Spain as a country signatory to the International Civil Aviation Convention ICAO (Chicago 1944) allows all civil aircraft registered in the countries signatoring to the above agreement to overfly and make technical stops in the Spanish Territory.

Previous authorization from the Dirección General de Aviación Civil shall be required for the purposes of operating non-scheduled commercial traffic with Spain, except in the cases refered to in the next paragraph.

Spain, as a state signatoring to the Multilateral Agreement on Commercial Rights of the European Non-Scheduled Air Services (1956), grants the right to operate flights for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers, cargo or mail in aircraft registered in the states contracting party to the aforementioned Multilateral Agreement and operated by nationals of such states, provided these flights are included in the following categories of non-scheduled flights:

a. Flights operated for humanitarian needs or on an emergency case.
b. Aerotaxies.
c. Flights on the whole capacity is chartered by one single person (individual or entity person) for the transport of its staff or goods.
d. Occasional flights.
Aircraft registered in countries contracting party to the above mentioned Multilateral Agreement operated by nationals of such states are allowed to operate in Spain non-scheduled flights provided they conform to the following categories and are carried out according to the third and fourth freedom.
e. Cargo flights.
f. Aircraft on the whole capacity is chartered by one single person (individual or entity person, except travel agencies) for the transport of passengers and cargo of interest to the charterer for other reasons than those specified in paragraph c).
g. Flights carried out for the transport of students.
h. Special event charters.
i. Inclusive Tour Charters (ITC).


In any case, details of the flight characteristics should be indicated in the request for authorization and considered by the Dirección General de Aviación Civil.



Airlines usually operating non-scheduled flights to the spanish territory should be properly registered and accredited by the Dirección General de Aviación Civil. This requirement is not necessary for airlines operating occasional flights.

Foreign non-scheduled airlines are required to present the following documents to obtain acreditation:

Report of the Airline.
Certificate of Competence of the Airline.
Certificate of Airworthiness of the Airlines Aircraft.
Insurance policy (aircraft, passengers, cargo, responsability covering third persons).
Airline operations manual, in accordance with ICAO Annex 6.


Any request for authorization of non-scheduled flights as well as for accreditation should be forwarded directly by the carrier or its representative to:

DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE AVIACIÓN CIVIL
Subdirección General de Explotación del Transporte Aéreo
Servicio de Derechos de Tráfico y Tarifas
Paseo de la Castellana, 67 28071 Madrid (SPAIN)

Ph.:(Direct) +34 915 975 020
Ph.: +34 915 975 247
Fax: +34 915 978 300
AFTN: LEACZXED
SITA: MADDTYA


The request for authorization of flights shall be made in writing (2 copies) by telegraphic message or via SITA and the languages used will be Spanish or English, including following information:

Name of operator.
Name and address of the charterer.
Type of aircraft and registration marks.
Dates and estimated times for arrival and departure.
Place or places of embarkation/disembarkation of passengers and/or load abroad.
Kinds of the requested flight and number of passenger and nature and quantity of cargo.
Charter price.

Information or application requests for a flight made via telegraph or via SITA should include the following data:

Identification of the airline.
Number or identification abbreviation of the message, if appropriate.
Date and Time when the message was sent by the carrier.(Abbreviations- Request for authorization: REQ / Flight information: INF)
Date of the flight and estimated time of arrival (UTC) at the Spanish destination airport and estimated time of departure of the return flight.(In case various Spanish airports are used on one single service the same data is to be used for each one).
Route to be operated (plain language).
Type of flight (according to the classification of these Rules) and number of passengers to be disembarked and/or embarked
Nature and weight of the cargo to unloaden or loaden.


The requests made by commercial telegraph should include the payment of the reply for an amount equal to the cost of the telegram.

It is advisable that the Base Program of the Airline for each season be sent to the Dirección General de Aviación Civil three (3) months prior to the estimated date of departure of the flight, in order to coordinate the schedules in the most satisfactory way.

Nevertheless, any sporadic modification may be made in any moment before the flight departure, though a minimum of 24 hours is recommended.
VIA, Promoción del Aeropuerto de Vitoria S.A.
info@via.com.es Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Alava
Dato, 38 . 01005 Vitoria-Gasteiz		 Ph: 34 945 141800
Fax: 34 945 143156
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