and CAMO

$1,000

Certificate of Airworthiness for Export

$100 per 500 kgs or part thereof; minimum fee of $5,000 and maximum of $70,000

Note: Fees set out in this section shall be applied with such additional investigation cost as may be necessary.

Use of an Approval from Another Overseas Territory

Initial approval and the renewal (every two years) of the approval of maintenance organisations

No charge

Corporate and General Aviation CAMO - Initial approval and renewal (every two years) of Continued Airworthiness Management Organisation

No charge

Note: Investigation costs do not apply to fees in this section.

Licencing:

Issue of a Certificate of Validation of a foreign licence where no specific aircraft registration or operator is stipulated

$1,500

Issue of an annual General Certificate of Validation or Recognition of a foreign licence associated with a commercial air transport operation or an aircraft manufacturer

$3,000 per annum

Initial or re-appointment of an authorised examiner for an aircraft type rating or instrument rating

$750

Initial or renewal appointment of an authorised examiner for conducting Operator Proficiency Checks (OPC) and Operations Line Checks (OLC)

$750

Initial or re-appointment of an authorised Line Training/Check pilot

$750

Approval or validation of foreign approval of synthetic training device

$500 per aircraft type

Flight Operations:

Initial Minimum Equipment List (MEL) Approval

$800 plus actual costs incurred

Renewal Minimum Equipment List (MEL) Approval

$200 plus actual costs incurred

Air Operator’s Certificate or Aerial Work Certificate

$30,000 annually

Initial Aerial Work Certificate in relation to Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

$500

Renewal Aerial Work Certificate in relation to Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

$250

Investigations and Inspections:

For the review of documents; the conducting of inspections or investigations; the witnessing of tests, experiments or flying trials carried out in connection with any part of the Order, but not elsewhere specified

Actual costs incurred including investigation and administration costs

Except as specified elsewhere, investigations conducted in connection with any part of the Order, plus actual costs incurred, including but not limited to, transportation, accommodation and subsistence

$1,600 per man-day or $200 per man-hour. Travel days shall be charged at $800 per man-day

MISCELLANEOUS:

For the grant of any permission, approval, variation, deviation or exemption in respect of any part of the Order not covered above or for the issue of copies of documents or for the issue of any document at the request of the applicant/operator

$500

Note: The fees indicated with an * above have been reduced through an interim arrangement pending formal amendment of the Fees Regulation.

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