Ray Proudfoot 231 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 When I plan flights in Europe it's obvious the correct policy to use is EU-OPS. But which should I use for North America, Australasia and other parts of the world? When does ICAO get used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs mopperle 4161 Posted November 26, 2021 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted November 26, 2021 Maybe this document answers your question: https://skybrary.aero/articles/fuel-regulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srcooke 421 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 If you bring up the fuel policy editor Ray the various options are labelled for US, Australia and Russia in addition to EU and ICAO. In addition to the US Domestic and International Flag options Gary McGinnis produced a guide for Class II planning and associated fuel policies available here As noted in Otto's link the carrier will use the policies of the governing authority where the aircraft is registered. In other areas where you do not have defined policies ICAO could be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Proudfoot 231 Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 Otto and Stephen, thank you both for those links. I’ll read through them and hopefully all will become clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterCityExpress4 2 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 The fuel policy does not depend on the country you happen to be flying in... An operator will always have to comply with the fuel policy of the country it is registered in. If Delta was to start domestic flights in Spain, it would still need to comply with FAA fuel requirements, just like Qantas wouldn't stop using their Aussie fuel policy when operating from Singapore to Heathrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Proudfoot 231 Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 @InterCityExpress, good point. Most of my flights are with British registered aircraft. But not to get political - now that the UK is no longer a member of the EU is the EU-OPS policy still relevant? Is PFPX up to date in that respect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterCityExpress4 2 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 That is indeed a fair question! I'll have to check with my sources. My assumption is, though, that nothing substantial has changed. I would guess that the UK CAA has tons of other things on their mind right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Proudfoot 231 Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 It’s probably number 1,376 on the list of things that need to change post-Brexit. I’ll continue to use EU-OPS and hope no one from an EU country complains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHOJT 57 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 To further muddy the waters, operators sometimes have to adapt their policy to the country they are flying to in order to appease their regulator as well as their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Proudfoot 231 Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, VHOJT said: To further muddy the waters, operators sometimes have to adapt their policy to the country they are flying to in order to appease their regulator as well as their own. I think I'll stick to using the country of aircraft registration as my guide, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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