Transpordiamet, October 2026
A tender for drone monitoring of road construction (no. 316329) requires a specific category authorisation from Transpordiamet. A subcontractor’s authorisation does not count.
See the tenderYour tender or project needs a drone permit?We already have one.
AIF OÜ holds a specific category operational authorisation from Transpordiamet (SAIL II). We bid together, or you fly your project under our authorisation.
Authorisation EST-OAT-029/001, valid until 2031.
- Flight geography
- Contingency volume
- Ground risk buffer
Your strengths plus our authorisation: a complete bid.
A drone tender often asks for turnover and experience as well as a specific category authorisation. One company rarely has it all.
You
Turnover and referencesFinancial capacity and past work
Pilots and dronesYour team and equipment
AIF
Operations manualTraining, procedures and approved aircraft
Specific category authorisationSAIL II, issued by Transpordiamet
Tender requirements
- Turnover and financial standingYou
- Experience with similar workYou
- Qualified pilots and approved aircraftYou + AIF
- Transpordiamet operational authorisationAIF
TogetherA joint bid that meets every requirement
Buyers are starting to require a drone permit.
Without a specific category authorisation you cannot bid on these tenders. With us, you can.
21 drone operators hold a specific category authorisation from Transpordiamet.
8 of them hold a SORA SAIL II authorisation. AIF OÜ is one of them.
The other 13 mainly use predefined scenarios (PDRA, STS) with fixed conditions. As of 16 October 2026.
Tartu Science Park, 2026
A tender for drone work required experience in obtaining a specific category authorisation. The first two rounds ended without a contract.
See the tenderA joint bid in four steps.
You bring the work and the client. We bring the authorisation and the flight operations.
Send the tender or project
A link or the documents is enough. We review them quickly.
We check it against our authorisation
Does the work fit our authorisation: location, airspace, aircraft and method.
We agree in writing
Roles, fee and liability are on paper before the bid goes in.
We bid and fly
We handle flight planning, airspace coordination, NOTAMs and geo-zones.
A fast way to fly, without your own permit.
Getting your own authorisation takes months. Your pilots can fly under ours before that.
Your pilots need A1/A3 and A2 certificates.
Ask us about it- We train your pilots under our operations manual.
- We add them to our team and inform Transpordiamet.
- We are responsible for flight safety and compliance. You focus on the work.
What our authorisation covers.
We are also clear about what it does not cover, so you know straight away if your work fits.
Covered
- Visual line of sight (VLOS) flights over sparsely populated areas
- Flights within a controlled ground area
- Flights in populated areas, when the ground area is controlled
- Drone cleaning of buildings and structures
- Controlled airspace, with prior coordination
Not covered
- Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)
- Airport and heliport environments
- Central Tallinn
- Flights higher than 120 m above ground level
- Aircraft
- DJI Matrice 400, Matrice 350 RTK, Matrice 4E and Matrice 4T
From aviation, not just drones.
AIF OÜ founder Johan van Erkel is a commercial airline pilot with almost nine years of experience on the Airbus A320 and CRJ700/900.
He wrote AIF’s operations manual and risk assessment himself. Transpordiamet issued the authorisation in July 2026.
- Company
- AIF OÜ, registry code 16654436
- Authorisation
- EST-OAT-029/001
- Risk level
- SAIL II
- Valid until
- 2031
Let’s talk about your project.
Write or call. You will hear back from me personally.
Emailinfo@aifdrone.ee
Phone+372 5400 4610