PART 2Operations and operational directives

Prohibition of use for commercial air transport or aerial work11

Except in the case of a transfer of functions under Article 83 of the Chicago Convention, an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man must not fly on a flight for the purpose of commercial air transport or aerial work.

Offering commercial air transport flights12

A person must not hold anyone out (whether the person who is being held out is the same person as the one who is holding out or is another person) as being one who may offer flights in an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man for the purpose of commercial air transport.

Operational directives13

1

The Department may direct an aircraft operator by means of an operational directive that an operation is prohibited, or must be limited or is subject to specified conditions, in the interests of safe operations.

2

An operational directive must state—

a

the reason for its issue;

b

its applicability and duration; and

c

the action required by the operator.

3

An operational directive may be made in respect of one or more operators or one or more classes of operator.

Passenger and cargo manifest14

1

This article applies to an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man for which a certificate of airworthiness is in force and that is used for international air navigation.

2

The commander of an aircraft to which this article applies must ensure that the following manifests are completed and carried on board-

a

if passengers are carried, a passenger manifest containing the passengers’ names, and their places of embarkation and disembarkation; and

b

if cargo is carried, a cargo manifest containing detailed declarations of the cargo.

3

A copy of each of these documents, where prepared, must be left at the aerodrome of departure.