{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1008/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1008/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/1008",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the United Kingdom (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1008",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Operating licence",
  "text": "1. No undertaking which has its principal place of business in the United Kingdom shall be permitted to carry by air passengers, mail and/or cargo for remuneration and/or hire unless it has been granted the appropriate operating licence.\nAn undertaking meeting the requirements of this Chapter shall be entitled to receive an operating licence.\n2. The competent licensing authority shall not grant operating licences or maintain them in force where any of the requirements of this Chapter are not complied with.\n3. Without prejudice to any other applicable provisions of national or international law, the following categories of air services shall not be subject to the requirement to hold a valid operating licence:\n(a) air services performed by non-power-driven aircraft and/or ultralight power-driven aircraft; and\n(b) local flights.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Operation of Air Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1392), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Operation of Air Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1392), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Operation of Air Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1392), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1008/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:58.525106+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}