Public-interest purpose is kept separate from the actual operation.
National guide
Stay with the country view before you narrow
Start here when the question is still country-wide: whether paragliding fits your trip, whether tandem or pilot guidance is the right branch, and when it makes sense to ask a local guide to narrow the day.
A simple order
- Start with this section for the question it answers inside the national guide.
- Return to the homepage or main Montenegro guide if the question is still country-wide.
- Open a local or scenic specialist only after place, mood, or specialty becomes the real decision.
Why this is a useful start
Why this helps
Participant selection, schedule, donations, pilot payment, and public availability are classification facts.
Article 24 is flagged as an event check. Not every demonstration is an event by itself.
The core boundary
An association may educate, popularize the sport, and create a public-interest demonstration. That explains the purpose of the program. It is not yet an answer to whether a particular flight is private, commercial, a tourism service, an organized aviation activity, or a public aviation event.
The facts need to be described in plain language:
- who invites and selects participants;
- whether money, a donation, a membership fee, grant-funded pilot work, or another benefit is tied to the flight;
- whether availability is public, recurrent, or guaranteed;
- who assigns the pilot, the direction, and the day;
- who informs the passenger and takes the signed statement;
- who carries operational and participant responsibility.
The cleanest non-commercial model
A defensible public-interest demonstration keeps the promise narrow: the program explains paragliding and may create a supervised first-contact opportunity, but it does not sell seats or promise a flight. A qualified tandem pilot conducts the flight, decides whether weather and participant fit line up, and remains responsible for the operation. The organizing body does not take passenger payment, sell tickets, or assign the pilot, and does not become a provider only because it explains the activity.
The word “non-commercial” in a title does not decide anything by itself. A participant fee, a donation tied to a flight, recurrent public slots, paid pilot work, or a contract may require a different reading.
Pilot, passenger and site checks
The amended paraglider rulebook retains tandem-pilot status, medical conditions, passenger information, a statement, and recent flight experience or an instructor check.
Those duties do not disappear because the demonstration is educational. Neither do airspace limits, the right to use the land, equipment, weather, the pilot’s final decision, or the current off-aerodrome check. Take-off and landing outside an aerodrome is maintained in the separate pilot and site guide; it does not classify the NVO arrangement.
The public-event boundary
Article 24 of the Air Transport Law requires Civil Aviation Agency approval for civil aviation events. Not every NVO tandem is one. The question becomes material where public-aviation-event features appear: a public program, organized flying activity, spectators, several flights or participants, a declared event identity.
The responsible wording is therefore “check whether Article 24 applies.” Not “NVO demonstrations are always exempt,” and not “every demonstration needs event approval.”
Sources and status
Primary aviation sources: the Air Transport Law, the paraglider rulebook, and the Civil Aviation Agency legislation index. The exact wording of the NVO law and economic-activity boundaries still need source closure. Tourism duties should be checked against current official sources, not an archived FAQ alone.
Source review 30 August 2026. This is not an NVO authorization, a participant confirmation, or a legal opinion.
Quick answers
Quick answers
Is a demonstration outside the rules by itself?
Public-interest purpose is one fact. Money, offer, organization, pilot responsibility, participants, and event format still matter.
What is the cleanest non-commercial model?
An educational format with no payment or ticket, no flight guarantee, and no NVO assignment of the pilot. A qualified pilot decides weather and participant fit.
When should Article 24 be checked?
When the demonstration takes on the features of a public aviation event. NVO involvement by itself does not make every tandem an event.
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