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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Phone numbers and e-mail addresses:
lic @ av.etat.lu

• Mme Mirjam HUIZER (Chef du département des Licences): +352 247 74996 (mirjam.huizer@av.etat.lu)
• Mme Carole FLERES (Inspecteur): +352 247 74947 (carole.fleres @ av.etat.lu)
• M. Christian KIRSCH (Inspecteur): +352 247 74986 (christian.kirsch @ av.etat.lu)
• M. Stéphane LAMESCH: +352 247 74972 (stephane.lamesch @ av.etat.lu)

All DAC Licencing agents speak Luxembourgish, German, French and English.

We are open from Monday to Friday, except on bank holidays, from 8:30 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:30

Yes! Please call or e-mail 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
Titulaire de compte: ALSA S.A.
Addresse: 4, rue Lou Hemmer / L-1748 Luxembourg

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

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), is an agency of the European Union responsible for regulatory and executive tasks in the field of civil aviation safety. Based in Cologne, Germany, EASA was established on July 15, 2002 and reached full functionality in 2008. EASA is responsible for defining the rules, guidelines and standards for all safety and environmental aspects of civil aviation and currently has 32 member states.

For more information, we invite you to consult EASA's 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) Licencing, licence conversions and validations (Annex III), 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”)

Please provide evidence of flight experience, or documentation of a proficiency check with an examiner.
For a revalidation through flight experience, please use this form: DAC-LIC-111-19-SEP_A-TMG revalidation form

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 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, at least 48 hours advance notice to DAC is required. For Proficiency Checks, no advance notice is required.

You can find the list of DAC examiners here: list of examiners .

Please note that for holders of or applicants for a Luxembourgish licence, a convocation by DAC is required for skill tests. In order to obtain a convocation, please contact the DAC Licencing Office by phone or e-mail (see above).

Please refer to this year’s schedule for Language Proficiency tests at the DAC exam centre. 
If you would like to do your test in flight, you may contact one of the assessors from the following list and arrange a flight. 

Please choose a date from the calendar, and send your application form to DAC at least one week before the desired date of the test. 

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.

Yes, but as there is no formalised mutual recognition for Language Proficiency, we strongly recommend to clarify in advance if our test is going to be accepted by your Authority.

Please use the form https://dac.public.lu/formulaires/personnel/licence_parachutiste/Demande_d___inscription_aux_examen_th__oriques_ULM_PLA_AER_PAR.pdf for ULM and parachutist examinations, and the form https://dac.public.lu/formulaires/personnel/licence_PPL_PART-FCL/Demande_d___inscription_aux_examen_th__oriques_ULM_PLA_AER_PAR.pdf for all airplane, helicopter, sailplane and balloon pilot examinations.
Applications must be introduced at least 10 working days before the date of the exam session, and signed by your instructor as well as a representative of the flight school (except for conversions)
For further information, please refer to our Procedure DAC-LIC 202

If you would like to review your results, please contact the Licencing Office in order to arrange a meeting. Your instructor and a Licencing Inspector have to be present.

The concerned forms can be found here:

Transfert de licences d’avion et d’hélicoptère 
Transfert de licences de planeur et de ballon

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 a month 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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/723 Annex III of the Aircrew Regulation for various activities. Please find the respective forms here:  Aviation - Licence: Conversions and validations — Guichet.lu - Administrative Guide - Luxembourg (public.lu)

You can find the list of the AMEs certified for Part-MED medicals and the list of doctors for ULM pilots and parachutists here: Liste des médecins agréés au Luxembourg.

Licensing forms may be found here: License Space - Directorate of Civil Aviation // The Luxembourg Government (gouvernement.lu)

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.

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 certified in Luxembourg:

• AVIASPORT II – PPL(A) and related ratings
• Aeroplume – ULM license 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 and UPRT training
• Heli Luxembourg / CEFA - PPL(H), CPL(H), FI(H), helicopter type ratings (R22, R44, SA318/SE313, AS355, AS350, Bell505) and other related ratings
• Hub’Air Aviation Academy – ATPL(A) integrated, B737 300-900 type ratings, various Instructor certificates, Aerobatics, 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), TRI(H), TRI(A) (Learjet 45/75)
• Luxembourg Flight Training Academy (LFTA) – PPL(A), CPL(A), various Instructor certificates, ATPL theory, airplane class ratings (SEP(A), MEP(A), PC12) and other related ratings

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.

• 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.