Gama Aviation achieves EASA Third Country Operator (TCO) authorisation

The US aviation division of Gama Aviation1 has become one of the first business aviation operators to receive Third Country Operator (TCO) authorisation from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The Third Country Operator authorization was introduced by EASA in May 2014 and comes into force this November. The authorization allows operators from outside the EU to obtain single safety authorization for any commercial air transport (CAT) operations into, within or out of any of the 28 EU member countries, as well as EU overseas territories and four European Free Trade Association states. Jason Oakland, Operations Supervisor at Gama Aviation’s