Frequently Asked Questions

Our offices are located on the first floor of the Da Vinci Building at:
4, rue Lou Hemmer
L-1748 Luxembourg
(The red granite building next to the IBIS Hotel at Luxembourg Airport)

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General Licencing Department address: lic@av.etat.lu

phone number: +352 247 74947

• Mr. Olivier FAURIS (Head of Licencing)
• Ms. Carole FLERES  
• Mr. Fernand SCHRAM
• Mr. Frank HITZBLECK

The DAC Licencing agents speak Luxembourgish, German, French and English

We are open from Monday to Friday, except on bank holidays, from 8:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00. We are reachable by phone from 8:30 to 12:00.

Yes! Please contact us in order to arrange an appointment.

The applicable regulation is the « Règlement grand-ducal du 1 aout 2018 instituant la perception de taxes et de redevances relatives aux licences, qualifications et reconnaissance de licences du personnel de conduite d'aéronefs et du personnel d'entretien d'aéronefs. » (French only)

For further information, please consult the related Procedure : Procedure DAC-LIC 801 and the price list: Procedure DAC-LIC 801-annexe

IBAN: LU77 0019 3655 1997 3000

Bic: BCEELULL

Account holder: ALSA S.A.

Address: 4, rue Lou Hemmer / L-1748 Luxembourg

Please provide a current certificate of residence, issued by an official of your new town of residence, or similar official document. Address changes are free of charge.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) with regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civilian aviation safety. Based in Cologne, Germany, the EASA was created on 15 July 2002, and it reached full functionality in 2008, taking over functions of the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries have been granted participation in the agency.

The responsibilities of EASA include analysing and researching safety, authorising foreign operators, giving advice for the drafting of EU legislation, implementing and monitoring safety rules (including inspections in the member states), giving type-certification of aircraft and components as well as the approval of organisations involved in the design, manufacture and maintenance of aeronautical products.

For further information, please refer to the EASA website: http://www.easa.europa.eu/the-agency/the-agency. 

Part-FCL is Annex I of the “Aircrew Regulation”; Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

The Aircrew Regulation is a European legislation regulating Flight Crew (Annex I, Part-FCL) and Cabin Crew (Annex V, Part-CC), aero-medical examinations (Annex IV, Part-MED), Training Organisations, and FSTD operators (Annex VII, Part-ORA). Please find the latest version of the Aircrew Regulation here: https://www.easa.europa.eu/regulations  (scroll down to “Aircrew”)

-          Option 1: By flight experience,

Please use the form following this link  and attach:

• copies of your medical, and
• the last 3 pages of your logbook, as well as a
• copy of the licence of your instructor, if they don’t hold a DAC licence, and
• payment, if no manual endorsement was done (by a DAC examiner)

-          Option 2: With a proficiency check with an examiner:

Please use the form following this link and attach:

• a copy of your medical, and
• the examiner’s documents if they don’t hold a DAC licence / certificate, and
• payment, if no manual endorsement was done (by a DAC examiner)

-       For the revalidation of a class or type rating with a proficiency check:

• Checkform:
• for single-pilot aircraft
• for multi-pilot aircraft 
• for helicopters
• Pilot’s medical
• Examiner’s documentation (licence, examiner certificate, medical, briefing confirmation)
• FSTD certificate (as applicable)
• Proof of payment

-       For the renewal of a class or type rating:

• As for revalidations, plus:
• Instructor recommendation and evidence of training 
• ATO certificate / DTO documentation (including the list of approved courses)
• copy of the licence of the instructor(s) involved

-       For initial issues of class or type ratings:

• As for revalidations, plus:
• ATO certificate / DTO documentation (including the list of approved courses)
• Instructor’s licence + medical
• Course completion certificate / training syllabus
• Base training documentation

Please note that incomplete files will not be considered!

Yes! We accept all training done in a training organisation approved by an EASA Authority in accordance with the Aircrew Regulation. Please provide the following documents:

• Your training documentation (including recommendation for the skill test requested, if applicable),
•  ATO and FSTD certificates,
• Copies of the instructors’ licences
• The examiner’s confirmation of our Information for non-Luxembourg flight examiners and copies of their documents.

Yes! We accept all examiners certified by an EASA Member State. Examiners are required to read our Information for non-Luxembourg flight examiners  and provide the related confirmation, as well as a copy of their licence, examiner certificate and medical certificate.

Please note that examiners who do not hold a DAC examiner certificate are not allowed to manually endorse Luxembourgish licences!

Please read our Information for non-Luxembourg flight examiners and provide the related confirmation, as well as a copy of your licence, examiner certificate and medical certificate.

