Federal Aviation Agency
| Federal Aviation Agency | |
| Formed | 1704 AN |
|---|---|
| Type | Civil aviation authority |
| Jurisdiction |
 Nouvelle Alexandrie |
| Headquarters | Cárdenas, Federal Capital District |
| Employees | ~5,200 (1759 AN) |
| Annual budget | NAX€1.6 billion (1759 AN) |
| Secretary of Civil Works and Transportation | Ricardo Inti Quispe (1760 AN - ) |
| Administrator | Sébastien Aumont |
| Parent agency | Department of Civil Works and Transportation |
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The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA; Alexandrian: Agence Fédérale de l'Aviation; Martino: Agencia Federal de Aviación; Wechua: Wayra Phaway Kamachikuq) is the civil aviation authority of Nouvelle Alexandrie. It is an agency of the Department of Civil Works and Transportation, placed under the Deputy Secretary of Civil Works and Transportation, and regulates air traffic, the certification of aircraft and aviation personnel, and the investigation of civil aviation accidents throughout New Alexandrian airspace.
The Agency carries out its work through three divisions: the Air Traffic Division, the Standards and Certification Division, and the Aviation Safety and Investigation Division. Under the Convention on Civil Aviation Accession Act, 1760, introduced in the 14th Cortes Federales, the Agency would be named the designated aeronautical authority of the Federation for the purposes of the Micras Treaty Organization Convention on Civil Aviation.
History
Civil aviation in the territories of the modern Federation predates a dedicated federal regulator. Aldurian Airways began operations in 1670 AN and Cóndor, the national carrier of the Wechua Nation, in 1691 AN. Punta Santiago International Airport passed to a long-term commercial lease in 1673 AN, Cárdenas International Airport opened in 1688 AN, and Parap International Airport served the Wechua capital. The Department of Civil Works and Transportation was established in 1686 AN under the New Prosperity Plan to set and coordinate national infrastructure and transportation policy.
The Federal Aviation Agency was formed in 1704 AN as the department's dedicated civil aviation regulator, drawing together the airworthiness, licensing, and air traffic functions that several offices had previously held separately. Its remit expanded with the growth of scheduled service across Keltia and the Federation's outlying regions over the following decades.
After the grounding of IslasLink Air on 12.IV.1750 AN over maintenance failures in the Islas de la Libertad archipelago, the Agency tightened its safety standards for domestic carriers.[1] The revised standards were cited in the founding of Trans Micras Airlines the following year, whose air operator's certificate was issued on 12.IV.1751 AN; the collapse of IslasLink had left gaps in domestic connectivity that the new carrier was chartered to close.
Mandate and functions
The Federal Aviation Agency regulates civil aviation within New Alexandrian airspace. It certifies aircraft and licenses aviation personnel, manages the flow of air traffic, and investigates civil aviation accidents and incidents. The Agency issues air operator's certificates to New Alexandrian carriers and monitors their continued compliance, a power exercised in both the certification of Trans Micras Airlines in 1751 AN and the earlier grounding of IslasLink Air. A single certificate may cover a carrier's subsidiary operations, as with Cóndor Express, the regional arm of Cóndor, which flies under the mainline carrier's certificate.
The carriers subject to the Agency's oversight include the two major legacy carriers, Cóndor and AirAlduria; the regional carrier Ailes Lyricaines, which serves the Lyrican territories; and the low-cost carrier AirImperial, based at Cárdenas. Scheduled international service concentrates on the three principal gateways at Cárdenas, Punta Santiago, and Parap.
The Agency also oversees privately operated aviation infrastructure. Punta Santiago International Airport is held on a long-term commercial lease by Kerularios & Company, the firm that also holds the controlling interest in AirAlduria.
Under the accession scheme set out in the Convention on Civil Aviation Accession Act, 1760, the Agency would maintain and publish a register of the freedoms of the air granted to the Federation by each other contracting state, and would publish descriptions of areas of New Alexandrian airspace that are prohibited or restricted.[2] Ministerial responsibility for the Agency rests with the Secretary of Civil Works and Transportation, while communications that engage the treaty relations of the Federation pass through the Secretary of State.
Organization
The FAA sits within the Department of Civil Works and Transportation under the Deputy Secretary of Civil Works and Transportation, alongside the Federal Traffic Safety Agency, the Federal Railroad Agency, the Federal Transit Agency, and the Maritime Agency. It is organized into three divisions.
The Air Traffic Division manages the movement of aircraft through controlled airspace, and under the Act's terms would issue any order requiring a civil aircraft to land and control the flight of pilotless aircraft in regions open to civil traffic.[2]
The Standards and Certification Division sets airworthiness and personnel standards and issues aircraft type certificates and personnel licenses. It would prescribe the conditions under which pilotless aircraft may operate.[2]
The Aviation Safety and Investigation Division investigates accidents, incidents, and the interception of civil aircraft, and publishes its findings, which would be recorded in the Agency's annual report to the Cortes Federales.[2]
Convention on Civil Aviation
The Convention on Civil Aviation Accession Act, 1760, introduced in the 14th Cortes Federales under the Gonçalves government as the Federation moved to accede to the Micras Treaty Organization Convention on Civil Aviation, would name the Federal Aviation Agency as the designated aeronautical authority of the Federation and would create no new regulator. The Act would assign each obligation under the Convention to the division whose existing remit covers it, and would make the Agency the channel of communication with the Micras Treaty Organization Secretary-General on technical and operational matters.[2]
The Act provides that the Federation would grant the first through sixth freedoms of the air, which cover overflight, technical stops, and carriage between the Federation and an operator's own state, while withholding the seventh through tenth, each of which would allow a foreign carrier to carry traffic between two points inside the Federation or to serve it on routes bearing no connection to the carrier's home state.[3] A withheld freedom may be granted only by a further Act of the Cortes Federales.
See also
- Aviation in Nouvelle Alexandrie
- Department of Civil Works and Transportation (Nouvelle Alexandrie)
- Convention on Civil Aviation Accession Act, 1760
- Convention on Civil Aviation
- AirAlduria
- Cóndor
- Trans Micras Airlines
References
- ^ News across Nouvelle Alexandrie, NBC Newsfeed, 1750 AN.
- ^ a b c d e Convention on Civil Aviation Accession Act, 1760, Articles 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 21.
- ^ Convention on Civil Aviation Accession Act, 1760, Articles 8 and 9.
