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| Formed | February 1, 1955 (1955-02-01) |
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| Type | Executive agency |
| Jurisdiction | Germany |
| Status | Active |
| Headquarters | Braunschweig, Germany 52°18′52″N10°32′56″E / 52.3145°N 10.5488°E /52.3145; 10.5488 |
| Parent department | Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure |
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| Website | www |
TheLuftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA, "Federal Aviation Office") is the nationalcivil aviation authority ofGermany headquartered inBraunschweig.[1]
It maintains regional offices inDüsseldorf,Frankfurt am Main (Raunheim),Hamburg,Munich (Airport),Stuttgart, andBerlin and reports directly to theFederal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
The LBA is responsible for developing and maintainingaviationsafety standards, as well as certifying airlines, airports, and training devices such as simulators and Flight Training Devices (FTDs). Some of these tasks are fulfilled on behalf of theEuropean Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Investigation of accidents is not a responsibility of the LBA but of theGerman Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation.
In 1918, when theWeimar Republic had been established, matters of aviation were provisionally assigned to theReichsamt des Inneren (Imperial Ministry of the Interior). Later[when?], theReichsluftamt (Imperial Agency of Aviation) was established.[2]
AfterWorld War II, matters of aviation were initially handled by the administration of the Allied occupation powers. Some matters of aviation were transferred to the '"Vorläufige Bundesstelle für Luftfahrtgerät und Flugunfalluntersuchung'" (Provisional Federal Office for Avionic Devices and Investigation of Aviation Accidents) established on 15 September 1953 inBonn. Eventually, the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt was established by theGesetz über das Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (Act on the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt) of 30 November 1954 (BGBl. I 354) and commenced operation on 1 February 1955.[3]
InEast Germany, theHauptverwaltung der Zivilen Luftfahrt (Central Administration for Civil Aviation) was established on 1 January 1961. It was replaced by theStaatliche Luftfahrt-Inspektion der DDR (Public Department of Aviation of the GDR) on 1 January 1968, from which theLuftfahrt-Bundesamt took over all operations and most of the staff on 4 October 1990, the day afterGerman re-unification.[3]
On 28 September 2003, substantial competences were formally transferred to theEuropean Aviation Safety Agency established byRegulation (EC) 1592/2002.[3]
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