CAMA
Civil Aviation & metrology authority
The General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology is the entity into which the Civil Aviation Authority merged after the establishment of the blessed unity on the twenty-second of May 1990, when the Civil Aviation Authority in what was previously known as the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen and the Yemeni General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology in the Yemen Arab Republic were merged. Although the Authority began exercising its duties through that entity from that date, the decision establishing the new entity was not issued officially until November of the year 2000, with the issuance of Republican Decree No. (444) of 2000, which defined the objectives and competencies of the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Meteorology, the financial system of the Authority, the formations of the Authority’s management, and the competencies of each of them. In addition to this decree that organized the competencies exercised by the Authority, the Authority proceeds in carrying out its technical activities in accordance with what is stated in the Civil Aviation Law issued by Law No. (12) of 1993 and the regulations derived therefrom. The Authority is also committed to applying all annexes and amendments issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as well as those issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Authority is committed to the international conventions and protocols related to civil aviation and meteorological works that have been ratified by our country, as well as the bilateral agreements regulating air transport signed between our country and brotherly and friendly countries.
With the expansion of our dear homeland after the achievement of unity, the importance and need for air transport increased to connect the parts of the homeland, especially those regions located on the peripheries and the islands belonging to our country, in which air transport is the only option, as is the case on the island of Socotra in light of the absence of a maritime line for passenger transport to and from the island, or where that means is the easiest and fastest, as is the case in Al-Mahrah Governorate and Hadramawt Governorate, or where there is a need for it to connect our country with the outside world to serve the traveling public, serve tourism, and the rest of commercial or industrial activities, as well as to facilitate the movement of Yemeni expatriates from abroad to their regions inside. To serve all these purposes, eight international airports and two local (asphalt) airports were established and modernized, and a number of paved airports that are used by aircraft with propeller engines. The Authority has a plan to convert them into asphalt airports and equip them with the various required equipment.
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