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    Tag: customs

    • 19
      Jul

      Business Aircraft Ops to Chile: CIQ Clearance

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Mariana Tsymbalista
      3643
      Customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) clearance in Chile either takes place within a fixed-base operator (FBO) or at a main ...
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    • 12
      Jul

      Business Aircraft Ops to Chile: Ground Handling & Additional Services

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Universal
      3492
      Chile stretches almost 2700 miles in length, between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, and is one of the most ...
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    • 21
      Jun

      Business Aircraft Ops to Panama – Part 2: Permits & CIQ

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Marcella Klauser
      2707
      For a permit and documentation perspective Panama is an easy and friendly operating environment. Landing permits can usually be processed ...
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    • 20
      Jun

      BizAv Trip Planning: G20 Summit in Hamburg: Airports, Alternates, Parking & Special Considerations

      Archive
      By Matthias Dlugosch [Guest Author]
      2714
      The G20 Summit takes place July 7-8, hosted in Hamburg as the culmination of the German G20 presidency. A large ...
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    • Business Aircraft Operations to Shanghai – Part 2: Permits, Slots & CIQ
      24
      Apr

      Business Aircraft Operations to Shanghai – Part 2: Permits, Slots & CIQ

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Jennifer Cai
      2877
      For business aircraft operators, the landing permit process for China has become easier and quicker over recent years and airport ...
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    • Business Aircraft Ops to Mongolia – Part 1: Operating Tips
      17
      Apr

      Business Aircraft Ops to Mongolia – Part 1: Operating Tips

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Todd Carter
      3041
      Mongolia is a land locked country in east-central Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. ...
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    • Business Aircraft Ops to French Polynesia – Part 1: Airports & Ground Handling
      12
      Apr

      Business Aircraft Ops to French Polynesia – Part 1: Airports & Ground Handling

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Mark Hudson
      4276
      French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic and comprises five groups of islands. These include the Society ...
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    • Business Aircraft Ops to Nairobi, Kenya – Part 3: CIQ, Security and Local Area
      10
      Apr

      Business Aircraft Ops to Nairobi, Kenya – Part 3: CIQ, Security and Local Area

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Universal
      2787
      General aviation (GA) operations at Nairobi (HKJK) are not given priority over scheduled commercial traffic in terms of customs, immigration, ...
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    • Tips for Operating a BizJet to a New Destination – Part 1 of 2
      29
      Mar

      Tips for Operating a BizJet to a New Destination – Part 1 of 2

      Archive
      By Daniel Crouch
      2372
      When planning a trip in your business aircraft to a new destination, or a region of the world you’ve not ...
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    • Customs Tips For Any Trip: Part 2 – Compliance with the Details
      20
      Mar

      Customs Tips For Any Trip: Part 2 – Compliance with the Details

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Rayburn Hoover
      2078
      For business aircraft operators, “know before you go” is the critical rule to follow for successfully navigating the customs, immigration, ...
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    • Customs Tips for Any Trip: Part 1 – Avoiding Issues on your Trip
      13
      Mar

      Customs Tips for Any Trip: Part 1 – Avoiding Issues on your Trip

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Rayburn Hoover
      2284
      Customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) authorities worldwide, are becoming more stringent on clearance requirements. Be mindful that every airport location ...
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    • Business Aircraft Operations to the Bahamas – Part 2: Handling, Fuel & Local Area
      20
      Feb

      Business Aircraft Operations to the Bahamas – Part 2: Handling, Fuel & Local Area

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Jacob Reader
      2442
      For business aircraft operators, the quality of support services and infrastructure at outlying airports in the Bahamas is not the ...
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    • Business Aircraft Operations to the Bahamas – Part 1: Airports, Permits & CIQ
      13
      Feb

      Business Aircraft Operations to the Bahamas – Part 1: Airports, Permits & CIQ

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Jacob Reader
      4141
      The Commonwealth of the Bahamas – an island nation with more than 700 islands, cays and islets – stretches from ...
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    • Technical Stops for Business Aviation
      4
      Jan

      Technical Stops for Business Aviation: Part 1 – Basic Considerations

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Katherine Scheer-Perry
      2840
      While today’s longer range corporate aircraft do not make use of technical stops as often as their airborne predecessors, there ...
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    • Business Aircraft Ops to the Dominican Republic – Part 1: Airports, Parking & Ground Handling
      21
      Dec

      Business Aircraft Ops to the Dominican Republic – Part 1: Airports, Parking & Ground Handling

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Universal
      3403
      The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The second largest Caribbean nation after Cuba, ...
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    • 31
      Oct

      U.S. Cabotage Restrictions – non-U.S. Business Aircraft Considerations

      Regulatory Compliance
      By Laura Everington
      8924
      Cabotage restrictions have an impact on operations of non-U.S. registered business aircraft within the U.S. These rules and limitations, however, ...
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    • Ground Operations at Remote General Aviation Destinations – Part 2: Services and Credit
      19
      Oct

      Ground Operations at Remote General Aviation Destinations – Part 2: Services and Credit

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Greg Linton
      2314
      When operating your business aircraft to a remote location, there will likely be cases where you will be handled by ...
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    • 12
      Oct

      Ground Operations at Remote General Aviation Destinations – Part 1: Airport Considerations

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Greg Linton
      2509
      Additional considerations are needed when operating to remote international locations and airports not frequented by general aviation (GA). For many ...
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    • Business Aviation Planning Tips: Stockholm, Sweden
      5
      Oct

      Business Aviation Planning Tips: Stockholm, Sweden

      Destination Guides, Sweden
      By Jeff Kelley
      2824
      General aviation (GA) operating flexibility to Stockholm is good – with plenty of aircraft parking, full support services and straight-forward ...
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    • Operating to Colombia – Part 3
      8
      Sep

      Operating to Colombia – Part 3: Planning Tips

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Mark Hudson
      3000
      Authorities in Colombia are strict on documentation requirements governing business jet operations in the country, so if you are operating ...
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    • Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: CIQ
      26
      May

      Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: CIQ

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Universal
      2534
      Customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) requirements for general aviation (GA) crew are minimal in Ethiopia. Authorities, however, are stringent on ...
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    • Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: Ground Handling
      12
      May

      Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: Ground Handling

      Bizav Best Practice
      By Universal
      2647
      With over 90 million inhabitants Ethiopia is the second highest population nation in Africa and the most populous landlocked country ...
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