The agency was originally established as theDirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. Since December 2018, the DGAC's Director General is Lic. Rodrigo Vásquez-Colmenares Guzmán. He is the former CEO ofTAR Aerolíneas.[2]
On October 16, 2019, a decree in theDiario Oficial de la Federación created a new autonomous agency within the SCT, theAgencia 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 AmericanInternational Aviation Safety Assessment Program, which suggested the creation of a new body with operational, technical and administrative autonomy.[4]
