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In some countries a CAA may build and operate airports, including non-airside operations such as passenger terminals; the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines being among such authorities. In other countries, private companies or local government authorities may own and operate individual airports.
The CAA was established in 1972, under the terms of the Civil Aviation Act 1971 (c. 75), following the recommendations of a government committee chaired by Sir Ronald Edwards. [1] The CAA has been a public corporation of the Department for Transport since then. [2] The Air Registration Board became the Airworthiness Division of the Authority.
Civil aviation authority (CAA), general term for a statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation; Civil Aviation Authority, the name of these countries' regulators: Civil Aviation Authority (New Zealand) Civil Aviation Authority (South Africa) Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)
Pages in category "Civil aviation authorities in Europe" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The authority's head offices are at Entebbe International Airport, approximately 49 kilometres (30 mi) south of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. [5] The coordinates of the CAA headquarters are 0°02'23.0"N, 32°26'53.0"E (Latitude:0.039722; Longitude:32.448056). [6]
The regime for approving amateur-built aircraft in the United Kingdom differs from that in many other countries, of which the United States is the prime example. Instead of the FAA's Experimental airworthiness category, under which an amateur may design, build and operate (and is ultimately responsible for) an aircraft 'for experimental purposes', the UK CAA is required to investigate any such ...
Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
Founded in 1933, it has the aim of offering assistance to the private motorist, in Cyprus and abroad, and to promote the interests of car owners in general. The CAA is a member of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT).