Amendment to the Airport Ground Services Regulation (SHY-22)
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The regulation changes several licensing and operating rules for airport ground services in Turkey. It clarifies when DHMİ handles preliminary permits, operating licenses, and agreements at certain airports, and it sets new limits on when D-group ground service licenses can be used for carriers and aircraft using cargo terminals or A/B group terminal operators. Ground service companies, airport and terminal operators, airlines, and authorized maintenance organizations should review whether their current licenses and agreements still match the updated rules. Domestic airlines also benefit from a targeted exemption from one condition for aircraft private security service and inspection, and domestic ground services will not trigger a fee to the airport operator for the right to provide services.
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Key Changes
- DHMİ will handle certain preliminary permit, operating license, and agreement procedures at specified airports.
- D-group ground service licenses cannot be used for aircraft and carriers using cargo terminals or A/B group terminal operators, with a limited exception for operators holding multiple C-group terminal licenses at the same airport.
- Domestic ground services will no longer require payment to the airport operator for the right to provide services.
Obligations
What this law requires
D-group ground service license holders must not provide ground services under that license to air carriers or aircraft that will use cargo terminals or terminals holding A- or B-group airport terminal operating licenses.
At the airports/airfields covered by the amended Article 6(4), DHMİ must carry out preliminary permit, operating license, and agreement procedures that are regulated in the fourth section and normally fall under the airport/airfield operator’s responsibility.
Airport or airfield operators must not charge a fee for the right to provide services in return for ground services performed for domestic flights.
Ground service organizations other than air carriers must comply with the amended Article 19(1)(r) requirement, as the provision now applies to ground service organizations excluding air carriers.
Entities relying on C-group representation, supervision, and management operating licenses must ensure the license scope matches the amended wording, which now refers to C-group flight operations, representation, supervision, and management operating licenses.