# Operators' Security Programme: Annex 17 Requirements for Commercial and General Aviation

> Understand Annex 17 requirements for written operator security programmes in commercial air transport and recommended security programmes in heavy general aviation.

- **Subject:** 010 — Air Law
- **Section:** 010-12 — Security – Safeguarding International Civil Aviation against Acts of Unlawful Interference (ICAO Annex 17)
- **Topic code:** 010-12-06
- **Last reviewed:** 2026-03-27
- **Author:** Pablo Asensio Martínez
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## Operator's Programme
*   Each Contracting State shall ensure that commercial air transport operators establish, implement and maintain a written **operator security programme**.
*   This programme must meet the requirements of the National Civil Aviation Security Programme.

## General Aviation
It is recommended that general aviation operations using aircraft with a maximum take-off mass greater than **5,700 kg** also establish and maintain a written security programme.

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