Balloon operations must comply with:
- Part 131 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR)
- Part 131 manual of standards (MOS)
- some Part 91 rules
- part 91 MOS.
These rules apply to 4 types of Part 131 aircraft operations:
- balloon transport - commercial hot air balloon passenger carrying operations (previously known as charter operations)
- specialised balloon operations (previously known as aerial work) but may now be a commercial or non-commercial operation
- private activities for sport and recreation
- balloon flying training for the commercial pilot (balloon) licence.