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Article 7 Exempt commercial air transport operators

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(1)

A commercial air transport operator is not an aircraft operator for the purposes of this Order in relation to a scheme year, where in respect of that year it operates—

(a)

less than 243 full-scope flights per period for 3 consecutive 4-month periods; or

(b)

full-scope flights with total annual emissions of less than 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

(2)

In this article, “4-month period” means any of the following periods—

(a)

January to April;

(b)

May to August;

(c)

September to December.

(3)

For the purposes of this article, a full-scope flight is taken to have occurred in the 4-month period that included its local time of departure.