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The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is a federal, autonomous body set up to oversee all aviation-related activities in the United Arab Emirates. The General Civil Aviation Authority shall undertake, in coordination with local authorities and concerned bodies, the execution of the Civil Aviation Law, and shall, in particular, realize the following objectives.
- Implementation of international agreements and treaties in the field of Civil Aviation and meteorology.
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The authority shall undertake the following functions:
- Promulgate the general policy for civil aviation and propose laws and regulations which ensure the organization thereof, forming the necessary committees to implement such policies and representing the State in the negotiations on matters involving its functions...
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03 March 2010
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) hosted yesterday, 02 March 2010, the meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council Helicopter Safety Team (GCC HST) in Crown Plaza Hotel, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, which was attended by all helicopter operators in UAE, Qatar and KSA.
The meeting was opened by Mr. Omar Ghaleb, Deputy Director General, GCAA. The meeting discussed the obstacles and factors affecting the safety of helicopter operations and methods to solve them in order to achieve the key goal of reducing helicopter accidents to 80% by the year 2016 in cooperation with the regional and international organizations working towards safe helicopter operations such as IHST, EHST and WRSI.
... Full Story Dubai, United Arab Emirates: The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) made a decision to ban ANTONOV An-12 aircraft from UAE's airspace effective March 1st, 2010, stating that the move is aimed at raising safety standards in the civil aviation sector in the UAE.... Full Story Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Within the framework of the UAE Government aim of developing electronic services across all governmental sectors, the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) launched the first phase of E-Licensing systems development project. GCAA appointed Logica, a leading IT company providing consulting services and information systems integration solutions, to initially identify various requirements and software for the development of E-Licensing systems. ... Full Story Dubai – UAE: The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed an Air Services Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government of Australia on 08 February 2010 in Canberra, to increase flights between the two countries. ... Full Story Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Information Technology (IT) section of the General Civil Aviation Authority of the UAE (GCAA) was felicitated in a ceremony to acknowledge the efforts of the IT team that leaded to the GCAA being awarded as the 3rd ‘Best e-Content Website in the Gulf Region’.... Full Story Abu Dhabi, Feb. 03rd, 2010 – The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)has successfully passed the security audit programme administered by the Internal Civil Aviation Programme (ICAO), as part of an overall security audit of civil aviation facilities in the UAE. The audit was done in Abu Dhabi International Airport.... Full Story 1st February 2010
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A high-level delegation from the Federal Aviation Administration of U.S. (FAA) visited the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in Dubai to discuss the latest developments of civil aviation sector. The FAA delegation was represented by Mr. David Grizzle, the chief counsel and deputy administrator for the FAA, accompanied by Mr. Roy Barnett, senior representative of the Middle East office. The GCAA was presented by Dr. Ahmed Sheikh, Director of Legal Affairs, Ismail Al Balooshi, Director of Safety of Civil Aviation, and Captain David John Chapman, Senior Advisor for Aviation Safety in GCAA.
... Full Story  Dubai, UAE - 01 February 2010: UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) recorded higher growth rates in January 2010 compared to the same month last year.... Full Story Dubai, UAE – The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (“GCAA”) and the Arab Civil Aviation Commission (“ACAC”), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) under which the UAE GCAA will offer training grants to ACAC member-states during 2010-2012 for developing specialized human resources in the civil aviation field. ... Full Story 20th January 2010
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Recognizing the United Arab Emirates unyielding commitment to furthering and strengthening the role of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), on 13 January 2010, Capt. Aysha Al Hamili, UAE’s Representative on the Council, was unanimously elected as Vice-Chairperson of the Air Transport Committee.
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