Aviation Regulation Directorate

Air navigation Services Directorate

Support Service Directorate

During the founding of International Civil AViation Organization(ICAO), Ethiopia was one of the few countries who rectofied the Chicago Convention in 1944, and adhered to the safety standards spelled out in the Convention.

Within the framework of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, the Aviation Regulation Directorate was established with appropriate organizational; structure to implement the standards of and Acceptable Practices in accordance with Annnexs.

The Aviation Regulation Directorate is involved in the duties of technical regulation. It plays the role of controling and regulating the air transport industry in Ethiopia per the International Standards and Practices prescribed in the Annexes to the Convention set by ICAO.

Aviation Regulation Directorate shares the mission of the Organization Ethiopia Civil Aviation Authority(ECAA) in promoting a safe and reliable air transport service in the country. The Department plays a key role in carring out the Mission of ECAA in implementing the technical regulations.

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority may render valid a licence issued by an ICAO Contracting State, as an alternative to the issuance of an Ethiopian Licence provided that:-

• The licence is a genuine document and has an expiry date,
• The ratings have expiry dates,
• The licence holder has the appropriate category and type ratings,
• The licence holder can confirm his maintenance or a/c instrument/simulator proficiency.

Note:

1. The licence issuing state shall be contacted for transfer of the applicant's record
2. The validity shall be established by a certificate of validation to be carried with the original licence
3. The validity of the certificate of validation shall not extend beyond the period of validity of the licence.
4. In the case of a non-expiring type of licence the validity is limited to six months.
5. Certificate of validation shall be extended if the State which issued the original licence renews the licence to be validated.
6. Written and /oral exam shall be conducted as appropriate.
7. Validation applies mainly to foreign nationals.

EXEMPTIONS

•  The holder of a valid foreign licence issued by an ICAO contracting state, may be exempted from all or part of the requirements for the issuance of an equivalent Ethiopian licence.
• Category and type ratings appearing on the foreign licence at the time of application may be transferred to the Ethiopian Licence provided the applicant has exercised the privileges of his licence for a period of at least six months within the last 24 months ( A/C Maintenance Technicians ) and within the 12 months preceding the month in which an application is submitted, the applicant has completed his instrument proficiency check ( Pilots ).
•  Exemptions apply mainly to foreign nationals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Aviation Regulation Directorate accomplishes it duties with the support of 7 specialized process divisions  namely, Air Craft Registration and Air Worthiness Certefication Directorate ,Air Operators Certification and Servillance Directorate, Aviation personnel and Training School Certification Directorate, Aerodrome Safety and Standard Directorate, Air Transport and Planning Directorate, Security and Facilitation Directorate, and Air Navigation Regulation Directorate.

1.  Air Craft Registration and Air Worthiness Certefication Directorate

•  Issuance of Aircraft Registration
•  Issuance of Aircraft Radio License
•  Issuance /Renewal of Certificate of Airworthiness
•  Issuance of Test Flight or One Time Ferry Flight Permit
•  Issuance of Export Certificate of Airworthiness 
•  Issuance /Renewal of Aircraft Maintenance Organization Certificate
•  Welders Approval for Welding an Aircraft Body and Other Parts of an Aircraft
•  Evaluation and Approval of the Following Documents Maintenance Program, MEL, ETOPS Manual, Operator Maintenance Control Manual and other documents. 
•  Issuance of Airworthiness Directive
•  Issuance of Extension beyond the approved aircraft maintenance program
•  De-registration of an Aircraft
• To give Technical Advises to Air Transport and Planning Department
• Advising /Informing Air Transport and Planning Department about the Airworthiness of the Said Aircraft 
• Issuance of Civil Aircraft Registration Data

2. Aviation Personnel and Training School Certification Directorate 

Conduct technical examinations and issue licenses to

• Pilots
• Flight
•  flight operations officers (flight dispatchers)
• A/c maintenance technicians

 Types of Licenses issued

• Private pilot license
• Commercial pilot license
• Airline transport pilot license
• Flight engineer license
• Flight operations officer(flight dispatcher license)
• Air Craft maintenance technician license
• Air traffic controller license

3. Air Operators Certification and Servillance Directorate

• Issuance /Renewal of Air Operator Certificate
• Issuance /Renewal of Flight Simulators Certificate
• Issuance of Dangerous Goods Transporting by Air Application for issuance and renewal must be submitted to the Authority.
• Issuance of Notice Certificate Referring Annex 16 applicant must present an application.

4. Aerodrome Safety and Standards Directorate

• Certify all local and Internatinal aerodromes available in the country
• Inspect all aerodrome
• Auditt International Aerodromes
• Render Consultancy aids to the development of airport infrastructures based on ICAO Annex, design aids and service manuals.
• Control and monitor aerodromes to give it's services to the required safety standard by ICAO Annexes
• Construct, supervise various airtransport facilities such as, towers, localizers, beacon houses, VOR/DME shelters etc

5. Air Transport and Planning Directorate

•  Strategic Planning and Management

Develop long and short term strategic action plan that sustainbly enhance the quality of Air Navigation services over the Ethiopian air space and technical ability to regulate the air transport industry in order to meet the needs of users for safe, regular, effcient and economical air transport.

• Economic Regulations of International and Domestic Air Transport Services

Create a conductive economic regulatory environment that ensures progressive change towards market access, effective and sustained service as well as fair competition in international and Domestic air transport in order to increase users access to the widest possible choice of options. 

• Investment permit issuance to Domestic  and Foreign Investor 
• Issuance of Investment permit for expansion or upgrading of the existing investment
• Investment Permit renewal 
• Issuance of operating permit for Scheduled & non-scheduled commercial air transport and General Aviation 
• Renewal of operating permit

6. Security and Facilitation Directorate 

• Ensure the implementation of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Security Directive and the airport security program through inspection and audit. Initiate a broad national policy and regulations relating to civil aviation security.
• Review airline operators and international airport security programs and ensure their implementation through inspection.
• Ensure the content of the Ethiopian Aviation Security Training Program and Training Institutions meet the standards and recommended practices of international civil aviation organization.
• Ensure the standards and recommended practices contained in annex 9 (facilitation) to the Chicago convention are implemented on airports serving international civil aviation.
• Initiate a broad national policy and regulations relating to facilitation and monitor their implementation through inspection.

7. Air Navigation Regulation Directorate 

• Determine the degree of conformance achieved by the air navigation services provider to the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) standards and recommended practices.
• Prepare Safety audit or inspection schedule and notify to the air navigation provider the audit time table, check list, arrange entry meeting before conducting safety audit or inspections and arrange exit meeting after conducting audit to the auditee.
• Prepare directives and gudeline based on ICAO regulations and conventions which help to follow the work of the air navigation provider.
• Ensure the training,rating and recruitment of air navigation services technical staffs
• Ensure the followups after scheduled audit/inspection
• Prepare procedure handbooks and working instriuction.