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Tag: immigration

  • 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
    2522
    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
    2683
    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
    2893
    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
    4728
    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
    3327
    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
    3865
    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 Universal
    10478
    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
    2713
    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
    2936
    Additional considerations are needed when operating to remote international locations and airports not frequented by general aviation (GA). For many ...
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  • Operating to Colombia – Part 3
    8
    Sep

    Operating to Colombia – Part 3: Planning Tips

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Mark Hudson
    3492
    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: Ground Handling
    12
    May

    Business Aircraft Ops to Ethiopia: Ground Handling

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Universal
    3094
    With over 90 million inhabitants Ethiopia is the second highest population nation in Africa and the most populous landlocked country ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to Japan: Local Area, Ground Transport & Hotels
    28
    Apr

    Business Aircraft Ops to Japan: Local Area, Ground Transport & Hotels

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Hiroshi Higashiyama
    3058
    General aviation (GA) trips to Japan are something to look forward to regardless of the time of year. However, depending ...
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  • 4
    Apr

    Explaining CANPASS for Business Aircraft Operations to Canada

    Regulatory Compliance
    By Lukas Marrow
    5398
    The Canadian Passenger Accelerated Service System (CANPASS) is an efficient and user-friendly method of reporting international general aviation (GA) arrivals ...
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  • 17
    Mar

    Business Aircraft Ops to Japan: CIQ

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Hiroshi Higashiyama
    4259
    Customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) clearance options have improved over recent years in Japan with the expansion of general aviation ...
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  • 15
    Mar

    Weapons and Game Transportation on Business Aircraft: Part 2 of 2 – Permits & Documents

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Jeff Kelley
    2536
    For international hunting trips documentation and permit requirements are typically more onerous than for other types of general aviation (GA) ...
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  • Weapons and Game Transportation on Business Aircraft: Part 1 of 2 – Travel Options
    1
    Mar

    Weapons and Game Transportation on Business Aircraft: Part 1 of 2 – Travel Options

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Jeff Kelley
    2596
    There are various issues business aircraft operators must consider when flying off to hunt big game. Considerations include transportation of ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to Japan: Ground Handling
    18
    Feb

    Business Aircraft Ops to Japan: Ground Handling

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Hiroshi Higashiyama
    3502
    For business aircraft operations to Japan, full services and ground handling are readily available throughout the country. Still, there are ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to the Azores: Part 2 of 2 – Permits, PPRs, Slots, and CIQ
    1
    Feb

    Business Aircraft Ops to the Azores: Part 2 of 2 – Permits, PPRs, Slots, and ...

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Randi Hudson
    3167
    When planning business aircraft operations to the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, always ensure that proper lead times are ...
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  • 7
    Jan

    BizAv Operations to Hong Kong: Aircraft Ground Handling

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Edmond Yuen
    3488
    In order to travel to Hong Kong (VHHH) business aircraft operators need to ensure that services such as ground handling ...
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  • Trip Planning Tips: Diplomatic Flights – Part 2: Operational Details
    6
    Jan

    Trip Planning Tips: Diplomatic Flights – Part 2: Operational Details

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Universal
    4169
    While diplomatic flights enjoy certain benefits, including the opportunity for shorter notice permits, express customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) clearance, ...
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  • Business Aircraft Ops to India: CIQ Requirements
    5
    Nov

    Business Aircraft Ops to India: CIQ Requirements

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Universal
    4568
    While customs, immigration, and quarantine (CIQ) is traditionally cleared in-terminal at airports in India there are steps your local ground ...
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  • Australian BizAv Ops Checklist – Part 4: CIQ and Documentation
    6
    Oct

    Australian BizAv Ops Checklist – Part 4: CIQ and Documentation

    Bizav Best Practice
    By Universal
    4658
    Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine (CIQ) procedures vary at airports across the Australian continent. Unlike in some other areas of the ...
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