Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is a winner of the 2015 Uganda Sustainable Development Award and accredited Uganda’s Top50 Sustainable Development Agencies in recognition and appreciation of its enormous contribution towards social-economic development of Uganda and attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Uganda. Awarded and Accredited by Public Opinions International
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was established in 1991 through CAA Ordinance number 2 of 1991, which was later replaced by CAA Statute Number 3 of 1994, Cap 354. The Act spells out the establishment, objectives, functions and powers of the Authority.
CAA was formed to revamp, direct and regulate the dilapidated air transport industry. Air transport in Uganda had witnessed unprecedented decline due to a number of factors.
The collapse of the vital industry led to the fall in import/export volumes, isolation of the country by especially international tourists and a general drop in the national economy, partially attributed to poor and inefficient transport links with the outside world.
As a landlocked country, there was urgent need to review the macro-economic policy. This was made possible by the advent of the National Resistance government in 1986.
The agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 1994 as a state agency of the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Communication. As of January 2015, it is now under the Ministry of Works and Transport. The mandate of the CAA is to coordinate and oversee Uganda‘s aviation industry, including licensing, regulation, air search and rescue, air traffic control, ownership of airports and aerodromes and Ugandan and international aviation law. It also represents Uganda in an international capacity within the aviation community and in all other aviation matters. As of January 2013, the CAA regulates civil aviation and managed Entebbe Airport and 13 other airports.
In January 2015, the Minister of Works & Transportation Engineer Abraham Byandala, unveiled a 20-year plan to increase international airports from one five; regional airports from two to three and improve six existing local airports. The plan also calls for the improvement of Entebbe International Airport by, among other things: (a) expand the passenger terminal (b) expand the cargo-handling area (c) build a multi-storey parking deck and (d) build a larger fuel tank area. The renovations to Entebbe International Airport are estimated at US$264 million (USh:750 billion).Another $200 million or so will be needed to complete the upgrades to the other airports.In February 2015, the Government of South Korea, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), gave theGovernment of Uganda a grant of USh27 billion (US$10 million), towards modernization of Entebbe International Airport.
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY PROFILE
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