Article 177 Commercial air transport and aerial work – exceptions – charity flightsI1
United Kingdom
Subject to paragraph (2), a flight is a private flight if the only valuable consideration given or promised for the flight or the purpose of the flight is one or more of the following—
valuable consideration specified in article 173(1);
in the case of an aircraft owned in accordance with article 180(2), valuable consideration that falls within article 180(3); or
valuable consideration given or promised to a registered charity that is not the operator of the aircraft and the flight is made with the permission of the Department and in accordance with any conditions specified in it.
If valuable consideration specified in article 173(1) is given or promised the flight is a commercial air transport flight for the purposes of Part 3 and Part 4 (other than articles 32(2) and 34(2).