Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Indonesia) explained

Agency Name:	Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Native Name:	Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara
Seal:	File:Logo of the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia.svg
Headquarters:	Jakarta, Gedung Karsa Lantai 5 Departemen Perhubungan
Region Code:	ID
Chief1 Name:	Suprasetyo
Chief1 Position:	Director General of Civil Aviation
Parent Agency:	Ministry of Transportation
Child1 Agency:	Secretariate of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Child2 Agency:	Directorate of Airports
Child3 Agency:	Directorate of Air Transport
Child4 Agency:	Directorate of Aviation Security
Child5 Agency:	Directorate of Air Navigation
Child6 Agency:	Directorate of Airworthiness and Operation
Agency Type:	Directorate General at Ministry

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara) is a Directorate General under the control of the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia, which oversees the administration of civil aviation throughout the nation. The office of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation oversees all government regulations pertaining to civil aviation and the Aviation Act (Undang Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2009 Tentang Penerbangan).^[1] ^[2] Its headquarters is in Jakarta.^[3]

History

History of avionics in Indonesia started in 1913, when J.W.E.R. Hilger started a demo flight in Surabaya using a Fokker-made Spin aircraft. The flight was failure, but the flyer, Hilger, survived from the crash.^[4]

First route of the Netherlands to Dutch East Indies opened on 1 October 1924, started from Schiphol Airport to Cililitan Airport (now Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport). On 1 November 1928, Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KNILM) established as Dutch East Indies aviation company, supported with Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) and Dutch East Indies government, and other Dutch companies operated in Dutch East Indies. On 1929, KLM started to operate scheduled flights across Dutch East Indies.

For much of its existence, those companies operated flights and regulated civilian flights in Dutch East Indies until 25 December 1949, when a KLM representative, Dr. Konijnenburg, met Sukarno in Yogyakarta and relinquished KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf which was formed after KNILM dissolution in 1947, to Indonesian government as follow up of the Round Table Conference. While much of the KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf later transformed to Garuda Indonesia Airline, part of it transformed to civilian flight regulatory authority called Djawatan Penerbangan Sipil (Civil Aviation Service) in 1952. It later elevated to a directorate-level Directorate of Civil Aviation in 1963 within the Ministry of Transportation, and finally to Directorate General of Civil Aviation in 1969. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation experienced several times of structural expansion, with the current form of the structure being established in 1991.

To support the Directorate General work, a network of air navigational aid system, SENOPEN (Sentra Operasi Keselamatan Penerbangan, Air Safety Operation Center), opened in 1978 with 7 offices across Indonesia.

Structure

Ministry of Transportation

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara)
- Secretariat of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
- Directorate of Air Transport
- Directorate of Airports
- Directorate of Aviation Security
- Directorate of Air Navigation
- Directorate of Airworthiness and Operation

Functions

Fulfilling standard of safety, security and service to the aviation industry
Providing infrastructure and a reliable, optimum and integrated air transportation network
Facilitation of a competitive and sustainable aviation service business
To provide effective and efficient organisational support, manage the available resources of the agency and deliver comprehensive regulation and enforcement^[5]

Task

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation shall perform the following functions :^[6]

Preparing the formulation of policies of the Ministry of Transportation on the field of air transportation, airports, flight security, air navigation, aircraft airworthiness and operation;
Implementing policies on air transportation, airports, flight security, air navigation, aircraft airworthiness and operation;
preparing standardisation, norms, guidance, criteria, system and procedures for air transportation, airports, flight security, air navigation, aircraft airworthiness and operation;
performing certification and/or licensing on air transportation, airports, flight security, air navigation, aircraft airworthiness and operation;
supervising (in the sense of monitoring and assessment) the implementation of policies on air transportation, airports, flight security, air *navigation, aircraft airworthiness and operation;
controlling (in the sense of providing directives, guidance, technical guidance on the implementation of policies in air transportation, airports, flight security, air navigation, aircraft airworthiness and operation;
law enforcement/corrective actions with respect to the implementation of policies in air transportation, airports, flight security, air navigation, aircraft airworthiness and operation;
evaluating and reporting the implementation of policies in air transportation, airports, flight security, air navigation, aircraft airworthiness and operation;
carrying out administrative affairs on the Directorate General of Civil Aviation

Notes and References

Web site: Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara.
Web site: Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara.
"Contact Us." Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 27 December 2011. "Gedung Karsa Lantai 5 Departemen Perhubungan Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No.8 Jakarta 10110"
Book: Bachtiar, Mayarti . TANGGUNG JAWAB PERUSAHAAN PENERBANGAN TERHADAP PENUMPANG DIKAITKAN DENGAN HUKUM ASURANSI . University of Riau . 2013 . Riau . id.
http://hubud.dephub.go.id/?en+page+detail+12 Mission of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
http://hubud.dephub.go.id/?en+page+detail+13 Main tasks: from the website of Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Indonesia