What we handle

Permits, by the country that issues them.

Every state your aircraft crosses or lands in can require its own authorisation, on its own timetable. These are the jurisdictions we file in most, and what each one actually asks for.

In a hurry? The lead time comparison puts all ten in one table, ordered by which permit to start first.

IACC

Cuba

Almost every trip between Florida and the Caribbean crosses Cuban airspace, which means almost every one of those trips needs a Cuban overflight permit.

GACA

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has the longest permit lead time of any country we file in.

DGCA

India

India asks for more documentation than any other authority we deal with, and returns an incomplete application rather than querying it.

CAAC

China

Operating privately into mainland China is a paperwork exercise before it is a flying one.

ANAC

Brazil

Brazil combines a detailed authorisation process with genuinely congested airports in the south east, so the permit and the slot have to move together.

AFAC

Mexico

Mexico treats private and commercial flights very differently, and the line between them is not where operators assume.

ECAA

Egypt

Egypt sits on the crossing between Europe, the Gulf and Africa, so its overflight permit turns up on more routings than its size suggests.

NCAA

Nigeria

Nigeria is West Africa's busiest business aviation market and its permit process rewards starting early.

DGCA Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesian airspace stretches across the whole archipelago, so a great many Asia Pacific routings cross it whether or not they stop.

DGAC Maroc

Morocco

Morocco is the first African stop on most southbound routings out of Europe, and its permit process is well established and predictable, which is not true everywhere on the continent..

These are the jurisdictions worth writing down, and we file in plenty more. Send us a route and we will tell you every permit it needs, including the states you only overfly. Sanctions and traffic rights turn on nationality, registry and payment route, so put those to your own counsel and we will file against the answer.

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