User manual

PFPX - Professional Flight Planner X
Aerosoft GmbH 2013
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• a US-registered carrier operating a flight within the continental
US airspace flies it as a FAR 121 Domestic flight;
• a US-registered carrier operating a flight outside the continental
US airspace flies it as a US Flag Operations flight;
• a US-registered carrier operating a flight between Germany and
Italy flies it as a US Flag Operations flight;
• a US-registered carrier operating a flight within Germany flies it
as a US Flag Operations flight;
• an Australian-registered carrier operating a flight within Germa-
ny flies it as a CASA rules flight.
Fuel policies
Operators are required to carry sufficient fuel on flights to ensure that
they are operated to the highest safety standards. There are, though, a
number of differ-ent fuel policies in effect that are applicable to opera-
tors with various Operating Certificates.
The four main types of fuel policy are:
EU-OPS
EU-OPS which prescribe European Commission requirements applicable
to the operation of any civil aeroplane for the purposes of commercial
air transport by an operator, holding a current Air Operators Certificate,
whose principal place of business and, if any, registered office is in a
Member State. Member States are all of the member states of the Euro-
pean Union plus a number of other countries who have opted in. Sche-
duled and unscheduled flights are subject to the same rules under EU-
OPS. Extended range opera-tions (ETOPS) may be applicable to EU-OPS
flights.
Under EU Operations (OPS 1.255), a flight is required to carry fuel that
will enable the aircraft: