The 3rd Annual Conference on Compliance with the Regulatory Requirements of the EASA was successfully held

03.04.2024 - 12:22 / traveldailynews.com / Theodore Koumelis

Continuous compliance with the EASA Regulatory Requirements for the 14 Regional Airports managed and operated by Fraport Greece

For the third consecutive year, the annual conference focusing on compliance with the regulatory requirements set forth by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was convened.

The subject of the conference was the review of Fraport Greece‘s progress in achieving regulatory compliance in the areas of organization, operations and infrastructure of airports, under the guidance of the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). At the same time, a clear reference was made to the operational challenges and the criticality of auditing regulatory compliance issues, according to EASA, especially in a period during which infrastructure upgrade projects included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan are implemented at the airports managed by Fraport Greece.

The conference participants from Fraport Greece and the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

During the conference, the Hellenic Plan for Aviation Safety was presented, which was drawn up by the HCAA, to strengthen aviation safety. Extensive reference was also made to the developments of the European Regulatory Framework for the safe operations of airports and aviation safety.

Finally, a discussion was also held on the combined role of adapting airports to the development of technology, with the reinforcement of the already high level of security provided.

The Governor of the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority Dr. Christos Tsitouras during his opening greeting.

This year’s conference was held with the broad participation of the HCAA: Dr. Christos Tsitouras, HCAA Governor, Georgios Iliopoulos, Head of the Office of the HCAA Governor, Aggelos Beligiannis, Director of the HCAA ATM/ANS Aerodromes Oversight Division, Vasilios Vasilaros, Head of the HCAA Aerodromes Regulation, Oversight and Certification Section, Sarantos Psykakos, Head of the HCAA Charts Obstacles and Heliports Regulation, Oversight and Certification Section, Georgios Kasimatis, Head of the HCAA Safety Management and Occurrence Reporting Section, Emmanuel Vailas, representative of the HCAA Charts Obstacles and Heliports Regulation, Oversight and Certification Section and representatives of Fraport Greece from the Operations and Technical Division.

Dr. Christos Tsitouras, HCAA Governor, mentioned in his opening remarks: “The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority, seeking to maintain the highest possible level of aviation safety at all Greek airports, has created an effective system of surveillance of the aviation market, as indicated by the particularly positive results of the recent audit of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Greece. We believe that