EASA

Overview

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency is the EU's civil aviation safety regulator, legally established in July 2002, having begun operations in 2003 and reached full functional scope (absorbing certification tasks previously handled by national authorities) by 2008. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, EASA has binding regulatory authority over aircraft type certification, airworthiness, aircrew licensing, air operations, aerodromes, air traffic management, and environmental standards across all 27 EU member states, with four EFTA states — Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein — also participating in the EASA system, though without full voting rights; the United Kingdom exited the system after Brexit at the end of 2020. Its regulatory reach was significantly expanded in 2018 to cover unmanned aircraft (drones) and urban air mobility. The agency is led by Executive Director Florian Guillermet.

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