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Key airport information may also be found at: World Aero Data information on Comoros Airports

Air transport in the Comoros is governed by the new Law 17-016 / AU of 02 December 2017 on the Civil Aviation Code. In accordance with this Law, the Authority in charge of regulating and supervising air transport in Comoros is the National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology (ANACM). It has been autonomous since March 2008 in order to effectively assume its role of overseeing the safety and security of air transport.

The 3 Comorian airports are managed by Aéroports des Comores (ADC), a company born in September 2018 and which is composed of the airport of Bandar es Salam in Mohéli, the airport of Ouani in Anjouan, and the Moroni International Airport Prince Said Ibrahim (AIMPSI). The ground handling in the Comoros airports is provided by the company Com'Air Assistance.

The provision of air navigation service has been provided since 2004 by the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA).

The main international airlines operating flights to the Comoros are Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines, which operate daily passenger flights. Turkish Airlines, Air Madagascar, Air Tanzania, Air Austral and Ewa Air each make three rotations a week from Istanbul, Antananarivo, Dar Es Salaam, Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean and Mayotte. Madagasikara Airways operates two flights a week from the city of Mahajanga.

Two Comorian companies AB Aviation and Inter Islands Air offer a regular service of air transport of passengers between the islands of the Union of the Comoros with two Embraer 120-type aircraft (30-seater planes) for AB Aviation and 2 SAAB 340 and Cessna 208 aircraft for Inter Islands Air. These companies make daily flights between the islands of the Union of Comoros and three times a week on Dar Es Salaam.

For more information on government agency and airport company contact information, please see the following links: 4.1 Government Contact List and 4.5 Airport Companies Contact List.


Procedures for Foreign Registered Aircraft

Any person or organization wishing to register an aircraft in the Union of Comoros must file with the Civil Aviation Authority:

  • Registration request letter signed by the owner or the person authorized to do so
  • Application form (ANACM AIR FORM R7-2) accompanied by all the documents requested on this form.
  • Request for classification of the aircraft.

The ANACM acknowledges receipt of the application file and reviews the eligibility of the application, notifies the design status and requests the design organization to access the technical documentation of the aircraft to be registered. When the application is considered admissible, a registration is reserved. On this occasion the owner of the aircraft is informed for preparation of the physical inspection of the aircraft.

NB: If the aircraft is subject to a legal registration (rental, mortgage, etc) the applicant is required to provide other documents appearing in other procedures (Registration procedure right on aircraft).

The condition for registering an aircraft in the Comoros Union is that it must not be older than 25 years and in compliance with the Comoros Aeronautical Regulations (CAR 07) relating to the registration of aircraft.

When applying for a new type of device on the register for which a type rating is required and the ANACM does not have personnel with these qualifications, the owner or operator must agree to pay the costs associated with the training / type rating for an operations inspector and an airworthiness inspector at a minimum.


Aircraft Registration Procedure
1.

Application

The registration form can be found online at the ANACM website (www.anacm-comores.com) or requested from the ANACM Flight Safety Department (in French, Direction de la Sécurité des Vols) (DVS).
2. Registration and security requirements

There is a Comorian register of civil aircraft registration on which are registered the aircraft meeting the conditions specified in Chapter 1, Title II of the Civil Aviation Code of the Union of the Comoros and the requirements of the Comoros Aeronautical Regulations. registration of aircraft (RAC 07).

The register shall contain for each aircraft registered in the Union of the Comoros at least the information appearing on the certificate of registration of the aircraft.

This register is held by the Civil Aviation Authority.

3. Documentation of the operator, the aircraft and the crew All documents are listed in the forms to be filed.
Other Comments The duration of the registration process may be fast, but depends on the applicant and his ability to accurately and consistently provide the required documentation and his ability to pay for inspector training, depending on the case.

Please see the relevant documents below (in French):

  1. ANACM AIR Form R7-2 (Registration Application Form)
  2. ANACM Form 635 (Aircraft Inspection Sheet)
  3. ANACM FORM 545 (Classification Request Form)
  4. RAC 07 (Aircraft Registration Regulations)
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