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Same day services

The same day service provides a single day turnaround of documents for certain Aircraft Registration, Airworthiness and Flight Operations processes. The same day service is on request, which should be made at the time of initial application. Documents are worked to a same day turnaround from receipt of customer request by 11:00 to completion of the processing of the application by 16:30 on the same working day. This is subject to all information being submitted and all queries answered within this timeframe.

Airworthiness and Flight Operations certificates are now digital and will be emailed out. For Aircraft Registration, the documents shall be sent by Royal Mail special delivery, where this is included in the service, or where the applicant so requests on the application form. Within the UK this provides for a 9:00am delivery on the next working day, or on a Saturday should it be sent at 16:30 on the Friday before.

For Aircraft Registrations, if preferred and selected by the customer, the document shall be scanned and sent by email. The customer should indicate the preferred delivery method at the time of application on the application form. Our services are detailed below by business area.

Same day services for Dangerous Goods approvals

Please note that all same day services for Dangerous Goods are currently suspended. This is a temporary arrangement for the next few weeks.

If this decision will have a detrimental operational impact on you, then please contact our Dangerous Goods team on dgo@caa.co.uk.


Aircraft Registration

SRG1750 Application Form

The following same day fees will be applied:

Aircraft Registration Service

Additional fee £

Aircraft greater than 15000 kg

Additional fee £

Aircraft 15000 kg or less

New registration of aircraft £330 £205
Change of registered ownership £330 £205
Change or registration marks £330 £205
De-registration of aircraft £330 £205

Flight Operations

SRG1751 Application Form

The following same day fees will be applied:

Flight Operations Service

Additional fee £

AOC only

Aeroplane Exemption/Permission (except Dangerous Goods) £345
EU-OPS Aeroplane RIE Exemption £345
Helicopter Exemption/Permission (except Dangerous Goods) £345
Munitions of War Approval for non-UK EU Operators £345
Munitions of War Permissions for non EU Operators £345
Dangerous Goods Approval for non EU Operators £345
Dangerous Goods Exemptions £345
A1/A2 Dangerous Goods Approval £345
Lithium Battery Approval £345
Police AOC Permission/Approval for dangerous goods and weapons £345
Replacement Documents £345

Airworthiness Services

Application Form

With immediate effect requests for same day service will only be considered for the following cases:

  • Temporary Permit to Fly where an aircraft is operated on an AOC and is in an AOG situation
  • Temporary Permit to Fly for State aircraft
  • Overflight Permission for operational aircraft only

The following same day fees will be applied:

Airworthiness Services

Additional fee £

AOC

Additional fee £

Non AOC

Issue of an CAA or National temporary Permit to Fly £345 £205
Issue of an CAA temporary Permit to Fly, including approval of non-design related Flight Conditions £485 £285
Over-fly Exemptions £345 £205

Out-Of-Hours Service

The CAA presently offers an informal out-of-hours service, via the use of an out-of-hours contact number. This is in place to assist AOC Operators when an urgent operational need requires access to the CAA. Where an AOC Operator requests a Permit to Fly, to enable an aircraft to fly without a valid Certificate of Airworthiness, or Certificate of Validity being in place, and this is issued outside of normal working hours.

Out-of-hours Fee £
Permit to Fly £1,025