CAN 3-37 - Extended Diversion Time Operations (EDTO)

Extended Diversion Time Operations (EDTO)

Article 37.1 - Applicability

This Civil Aviation Notice is issued by Oman Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) and contain regulatory requirements about standards, practices and procedures acceptable to the Authority.

This CAN is applicable to operators engaged in Commercial Air Transport Operations beyond the threshold time established by PACA for EDTO/ETOPS and lays down the minimum requirements for turbine aeroplanes transiting oceanic areas or routes over land, registered in Oman, and engaged in EDTO/ETOPS. Operators shall not operate an aeroplane with two or more engines or an aeroplane more than 5700 kg beyond the threshold time unless approved by PACA for EDTO/ETOPS.

To be eligible for EDTO/ETOPS the specified airframe/engine combination should have been certificated to the Airworthiness Standards of Transport Category aeroplanes by FAA of USA or EASA or by any other regulatory authority acceptable to PACA.

Article 37.2 - Introduction