27-575: The Pakistan Airports Authority is an authority created under the Pakistan Airports Authority Act of 2023 with the purpose of managing, operating, and developing airports and air transport services across the country. This Act is applicable to all airports and air navigation services involved in air transport and is applicable throughout Pakistan. The establishment of the Pakistan Airports Authority
54-583: A few examples. They are referred to as "Annex I" aeroplanes (formerly known as "Annex II" aeroplanes), and are listed on the EASA website. In July 2017, EASA and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore entered into a working arrangement to recognize each other's certifications. The agency defines several classes of aircraft, each with their own ruleset for certification and maintenance and repair. EASA established safety levels according to
81-426: A risk hierarchy. For non-commercial operations, a set of rules were developed to achieve safety goals. EASA difference non-commercial operations between non-commercial operations other than complex aircraft (NCO) and non-commercial operations with complex motor-powered aircraft. EASA has started to introduce basic regulations for unmanned aircraft (drones) which are divided between open category (no operational approval
108-702: A working level directly with its counterparts around the world such as the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). EASA also sets policy for aeronautical repair stations (Part 145 organisations in Europe and the US, also known as Part 571 organisations in Canada) and issues repair station certificates for repair stations located outside the EU, which permit foreign repair stations to perform work that
135-538: Is acceptable to the EU on its aircraft). EASA has developed regulations for air operations, flight crew licensing and non-EU aircraft used in the EU, which applied since the required European legislation to expand the agency's remit entered into force. The legislation was published on 19 March 2008. EASA has had its scope enlarged, as part of the new delegation in 2018, to also cover UAVs . The first 2 regulations (EU DR 2019-945 & EU IR 947) for drones were effective by 30 December 2019 in order for them to also cover
162-492: Is of paramount importance. This is because the European Union has been increasingly strengthening EASA's role, giving the agency independence. A discussion regarding the permission for the agency to impose financial penalties for safety violations is also underway. EASA is responsible for new type certificates and other design-related airworthiness approvals for aircraft, engines, propellers and parts. EASA works with
189-407: Is part of a larger plan to restructure the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) into distinct regulatory and operational entities. The objective behind this decision is to bring about organizational changes with minimal adverse consequences. The Pakistan Airports Authority Bill of 2023 outlines the formation of an independent civil aviation regulatory body. On 21 July 2023, the bill received approval from
216-666: Is proposing to further expand EASA mandate to act the European Performance Review Board, with a clear separation of National Supervisory Agencies and Air Navigation Service Providers In 2012, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found that the agency did not have an agency-specific conflict of interest policy and procedures. EASA did not obtain or assess the declarations of interest for staff, management board, board of appeal and experts. In its report, ECA declared that: The worst performer among
243-581: Is responsible for civil aircraft's accidents and serious incidents investigation. In this role, the AAIB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents. The investigation board is based in Rawalpindi near Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIAP). It has one regional office located in Karachi near Jinnah International Airport (JIAP). PCAA not only plays the role of aviation regulator but at
270-686: Is situated in Terminal-1 of Jinnah International Airport in Karachi . PCAA is a member state of the International Civil Aviation Organization . Nearly all 44 civilian airports in Pakistan are owned and operated by the PCAA. Civil Aviation Authority has been transformed into following divisions: Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB), working under Ministry of Aviation Division Government of Pakistan
297-631: Is the first and only airport in Pakistan capable of handling the world's largest passenger airliner Airbus A380 . Civil Aviation Training Institute (CATI), Hyderabad works under the Civil Aviation Authority. CATI is accredited by the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) and is member of ICAO Trainair programme. The institute was established in 1982 to fulfill training requirement of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and that of
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#1732776385998324-694: The National Assembly , alongside the Pakistan Civil Aviation Bill of 2022 . Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority ( PCAA ) ( Urdu : مقتدرہ شہری ہوابازی پاکستان ) is a state-owned autonomous body under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation , which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in Pakistan. PCAA's head office
351-753: The Pakistan Airports Authority as per National Aviation Policy 2019. European Aviation Safety Agency The European Union Aviation Safety Agency ( EASA ) is an agency of the European Commission with responsibility for civil aviation safety in the European Union . It carries out certification , regulation and standardisation and also performs investigation and monitoring. It collects and analyses safety data, drafts and advises on safety legislation and co-ordinates with similar organisations in other parts of
378-503: The Basic Regulation (Regulation 2018/1139). These states are members of the management board, but do not have voting rights. While the legal basis is different for states which are members of the EU and those who are not, the EASA has the same power for all states who participate in the arrangement. There are also working relationships with other regional and international authorities. For example, EASA cooperates with most of
