The Ministry of Civil Aviation of Egypt (MCA, ar, وزارة الطيران المدني) is the ministry in charge of civil aviation in

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Duties

The ministry sets civil aviation regulations, sets airworthiness and all flight rules, and air standards that must be met, making amendments, as needed. It ensures Egyptian airline and flight operations follow safety rules such as those put forth by International Aviation -

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(ECAA). One of the ministry's most important duties is to conduct investigations of airplane crashes and to provide progress reports on such investigations. Then the ministry negotiates the resumption of flights from the country that suffered the airline crash to or from Egypt. The ministry is supposed to manage the fair competition between state-run airlines such as

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and private airlines, of which there are 14 but private airlines complain that EgyptAir has monopolized the industry.

History

The ministry was established in 2002 by separating out the responsibilities for civil aviation from the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The Ministry of Civil Aviation is headquartered in

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. The Egyptian Civil Aviation Agency (ECAA, ar, الهيئة المصرية العامة للطيران المدنى), subordinate to the ministry, is the

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of Egypt. In early 2018, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Tourism and other interested stakeholders discussed the roadblocks that ought to be addressed if the country is to develop the tourism sector near

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, where there is a small airport.

Ministers

Ahmed Abdel Rahman Nasser Air Marshal Ahmed Abdel Rahman Nasser ( ar, أحمد عبد الرحمن ناصر; 29 March 1934 – 15 February 2020) was a senior officer in the Egyptian Air Force. He graduated from the Egyptian Air Academy The Egyptian Air Academy (Arab ...

(2002) *

Ahmed Shafiq Ahmed Mohamed Shafik ZakiAlso spelled: ''Shafiq''. ( ar, أحمد محمد شفيق زكى, ; born 25 November 1941) is an Egyptian politician and former presidential candidate. He was a senior commander in the Egyptian Air Force and later ser ...

(2002–2011) * Ibrahim Manaa (2011-2011) * Lotfi Mustafa Kamal (2011-2012) * Hussein Massoud (2012) * Alaa Ashour (2012) (announced for two hours but never sworn in) * Samir Imbabi (2012) * Wael El-Maadawi (2012-2013) * Abdel Aziz Fadel (2013–2014) * Mohamed Hossam Kamal (2014-2016) * Sharif Fathi (2016-2018) * Younes Hamed (June, 2018-2019) Mohamed Manar (2019–present)

Investigations

* EgyptAir Flight 804 (2016-05-19) * EgyptAir Flight 990 (1999-10-31) * Flash Airlines Flight 604 (2004-01-03) * Metrojet Flight 9268 (2015-10-31)

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