Please note that for Skill Tests and initial assessments of competence, at least 48 hours advance notice to DAC is required. For Proficiency Checks, no advance notice is required.

Please note that examiners who do not hold a DAC examiner certificate are not allowed to manually endorse Luxembourgish licences!

You can find the list of DAC examiners following this link. 

Please note that for holders of or applicants for a Luxembourgish licence, a convocation by DAC is required for skill tests and initial assessments of competence. In order to obtain a convocation, please contact the DAC Licencing Office.

We do not conduct Language proficiency tests at the DAC anymore. All tests done with providers or with assessors certified by the competent Authority of an EASA member state are accepted. Please provide a copy of the provider’s or assessor’s certificate with your application.

Yes, we accept all Language tests done by assessors certified by the Authority of an EASA Member State. Please provide a copy of the assessor’s certificate with your test results.

• For ULM and parachutist examinations, please use the form following this link .
• For all airplane, helicopter, sailplane and balloon pilot examinations, please use the form following this link.

Applications must be introduced at least 10 working days before the date of the exam session, and, for the first attempt at an examination, or a subject, be signed by your instructor as well as a representative of the flight school (except for conversions)

For further information, please refer to our Procedure.

Please find our forms here:

• For airplane and helicopter licences
• For sailplane and balloon licences

Please contact the Authority of the Member State you wish to transfer to.

For transfers to Luxembourg, this depends on how long your former Authority takes to confirm the details of your licence. In general, you should allow for at least 6 months to complete the process.

For transfers to another Member State, we will usually reply to the query of your future Authority within 2-3 days of receipt.

Please send us a request by e-mail, indicating where you would like us to send it to. Please note that for legal reasons, DAC Luxembourg cannot establish a declaration of no accident / no incident.

DAC Luxembourg issues validations in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/723 of 4 March 2020 laying down detailed rules with regard to the acceptance of third-country certification of pilots and amending Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011, for various activities. Please find the respective forms following this link. 

You can find the list of the AMEs certified for Part-MED medicals, as well as the doctors for ULM pilots and parachutists following this link. 

Licencing forms may be found following this link. 

We apologise for the inconvenience. Please let us know via mail to lic@av.etat.lu. We’ll get it fixed as soon as possible.

After requesting an appointment, if you present yourself at the DAC offices with your complete file, we can usually issue your licence or rating immediately.

For complete files received by post or e-mail, your request will usually be treated within a week after receipt, and sent to your home address or your company.

The following flight schools are currently approved / declared in Luxembourg:

• AVIASPORT II – PPL(A) and related ratings
• Aeroplume – ULM licence and related qualifications
• Cargolux Airlines International – Airplane type ratings (B747 400), TRI(A), TRE(A)
• Cercle Para Luxembourg – Parachutist licence and related qualifications
• Cercle Luxembourgeois de l’Aérostation - Hot Air Balloon pilot licences and related ratings
• Cercle Luxembourgeois de Vol à Voile (CLVV) – Sailplane licences and related ratings
• Commune Aérostatique du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg – Hot Air Balloon pilot licences and related ratings
• Gerrit Nijs Aerobatics – Aerobatics rating
• Hub’Air Aviation Academy –  ATPL(A) integrated and modular, CPL modular, IR modular,  , various Instructor certificates, Night rating, Aerobatics, Advanced UPRT training
• LUXAIR Luxembourg Airlines S.A.- Airplane type ratings (DHC8, B737 300-900), TRI(A), TRE(A)
• Luxembourg Air Ambulance (LAA) – Helicopter type ratings (MD900/902, EC145/BK117), TRI(H), TRI(A) (Learjet 45/75, CL604/605)
• Luxembourg Flight Training Academy (LFTA) – LAPL(A), PPL(A), CPL(A) IR(A), various Instructor certificates, ATPL theory, airplane class ratings (SEP(A), MEP(A)), Night rating

DAC Luxembourg can issue all licences and certificates foreseen by the Aircrew Regulation, as well as national ULM licences and parachutist licences.

Please provide a “déclaration de perte” (declaration of loss) established by the Police or a similar Authority and pay the tax of 26€.

• Revalidation: extension of a rating while it is still valid
• Renewal: extension of a rating after it has expired. For a renewal, retraining and an Instructor Recommendation are needed and a proficiency check has to be completed.

• For ratings / certificates which may be revalidated through flight experience or refresher courses: if all applicable requirements were fulfilled before the expiry, DAC Luxembourg will consider the request as a revalidation.
• For ratings / certificates which require a checkflight, or if the requirements above were not fulfilled before the expiry, the renewal procedures have to be followed. For the renewal of class, type or instrument ratings, retraining and an Instructor Recommendation are needed before the proficiency check can be performed.