The agency with a new
approach decide to integrate the balloons into the Regulation
965/2012
which concerns air operation for all aircraft including
large passenger jet.
According to the EASA's announcement this new
draft rules of regulations contains a simpler and a proportionate
operational rules without compromising safety.
The draft new rules are
split up into two sub-parts. The first sub-part is applicable to all
balloon operations and the second contains all additional rules for
commercial operation.
The next step for the
agency is to addressed to the European Commission the Revision of the
operational rules for balloons that will use it to prepare the
corresponding final regulation within 2016.
Furthermore the European
safety authority claims that this activity was conducted in the
context of the EASA General Aviation road Map which represents
changer towards more simpler and proportionate rules for the Aviation
