Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency

Aviation Safety and
Security Agency
Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea
Agency overview
Formed February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08)
Jurisdiction Spain
Headquarters Madrid,  Spain
Annual budget € 74 million (2015)[1]
Agency executive
  • Director, Isabel Maestre Moreno
Parent agency Dirección General de Aviación Civil
Website www.seguridadaerea.gob.es
Agency Officies

The Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency, also known by the acronym AESA (Spanish: Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea), is the national aviation authority for Spain.

The agency is based in Madrid, where it currently occupies offices in the AZCA district (General Peron Avenue), pending the refurbishment of a building on the Paseo de la Castellana.[2]

History

The agency was set up in 2008,[3] taking over supervisory duties from the Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC),[4] a division of the Ministry of Development, the former Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

Its 2015 budget was € 74 million.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 seguridadaerea.gob.es Budget AESA 2015, 68pp
  2. ↑ Refurbishment of the Interior of the Headquarters of the State Agency for Aviation Safety, Located on the Paseo De la Castellana (Madrid). Mena Report. 2015. HighBeam Research, March 4, 2017 (subscription required).
  3. ↑ Royal Decree 184/2008
  4. ↑ What is AESA?

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