zeta.

zeta. is a corporate, fiduciary and advisory group with its head office in Mosta, Malta, and an office in Gibraltar. Its aviation team helps aircraft owners, operators and investors with the legal and company side of running an aircraft.

The work covers the whole life of an aviation business: registering the aircraft, getting the operator approvals, setting up the owning and operating companies, arranging the financing structure, and keeping everything in line with the rules afterwards. Clients can choose between two bases, Malta and Gibraltar, and zeta. helps them pick the one that fits their plans.

Aviation services in Malta

• Aircraft registration: the full process for the Malta register, including security registration under the Cape Town Convention. Owners from outside Malta must appoint a resident agent, and zeta. acts as one.
• Air Operator Certificate (AOC): support with the application to the Civil Aviation Directorate of Transport Malta under EASA rules, including nominated persons, operations manuals and safety oversight.
• Air Operator Licence (AOL): guidance through the licence process under EU Regulation 1008/2008, from the first eligibility check to approval.
• Company structuring and financing: holding and operating companies, aircraft leasing companies and financing structures.
• Ongoing compliance: EASA requirements, reporting to the regulator and changes in the rules.

Aviation services in Gibraltar

Gibraltar has its own aircraft register and its own regulator, the Gibraltar Civil Aviation Authority, so registration and operator approval can be handled in one place. Its legal system follows English common law, which lenders and lessors from the UK already know.

• Air Operator Certificate (AOC): support with applications to the Gibraltar Civil Aviation Authority, including safety management systems, nominated persons and operations documents.
• Company structuring and financing: holding and operating companies, leasing companies and ownership arrangements under Gibraltar law.

Drone and unmanned aircraft licensing

zeta. also advises drone operators in Malta, from one-pilot businesses to larger fleets flying beyond visual line of sight.

• Operator registration: registration as an unmanned aircraft operator with the Civil Aviation Directorate.
• Operational authorisations: applications for higher-risk flights in the Specific category, including the risk assessment and the operations manual.
• Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC): advice for established operators that want to approve some of their own operations.
• Company formation: setting up the company and keeping it compliant as the operation grows.

Other services of the group

Aircraft work often sits next to company and tax work, and the same group handles both. zeta. offers company formation and administration, accounting, tax and payroll, advisory and structuring, fund formation, maritime services such as flag registration, and residency services. Zeta Corporate & Management Services Limited, a company in the group, is an Authorised Company Service Provider under the Malta Financial Services Authority.

Offices

• Malta (head office): Premiere Business Centre, Suite 1, Level 2, Constitution Street, Mosta MST 1750.
• Gibraltar: Suite 7, Hadfield House, Library Street. Licensable activities in Gibraltar are carried out by the group's preferred Gibraltar law firm, which is regulated by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority.