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CASA EX105/09 – Exemption – participation in land and hold short operations

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What this does: This exemption allows Air New Zealand to land its Airbus A320 aircraft using a technique called "land and hold short operations" (LAHSO) — where a plane lands on a runway but must stop before reaching an intersection — even though these operations don't fully meet certain technical safety standards in the aviation rulebook.

Who it affects:

Air Traffic Services (ATS) providers — the exemption relieves them from having to comply with specific standards in the Manual of Standards Part 172 (subsections 10.13.5.3, 10.13.5.4 and 10.13.5.7)
Air New Zealand Ltd — specifically for their Airbus A320 series aircraft

Why it matters: Normally, these safety standards would prevent such operations. This exemption creates a legal exception allowing Air New Zealand to conduct these efficient landing operations at Australian airports, while ensuring air traffic services providers aren't penalised for facilitating them.

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CASA EX105/09 – Exemption – participation in land and hold short operations

Instrument number CASA EX105/09

I, GREGORY JAMES HOOD, Executive Manager, CASA Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed Greg Hood]

Greg Hood
Executive Manager
CASA Operations Division

25 November 2009

Exemption — participation in land and hold short operations

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on 1 December 2009; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 30 November 2011.

2 Application

This instrument applies:

(a) to an air traffic services (ATS) provider, within the meaning of regulation 172.015 of CASR 1998; and

(b) for land and hold short operations using Airbus A320 series aircraft operated by Air New Zealand Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 500040.

3 Exemption

(1)An ATS provider is exempt from compliance with paragraph 172.065 (1) (a) of CASR 1998 to the extent mentioned in subsection (2).

(2)The exemption applies only to the standards set out in subsections 10.13.5.3, 10.13.5.4 and 10.13.5.7 of the Manual of Standards Part 172.

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