Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil

The Federal Civil Aviation Agency (Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil, AFAC) is a division of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. It replaced the former Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics or DGAC) on October 16, 2019. is an agency of the Subsecretaría de Transporte of the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. Its main responsibilities is to act as civil aviation authority (CAA) and to investigate aviation accidents and incidents in Mexico.[1]

History

The agency was originally established as the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. Since December 2018, the DGAC's Director General is Lic. Rodrigo Vásquez-Colmenares Guzmán. He is the former CEO of TAR Aerolíneas.[2]

On October 16, 2019, a decree in the Diario Oficial de la Federación created a new autonomous agency within the SCT, the Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil, to replace the DGAC. The new agency absorbs the old DGAC's assets, responsibilities and employees.[3][1] The upgraded agency was designed in the wake of recommendations from the American International Aviation Safety Assessment Program, which suggested the creation of a new body with operational, technical and administrative autonomy.[4]

Accident investigations

References
  1. "DECRETO por el que se crea el órgano administrativo desconcentrado de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, denominado Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil". Diario Oficial de la Federación. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  2. T21 (2018-12-03). "Aeronáutica Civil estrena Director General". T21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  3. "Anuncian creación de la Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil que sustituye a la DGAC". El Financiero (in Spanish). October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  4. Villanueva, Dora (October 16, 2019). "Crean Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  5. "Aircraft Accident Digest No. 26" (PDF). ICAO Circular. Retrieved 2016-04-20.


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