GCAA launches Aviation Safety E-Services

Press release

Published June 28th, 2011 - 07:49 GMT

Ismaeil Al Belooshi presenting the GCAA e-services at Emirates Engineering Auditorium

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) launched yesterday (27^th June 2011) the GCAA new Aviation Safety e-services in a special ceremony held in Emirates Engineering Auditorium in Dubai, attended by 100 representatives from Aviation Sector in UAE.

Speaking on the occasion, Ismaeil Al Belooshi Executive Director Safety Affairs in GCAA said: “The GCAA is enhancing it services by transforming Air Operations and Airworthiness services to electronic to provide best services to its stakeholders in order to simplify the procedure which will be an alternative to the traditional way, this will also allow the GCAA to take full advantage of the modern technology while maintaining the required standard of safety.”

“The user will be able to apply for any of the Aviation Safety services through GCAA website using secured credential which will be provided by GCAA. Several checks and balances will be installed in the system to ensure that the services provided to the highest standards which will save the time and resources for both GCAA customers and the inspector, and will reduce the time for both the customer and the staff working on the application”. He added.

The Flight Operation e-services include initialing, amendment, renewal, and denomination of air operator certificates, operations specifications, instructor or examiner. Airworthiness e-services include certificates’ registration, issuance, amendment and deregistration, in addition to type certificate validation and design modification.

The GCAA has issued, during the last 5 months, 2 Air Operations Certificates, 31 aircraft registration certificates, 23 airworthiness certificates, and 11 licensing for aircraft maintenance companies.

Background Information

General Civil Aviation Authority

The General Civil Aviation Authority was created in 1996 by Federal Cabinet Decree (Law 4) to regulate Civil Aviation and provide designated aviation services with observance to the safety and security to strengthen the aviation industry within the UAE and its upper space. Since 1996 the Authority has made considerable progress and embarked on bold new initiatives to provide a better service to its civil aviation clients and stakeholders. Since 1996 many new projects and innovations have been initiated with generally excellent result, such as modernization of the air traffic control center program, Radar equipments and establishing of new facilities to serve the growth of the civil aviation within the UAE.