405-426: The EASA is not a membership organization. All states which are a member of the EU also take part in EASA's services and are subject to oversight by EASA. It is not possible to opt out of the arrangement. Those European countries which are not members of the EU but members of EFTA , namely Liechtenstein , Norway , Switzerland , and Iceland , have been granted participation to the arrangement under Article 129 of
432-485: The EU member states' civil aviation authorities (CAAs) but has taken over many of their functions in the interest of aviation standardisation across the EU and in the non-EU member Turkey. EASA is also responsible for assisting the European Commission in negotiating international harmonisation agreements with the "rest of the world" on behalf of the EU member states, and it concludes technical agreements at
459-561: The EU's Eastern Partnership member states through EASA's Pan-European Partners (PANEP) initiative in which countries such as Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Moldova and Ukraine co-operate on the implementation of EU aviation safety rules and comprehensive aviation agreements. Source: Prior to the UK's withdrawal from the EU , the UK Civil Aviation Authority was an EASA member-state. On 28 September 2003,
486-690: The UK (Brexit). The agency publishes an annual safety review with statistics on European and worldwide civil aviation safety. Some information derives from the International Civil Aviation Organization and the NLR Air Transport Safety Institute . In June 2020, EASA banned Pakistan International Airlines from flying to Europe after a fatal crash in May caused by pilot error. An investigation discovered that one third of pilot licenses in Pakistan are fraudulent. As an EU agency ,
513-440: The agency took over responsibility for the airworthiness and environmental certification of all aeronautical products, parts, and appliances designed, manufactured, maintained or used by persons under the regulatory oversight of EU Member States. Certain categories of aeroplanes are however deliberately left outside EASA responsibility, thus remaining under control of the national CAAs: ultralights, experimentals, and balloons are
540-552: The agency. The United Kingdom was a member until the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020. The responsibilities of the agency include the analysis and research of safety parameters, authorizing foreign operators, and advising the European Commission on the drafting of EU legislation . It also implements and monitors safety rules (including inspections in the member states), gives type certification of aircraft and components, and approves organisations involved in
567-675: The air crash investigations on direction of the federal Government of Pakistan. According to Service Performance Survey (SPS), a recent survey conducted by Singapore Airlines, the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore is ranked the world's leading airport in terms of service performance out of 18 airports from around the world, including Dubai Airport , Cape Town Airport , Mumbai Airport and Campbeltown Airport (UK) for its good terminal services and effective management. Islamabad International Airport
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#1732776385998594-424: The design, manufacture and maintenance of aeronautical products. As part of Single European Sky II (SES-II), an initiative to standardize and coordinate all air traffic control over the EU, the agency has been given additional tasks, which were implemented before 2013. Since 4 December 2012, EASA is able to certify functional airspace blocks if more than three parties are involved. The EU commission
621-476: The fellow countries of the region. The Civil Aviation Training Institute provides training in the disciplines of: Ghulam Sarwar Khan addressed Pakistan's National Assembly stating 262 pilots in the country "did not take the exam themselves" and had paid someone else to sit it on their behalf, according to CNN, and added "they don't have flying experience". This accounts for 30% of Pakistani civilian pilots not capable of flying commercial aircraft. The investigation
648-500: The four was the EASA, based in Cologne, which failed in all four areas that the report analyzed – on experts, staff, management board, and board of appeals. It was recommended that the organization adopt its own ethical standards because the then-existing condition exposed the agency to a substantial crisis of credibility as well as the incidence of favoritism and conflict of interest. For member-countries and other stakeholders, fairness
675-442: The same time performs the service provider functions of air navigation services and airport services. The core functions of PCAA are, therefore, 'Regulatory', 'Air Navigation Services' and 'Airport Services'. These core functions are fully supported by various corporate functions of the organisation. Pakistan's airspace is divided into two flight information regions (FIRs). The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board held following
702-644: The world. The idea of a European-level aviation safety authority goes back to 1996, but the agency was legally established only in 2002; it began its work in 2003. Based in Cologne , Germany, the agency was created on 15 July 2002 as the "European Aviation Safety Agency", and reached full functionality in 2008, taking over functions of the Joint Aviation Authorities . It was renamed the "European Union Aviation Safety Agency" in 2018. European Free Trade Association countries participate in
729-649: Was the preliminary report into the PIA 8303 plane crash that killed 97 people in the southern city of Karachi on 22 May. On 30 June, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) revoked PIA's 'third part authorisation', subsequently banning PIA from flying in European airspace for 6 months from the following day, following multiple safety failings. The authority will be bifurcated into Pakistan Civil Aviation Regulatory Authority and
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