Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
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| Abbreviation | CAAB |
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| Formation | 1985 |
| Purpose | Civil aviation authority |
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Region served
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Bangladesh |
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Chairman
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Air Vice Marshal Ehsanul Gani Choudhury,GUP, ndu, psc |
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Parent organisation
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Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism, Bangladesh |
| Website | www |
Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) (Bengali: বেসামরিক বিমান চলাচল কর্তৃপক্ষ) functions as the regulatory body for all aviation related activities in Bangladesh. It is the national aviation authority operating under the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism. All nine operational airports (three international and six domestic) are operated by the CAAB. A member of International Civil Aviation Organization, it has signed bilateral air transport agreement with 52 states. It is headquartered in Kurmitola, Dhaka.
Aviation in India can be traced to the first commercial flight on 18 February 1911, and grew during the period between the First and Second World Wars. Some 103 airports, aerodrome, airfields and airstrips were built and operated by the Allied Air Forces in the part of present Bangladesh during the Second World War. These airfields were extensively used for conducting air operations during the Burma Campaign against the Axis powers. After the War, most of these facilities of the Royal Indian Air Force were left unused. After independence from British colonial rule and the partition of the subcontinent, the aviation infrastructure and facilities in what was then East Pakistan were inherited by the Pakistan Air Force.
In the year 1947, the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) was formed under the Ministry of Defence of the then Pakistan government. This department managed the operations of civil aviation in the eastern part of Pakistan until 1971. Its authority was extended by the Civil Aviation Authority Ordinance 1960, after which in 1961 the Government of Pakistan passed the right of use of almost all airfields and aviation related infrastructure and properties, except a few used by the then Pakistan Air Force, to the DCA.
After the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) was formed in the newly born country. During the nine-month-long war, the aviation infrastructure had been badly damaged by bombardment by Allied Forces over the main airports to disable Pakistan Forces. The DCA of Bangladesh inherited the assets and property left over by the erstwhile DCA of the Pakistan. Aviation activities in independent Bangladesh started in the last week of December 1971 under the Ministry of Defence.
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