Display or apply for a wet lease

Service Description

A wet lease is the leasing or rental of an aircraft. In contrast to a dry lease, a wet lease involves a crew and also includes the costs for maintenance and insurance (Aircraft Charter Maintenance Insurance, ACMI). The leasing company, hereinafter referred to as the lessor, carries out transportation orders on behalf of the leasing company, hereinafter referred to as the lessee. You must report and apply for a wet lease to the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA).

Which leasing cases can you report?

  • Wet lease-in
  • Short-term wet lease-in: call-off from a framework agreement
  • Wet lease-in due to urgent operational requirements (e.g. aircraft on ground, AOG)
  • Wet lease-out
  • Short-term deregistration of an aircraft from a framework agreement

Wet lease-in

A wet lease-in is an agreement between airlines under which the aircraft is operated under the lessor's Air Operator Certificate (AOC). The aircraft remains in the AOC of the lessor. The lessor therefore continues to assume operational, technical and commercial responsibility for the leased aircraft. The leased aircraft is therefore not included in the AOC of the lessor. You can apply for a wet lease-in for one or more aircraft for a maximum period of one year. Subsequent extensions are possible.

Wet lease in the framework agreement

You have the option of concluding a framework agreement with another airline as a wet lease-in leasing agreement. All aircraft that can be leased by the leasing company via wet lease-in are included in this framework agreement. In framework agreements, terms of up to a maximum of 1 year can be agreed between the contracting parties. Subsequent extensions are possible.

If you wish to retrieve an aircraft from the framework agreement, please inform the LBA by means of a retrieval notice.

With the approval of a wet lease or a framework agreement for leasing agreements for planned leases, you will receive a notification from the LBA and the specially designed "Appendix Wet Lease-In" for the operating permit. The notification of a leasing event takes place without further or subsequent approval.

Short-term wet lease-in

With a short-term wet lease-in from a framework agreement, you inform the LBA that an individual aircraft from a pool of an approved wet lease-in framework agreement is being called up. The maximum leasing period for a short-term wet lease is 30 days per call-off.

Wet lease-in due to urgent operational need

With a wet lease-in due to urgent operational need, you inform the LBA that an aircraft must be replaced by a rental at short notice. The reason for this may be a technical defect (Aircraft On Ground, AOG) or another urgent operational requirement. The assignment is limited to a maximum of 5 consecutive days and is only valid for one event.

Wet lease-out

With a wet lease-out, you inform the LBA that an aircraft and its crew are being leased to another airline.

Short-term deregistration from a wet lease-in contract

With a short-term deregistration, you inform the LBA that an aircraft must be temporarily deregistered from an approved wet lease-in agreement.

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA)

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Hermann-Blenk-Straße 26
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