S.L. 499.9 Art. 28Public transport operating conditions.

(1) An aircraft registered in Malta shall not fly for the purpose of public transport, except for the sole purpose of training persons to perform duties in aircraft, unless such requirements in regulation 1 in the Fourteenth Schedule in respect of its weight and related performance are complied with.

(2) The assessment of the ability of an aircraft to comply with subarticle (1) shall be based on the information as to its performance contained in the certificate of airworthiness relating to the aircraft. In the event of the information given therein being insufficient for that purpose such assessment shall be based on the first information available to the commander of the aircraft.

(3) A flying machine registered in Malta and flying over water for the purpose of public transport shall fly, except as may be necessary for the purpose of take-off or landing, at such an altitude as would enable the aircraft -

(a) if it has one engine only, in event of the failure of that engine;

(b) if it has more than one engine, in the event of the failure of one of those engines and with the remaining engine or engines operating within the maximum continuous power conditions specified in the certificate of airworthiness relating to the aircraft, to reach a place at which it can safely land at a height sufficient to enable it to do so.