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Chapter IX · Commercial Air Transportation

89. Qualifications for the issue of a Foreign Airline Licence

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

No Foreign Air Operator shall be issued with a

Foreign Airline Licence, unless such Foreign Air

Operator—

(a)

has obtained a Foreign Air Operator Certificate from the Director General ;

(b)

has adequate and valid insurance cover as determined on the guidelines referred to in subsection (2) of section 75, to cover liability which may arise from its operations ; and

(c)

has in place an effective program drawn in accordance with the Aviation Security Programme formulated by the Authority under section 17, for protection against unlawful interference with civil aviation.

(2)

The Authority may issue a Foreign Air Licence on application made in that behalf by a Foreign Air Operator and upon being satisfied that such applicant has complied with—

(a)

the requirements imposed by subsection (1) ; and

(b)

any other requirements that may be specified in the air service agreement that is entered into between

Sri Lanka and the respective aeronautical authority of the State of the applicant.

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