CAA Czech Republic

CAA CZ executes the state administration in civil aviation matters in the main following areas:

• aircraft and personnel register
• certificate of airworthiness of aeronautical products, aircraft and of individually manufactured aircraft
• performing of airworthiness review
• personnel licensing
• type of airport determination and airport operating permit issuance
• special building authority for aviation structures
• issuance of air operator certificate
• Airworthiness Directives (national basis)
• other duties set out by special regulations

New Responsibilities of the CAA CZ after 01.07.2006
(in accordance with Act No 225/2006 Coll. amending Act No 49/1997 Coll.)

Flight Operations Division

• authorizes and determines medical authorities
• supervises air carriers at the compensation in the event of the passengers denied boarding
• authorizes physical or legal entity to provide the airport and check in services
• issues commercial air transport licenses
• determines operator’s flight and duty time limitations and its exceptions
• makes agreements in accordance with Article 83bis of the Civil Aviation Convention
• administers the aircraft addresses list

Air Traffic Management and Aerodromes Department

• authorizes physical or legal entity to:
• evaluate the flight schedules (timetables)
• provide the ATS, AMS, AIS and pre-flight and monitoring services
• decides airport as an airport with scheduled traffic or as a coordinated airport; assigns free slot times
• issues and revokes Aerodrome certificates
• issues the technical capability approval for means and devices used during the safety check
• ensures coordination between civil and military operations
• authorizes legal entity in the field of the evaluation of units conformity or applicability and verifying of European ATM net systems