Certification of an air operator is accomplished in two main sequential steps:
- Obtaining an Economical Authority, based on the Aviation Act of Aruba (AB 1989, No. GT 58 art. 13).
- A certification process of the applicant from an operational/technical perspective.
In practice the above two-step process is further divided into five phases:
- Phase 1: Pre-application phase
- Phase 2: Formal application phase
- Phase 3: Document review phase
- Phase 4: Compliance evaluation phase
- Phase 5: Certification phase
For a more detailed explanation of this process, please refer to Bijlage D of the Beleidsregel Expoitatie Vergunning en AOC, page 12 and forward in English.