Department of Civil Aviation

	A Brief History of Department of Civil Aviation, Myanmar
	Myanmar Legislation for civil aviation was established in the year 1934 and subsequent regulation in the year 1937 known as Burma Aircraft Act 1934 and Burma Aircraft Rules 1937 respectively. After the independence, these laws were substituted by the Union of Burma (Adaptation of Laws) Order 1948. Now the Act and Regulation is current and formed as the primary Legislation in Myanmar as amended up to 20 August 2004. The office of the Department of Civil Aviation has existed since 1934 and after Independence in 1948, the Department contracted the senior aircraft surveyors of Air Registration Board, United Kingdom to discharge the obligation and responsibilities of civil aviation activities in Myanmar such as Flight operation and Airworthiness up to 1963. Various Senior Aircraft Surveyors from 1952 up to 1963 took office in Myanmar. Since then National Inspectors discharge the regulatory function in the area of Airworthiness and Flight Operation. Also after independence, Myanmar engaged International Aeradio Limited (IAL) for the civil aviation radio communication services in Myanmar. In the year 1957 Myanmar terminated the services of the IAL and from that day onwards Myanmar nationals taken full responsibilities of aviation communication services in Myanmar. On 8^th August 1948, Myanmar became the member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).


	As the Union of Myanmar is a member state of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and has the responsibility to ensure the safe and efficient conduct of civil aviation within her airspace by implementing the standards and recommended practices prescribed by the ICAO. The Government of the Union of Myanmar carries out its responsibilities for civil aviation by means of national legislation in the form of the Myanmar Aircraft Acts and the Myanmar Aircraft Rules, for both international as well as national requirements, and discharges its functions through the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA).

The Department of Civil Aviation is a subordinate organization of the Ministry of Transport and is the regulatory body controlling civil aviation in Myanmar. The Department of Civil Aviation is responsible for the regulation, establishment, provision, maintenance and operation of all aspects of civil aviation for the safe and smooth air transportation in Myanmar, except the operation of airline services.

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