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Which types of flights are excluded from the UK ETS reportable scope (UK ETS aviation activity)?

1)  Military flights
2)  Flights performed exclusively for the transport, on an official mission, of a reigning  Monarch and their immediate family, Heads of State, Heads of Government and Government Ministers, of a country other than the United Kingdom
3)  Customs and police flights performed by both civil registered and military aircraft
4)  Search and rescue flights
5)  Firefighting flights
6)  Humanitarian flights
7)  Emergency medical service flights
8)  Flights performed exclusively under the visual flight rules set out in Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention
9)  Flights terminating at the aerodrome from which the aircraft has taken off and during which no intermediate landing has been made
10) Training flights performed exclusively for the purpose of obtaining a license, or a rating in the case of cockpit flight crew, provided that the flights do not serve for the transport of passengers or cargo
11) Flights performed exclusively for the purpose of scientific research partially or totally performed in-flight
12) Flights performed exclusively for the purpose of checking, testing or certifying aircraft or equipment whether airborne or ground-based;
13) Flights performed by aircraft with a certified maximum take-off mass of less than 5,700 kilograms.
 
Note: Public Sector Obligation flights are not part of UK ETS aviation activity.  Back to all F.A.Q.