Civil Aviation Authority SL sub office at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport

With the opening of Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA), the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Sri Lanka has to extend its regulatory services in respect of aviation safety, security and air transport economics to cover the activities that are taking place at MRIA.

Accordingly, the CAA Board of Directors, at the direction of Minister of Civil Aviation Piyankara Jayaratne, has taken steps to build a permanent sub office of the CAA at MRIA to cater to this requirement.

The foundation stone for the construction of the CAA sub office with a floor area of 700m2 at a cost of Rs. 39,052,813.75 will be laid by the Speaker of Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa at MRIA on 11 June 2013.

At the invitation of Minister Jayaratne, Civil Aviation Deputy Minister Gitanjana Gunawardena, MP for Hambantota District Namal Rajapaksa, Ministry of Civil Aviation Secretary Dr. Ravindra Ruberu, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka Chairman Gen. Rohan Daluwatte, and Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd., Chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya will also take part at the foundation laying ceremony.

The CAA of Sri Lanka which is a public corporation was established by an Act of Parliament in 2002 as an independent specialist aviation regulator. Unlike many other countries, there is no direct Government funding of the CAA’s work as its costs are met entirely from its own sources of revenue.

The role of the CAA is primarily to enhance aviation safety performance of the State by pursuing targeted and continuous improvements in systems, culture, processes and capability in compliance with the International Standards and Recommended Practices.

Improving choice and value for aviation consumers now and in the future by promoting competitive markets, contributing to consumers’ ability to make informed decisions and protecting them where appropriate and improving environmental performance through more efficient use of airspace and make an efficient contribution to reducing the aviation industry’s environmental impacts.