News / CargoLogic Germany on the runway to an AOC, despite industry concerns

Progress may be slow but CargoLogic Germany (CLG) is inching towards its Air Operator Certificate (AOC), gaining non-commercial (NCC) operations approval in Europe.   

The EU’s Aviation Safety Agency reportedly awarded the Leipzig-based freighter operator its NCC “recently”, allowing it to begin “route proving flights” this week.  

Carriers are required to conduct these test runs to gain an AOC, with CLG first applying to the German Federal Aviation Authority for an operating licence at the tail-end of 2017.  

Some observers have questioned whether the carrier, owned by the same shareholder as Volga-Dnepr Group, would ever ...