Aviation Authority

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An aviation authority is in many countries a government authority that deals with the organization of the local aviation busy. Aviation authorities, for example, assign licenses for airlines and aircraft registration numbers , approve airfields, monitor the airspace , train aviation personnel such as pilots and air traffic controllers , and draw up safety and economic regulations .

Examples

• In Germany , these are the authorities of the federal states and the Federal Aviation Office and, as an entrusted company, Deutsche Flugsicherung ,
• in Austria the Supreme Civil Aviation Authority (OZB) and Austrocontrol .
• in Switzerland the Federal Office of Civil Aviation
• in Italy the ENAC
• Czech Republic : Úřad pro civilní letectví (ÚCL)
• in the UK the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
• the US aviation authority is called the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• in Colombia it is the Aerocivil
• in Russia the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviazija) / Федеральное агентство воздушного транспорта (Росавиация)
• in Australia the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
• the Civil Aviation Authority of the People's Republic of China

International authorities

• The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is a European aviation safety authority.

Historical

• Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) was the predecessor of the above-mentioned EASA as an association of aviation authorities from 34 European nations.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Supreme Civil Aviation Authority. Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit), accessed on January 15, 2017 . 
2. ↑ FINAL REPORT OF THE FUJA II WORKING GROUP. (PDF) (No longer available online.) JAA, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 15, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.