EASA TCO and European Territories

EASA Third-Country Operator (TCO) requirements are not just for the 28 EU Member States and the 4 European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).

They also apply to any third-country operator that intends to perform commercial air transport (CAT) operations into, within or out of any of the following territories: Gibraltar, ?land Islands, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Martin, Mayotte. However, a TCO authorization is not required for operators only overflying the abovementioned territories without intended landing.

Note: A TCO can fly to the following territories without holding a TCO authorization:

Greenland and Faroe Islands, Channel Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern & Antarctic Territories, New Caledonia and Dependencies, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Aruba, Bonaire, Cura?ao, Saba, Saint Eustatius, Saint Maarten, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena and Dependencies, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda

To learn more, visit the EASA TCO website at https://www.easa.europa.eu/easa-and-you/air-operations/tco-third-country-operators