Commercial and Business Aviation Advisory Circulars

Specialty Air Services North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

PURPOSE

This Commercial and Business Aviation Advisory Circular (CBAAC) is intended to inform Canadian air operators offering specialty air services of the required application procedures in order to obtain U.S. Department of Transportation authority to conduct agricultural and industrial operations in the United States.

This CBAAC replaces Air Carrier Advisory Circular 0073 dated 1994.10.21.

REFERENCES

• U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of International Aviation, Specialty Air Services Information Packet - July, 1997

The above document is available in PDF format from the U.S. Department of Transportation Web site (http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/aviation/intav/airnafta.pdf [129KB]).

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BACKGROUND

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force on January 1, 1994, and gives Canadians the opportunity to provide the following specialty air services in the U.S.:

1. Aerial Advertising;
2. Aerial Construction;
3. Aerial Inspection and Surveillance;
4. Aerial Mapping;
5. Aerial Photography;
6. Aerial Sightseeing;
7. Aerial Spraying;
8. Aerial Surveying;
9. Fire Fighting;
10. Flight Training;
11. Forest Fire Management;
12. Glider Towing;
13. Heli-logging; and
14. Parachute Jumping.

All are in force except Aerial Spraying, which comes into effect on January 1, 2000.

INFORMATION

For additional information, or for procedures on getting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or Transport Canada authorities for NAFTA, contact your nearest Transport Canada, Civil Aviation regional office.

REFUSALS

Should there be any refusals on the part of the U.S. authorities (Department of Transportation and/or Federal Aviation Administration) to accept a reasonable application by any Canadian providers of the above specialty air services, please contact Certification Standards Division, Commercial & Business Aviation, at (613) 990-1107 or by facsimile at (613) 954-1602.

M.R. Preuss
Director
Commercial and Business Aviation