Formal and legal conditions for the performance of air operations in the Polish airspace by foreign aircraft

The article reviews selected provisions of international, EU and national aviation law concerning the requirements and conditions of international flights by aircraft users and air carriers. The procedures and the process of verification of verification of compliance with formal and legal requirements determining the possibility of crossing the state border by a foreign (civil and military) aircraft in order to perform a transit flight in the Polish airspace or to land on the territory of Poland were also characterized. The author pointed out the entities participating in the process of deciding on the possibility of a foreign aircraft to perform an air operation in FIR Warsaw, specifying the scope of their competence and presented the activities of a specialised organisational unit of the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA), responsible for initial processing of flight data.