Air Transport Management and Technology:
4. Air Transport Organizations
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International air transport organizations
•The international character of air transport has led to requirements for unification of
construction of airports, air traffic control, passenger check-in and other air transport related
activities.
•There have been many organizations in the aviation industry. It is possible to distinguish them
according to the character of individual members:
ØGovernmental organizations (the members are individual governments)
ØNon-governmental organizations (the members are legal entities or natural persons)

•ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization. This organization was set up in 1944 at the
Chicago Civil Aviation Conference as a government-funded United Nations agency. The primary
objective of ICAO is to develop civil aviation principles based on the principles underpinning the
UN to support the development of international aviation. Any State that is a member of the United
Nations may be admitted as an ICAO member. Its headquarters is in Montreal.
•ECAC - European Civil Aviation Organisation – founded in 1955 with headquarters in Paris.
•Eurocontrol - European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.
•EASA - European Air Safety Agency - is the independent European Aviation Safety Agency set up by
the European Commission in 2003 with legal, administrative and financial autonomy.
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Important governmental organizations

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•IATA  (International Air Transport Association)
•ACI (Airport Council International) – covers the issue of building airport infrastructure,
airports operational procedures and their unification, economy of airports, etc.
•IFALPA (International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations) – defends the interests of
pilots against carriers and governmental authorities.
•ITA (Institut du Transport Aérien) – a scientific-research institute based in Paris.
Important non-governmental organizations with global scope

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•It is a voluntary non-governmental organization of air carriers operating regular international
transport.
•Main objectives:
ØTo help create a single global system of safe, regular and economical air transport,
ØTo prepare and coordinate actions aimed at improving the economic performance of air transport,
ØTo ensure and coordinate cooperation between air carriers and other organizations active in the
air transport sector,
ØTo cooperate with ICAO and ensure the implementation of ICAO standards into the practice of all
air carriers.
International Air Transport Association

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Important non-governmental organizations with regional scope
•AEA (Association of European Airlines) – association of European air carriers
•IACA (International Air Carrier Association) – association of European charter carriers
•ERA (European Regions Airline Association) - represents the interests of carriers running
commercial scheduled flights by small aircraft,
•FATUREC (Federation of Air Transport User Representatives in the European Community) – protection
of air transport users,
•AAPA (Association of Asia Pacific Airlines) - represents the common regional interests of the Far
East airlines.

State administration bodies
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•Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic (MD) - the central state administration body for all
modes of transport, including civil aviation.
•The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) - the organizational unit of the state is directly subordinated
to the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic, which carries out state administration in civil
aviation matters.
•Air Accidents Investigation Institute (UZPLN) - Independent organizational unit of the state whose
function is to investigate and analyze air accidents and to implement measures to prevent
accidents.

State enterprises in civil aviation
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•Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic - The principal objective of the ANS is to ensure a
safe environment for air traffic, to ensure that there is no collision in airspace and on the
ground, to organize a fast, safe and fluid flow of air traffic, and also to respond flexibly to the
dynamics of civil aviation development in changing aviation conditions.
•Czech Aeroholding, a.s. - a company whose sole shareholder is the state, represented by the
Ministry of Finance of the CR. Company operates and manages the international public civilian
Václav Havel airport Prague, which is the largest airport in the Czech Republic by the number of
checked-in passengers (over 13 million in 2016).