Fees Payment
Listed below are the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority Fee Schedule and the invoice application forms. In order for our clients to make the required payment to the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA), an invoice has to be issued by BCAA to our client.
The owner/operator of aircraft or approved organisation shall request an invoice by sending an invoice request directly to the BCAA finance department 90 days prior to the expiry of the certificate:
- Use form AW-105 for Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) and CofA for export, initial or renewal (Form AW-105 can be used for multiple aircraft).
- Use form AW-106 for Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) and Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation (CAMO) approval certificate and CAMO Subpart F authorisation, initial or renewal.
Email the completed forms to receivables@bcaa.bm
The BCAA contacts are:
- Michelle Monish: +1 441-299-8638
New clients will need to be registered as a new vendor with BCAA finance. The client should complete the New Customer/Name Change Finance Form found below and email the completed form to the BCAA finance team at receivables@bcaa.bm. Once registered, invoice requests can be submitted.
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 full Fee Schedule for details regarding these fees and any addiitonal 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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