Any aircraft registered in a state contracting party to the Free Transit Agreement or in a state to which Spain may have granted equivalents rights by virtue of a Bilateral Agreement will have the privilege to fly accross the spanish territory and land for non-commercial purposes without any notification in advance or without permission, provided always with the conditions prescribed in said agreements are complied with and subject to the provisions of section GENERAL item 2.

To get information related to the countries that have established such bilateral agreements consult 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.: +34 915 978 781
Fax: +34 915 978 300
AFTN: EACZXEX
SITA: MADVRYA


International scheduled flights may be operated by airlines from states that have signed a Bilateral Air Agreement with Spain, provided that the terms of the Agreement are complied with in relation to the Traffic Rights, tariffs, routes, etc. are concerned.
For all cases above mentioned it is of the essence that schedules be approved well in advance. Any request for information or authorization for the operation of scheduled flights with Spain should be addressed to the previous address.




Airline operators are requested to carry the documents detailed below in order for the aircraft to be given clearance on arrival to or departure from Spain. All documents above mentioned must follow the ICAO standard format as set forth in the relevant appendices to Annex 9 and are acceptable when furnished in Spanish, French or English and completed in legible handwriting. No visas are requiered in connection with such documents.

All airlines operating in Spain shall fill in the "Statistical Air Traffic Form" on the arrival and departure of an aircraft to or from any Spanish airport.

The Orden Ministerial de Hacienda dated 9th February, 1996, establishes, in a compulsary way, the submission of the Cargo Manifest as the only traffic document required by the Spanish Customs Services on the arrival and departure of aircraft operating scheduled and non-scheduled flights on international traffic. According to this, the documents to be presented by operators are the following:

ON ARRIVAL:
Airport of arrival:
One copy of the Cargo Manifest indicating the number of passengers disembarked and, if applicable, two partial comprehensive copies of the goods unloaded in the airport.

If the aircraft is expected to stop in one or more airports of the Iberian Peninsula o Balearic Islands, the carrier will, in addition, be requested to submit another copy of the Cargo Manifest which will hereinafter be called Route Manifest, to be submitted at later stops. Domestic aircraft unloading all the cargo and setting down all the passengers at the first airport of arrival be exempted form this requirement.

Air Bill for each item entered in the Cargo Manifest destined to the airport of arrival.

On Successive Stops:
The Cargo Manifest and, if applicable, three partial copies of the cargo to be unloaden, or one copy in the case of only passengers are disembarking at the airport.

In the last stop, the Customs will keep the Route Manifest, and only two partial copies of the cargo to be unloaden and one copy in the case of only passengers are disembarked at the airport will be necessary. The same procedure shall apply respect to domestic aircraft when the cargo and the passengers included in the Route Manifest have been disembarked at any stop airport even in it is not the last one.

Manifest or Special Transit Manifests concerning the cargo unloaden by this procedure at the previous national stop airports.

Air Bill for each item included in the Cargo Manifest destined to the airport.

ON DEPARTURE:
At the airport where the aircraft departs directly abroad:
Cargo Manifest, even if negative, including all the cargo loaden in the country. Two copies of the Manifest shall be submitted indicating the number of passengers embarked, if applicable.

At any other airport:
Special Manifest of the foreign cargo in transit loaden at the airport.

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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