Airworthiness Review Certificates (ARC)

EASA Part M requires that all aircraft have an Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC) maintained at all times whilst the aircraft is registered within EASA’s jurisdiction.

As part of our commitment to offer a comprehensive Airworthiness Management service to our customers and to keep pace with the changing regulatory environment, FlyerTech were the first independent Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation to be approved under the requirements of EASA Part M Sub Part I, Airworthiness Review Certificates (ARC).

Our EASA Part M Sub Part I or ARC approval allows us to deliver Airworthiness review services broadly consisting of the following:

• ARC Initial Issue.
• ARC Renewal.
• Airworthiness Review Of The Aircraft.
• Airworthiness Review Of The Compliment Of Aircraft Technical Records.
• Production Of Airworthiness Review Report.
• Report Submission To EASA.
• Liaison And Resolution Management With EASA.

EASA Requirements For The Issue Of An Airworthiness Review Certificate

Before a used aircraft which has been operated by an organisation outside of the jurisdiction of EASA can be operated within EASA’s jurisdiction it must be managed by an EASA Part M Sub Part G Approved Continuing Airworthiness Management organisation such as FlyerTech and a full airworthiness review will be required which will involve tracing the airworthiness compliance of the aircraft together with the equipment installed on the aircraft, back to birth.

Once the full airworthiness review has been completed and it has been established that the aircraft complies with EASA’s requirements, then an Airworthiness Review Certificate can be issued or recommended for the aircraft.

EASA Requirements For Maintaining The Airworthiness Review Certificate

For an ARC to remain valid the airworthiness of the aircraft has to be managed by an EASA Part M Sub Part G Approved Continuing Airworthiness Management organisation such as FlyerTech and it is required to have a review of the airworthiness of the aircraft performed periodically to validate the airworthiness status of the aircraft.

The scope of the airworthiness review required to renew an ARC is limited to a review of the aircraft records back as far as the last time that an ARC review was performed, providing that the aircraft has been continually managed by an EASA Part M Sub Part G Approved Continuing Airworthiness Management organisation such as FlyerTech. If there is a lapse in the Continuing Airworthiness Management, in other words if the aircraft has for a period of time, since the last ARC was issued, not been managed by an EASA Part M Sub Part G Approved Continuing Airworthiness Management organisation such as FlyerTech, then a full review of the airworthiness will be required which will involve tracing the airworthiness compliance of the aircraft together with the equipment installed on the aircraft, back to birth.

The impact upon Aircraft Lessor’s of the above regulations is that subsequent to the handback of an aircraft from an Operator based within EASA’s jurisdiction and prior to the delivery of the aircraft to another Operator who is also based within EASA’s jurisdiction, in other words during the Lease Transition period, the airworthiness of the aircraft has to be managed by an EASA Part M Sub Part G Approved Continuing Airworthiness Management organisation such as FlyerTech if the ARC is to remain valid. If the ARC is allowed to lapse, then time may well be wasted whilst a back to birth ARC Review is performed for the issue of a new ARC.

Similarly, if following the return of an aircraft from an Operator based within EASA’s jurisdiction the aircraft is placed into storage for a period of time, through the storage period the airworthiness of the aircraft has to be managed by an EASA Part M Sub Part G Approved Continuing Airworthiness Management organisation such as FlyerTech if the ARC is to remain valid. If the ARC is allowed to lapse, then once again time may well be wasted whilst a back to birth ARC Review is performed.