Establishment of the Academy
The Saudi Academy of Civil Aviation was established as a result of planned scientific studies. It is held responsible for preparing , teaching , training and rehabilitating air traffic controllers, fire men , fire and rescue officers, airports_ operations and safety staff, and navigational equipment maintenance technicians. It also plays its role in supporting the General Authority of Civil Aviation in performing its responsibilities.
The Council of Ministers decision No. 33 dated 11/02/1426 H. approved the organization of the General Authority of Civil Aviation as the organization responsible for the Kingdom_s civil aviation industry and for the application of standard rules and recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
The decision also stated that one of the responsibilities of the Authority is to train and to qualify manpower to work in the various sectors of civil aviation, as well as the establishment of institutes and training centers for the development of the labor force. In light of this plan, it was approved to establish a Saudi academy for civil aviation.
Establishing the Academy was approved on the basis of the detailed presentation of the Saudi Academy of Civil Aviation, which was introduced at the third meeting of the Executive Committee of the Council of the General Authority of Civil Aviation in Riyadh on 22 /11/1428 H. / 2nd December, 2007. This approval of the Council on the establishment of the Saudi Academy of Civil Aviation was followed by the decision of the Committee No. (3 T -32) dated 22/11/1428 H. ,which was signed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, and Chairman of the Board of the General Authority of Civil Aviation to transfer Jeddah Aeronautical Training Institute to the Saudi Academy of Civil Aviation. His Royal Highness ,the Crown Prince , also approved the names proposed for the Board of Trustees of the Academy in his telegram No. 1/1/4/21952 on 19/10/1429 H