EASA publishes new revision of Easy Access Rules for Air Operations

 

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published Revision 23 from December 2025 of the Easy Access Rules for Air Operations (EAR for Air OPS), incorporating the following regulatory material:

• Regulation (EU) 2025/24 on requirements for aircraft operators related to ground handling (GH) activities;
• Regulation (EU) 2025/133 on non-commercial operations conducted in visual flight rules conditions with gyroplanes;
• Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2024/1111;
• EASA Executive Director (ED) Decision 2025/002/R on various improvements of the Air Operations regulatory framework;
• EASA ED Decision 2025/008/R supporting the implementation of the new EU safety regulations on GH at aerodromes subject to the EU Treaties; and
• EASA ED Decision 2025/010/R illustrating the means to show compliance with the operational requirements applicable to manned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)-capable aircraft (VCA).

The EAR for Air OPS are available for free download on the EASA website as pdf as well as in xml format with machine-readable content. As they are generated through the eRules platform, they will be regularly updated to incorporate further changes and evolutions to their content.

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