Brazil signs multinational agreement for certification of maintenance organizations

The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) ratified, on June 7, Brazil’s adhesion to the Multinational Agreement for Aircraft Maintenance Organizations (OMAs). Developed within the Regional System of Cooperation in Operational Safety Surveillance (SRVSOP), the document already has the participation of 11 countries in the Latin American region.

Signed by the director-president of ANAC, Juliano Noman, and the regional director of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Fabio Rabbani, during the 11th Pan American Aviation Safety Summit, organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), the agreement will allow maintenance organizations certified in Brazil to be equally recognized by all member countries, from a single audit conducted by the SRVSOP. Thus, workshops will be able to serve operators from all over the region without additional certification costs.

Aircraft operators will also benefit from the agreement, and will have a greater number of certified maintenance organizations available for their trips abroad. The agreement is the first project promoted by SRVSOP, supported by ALTA and ICAO, to achieve harmonization of the Latin American Aviation Regulation 145 (LAR 145), specifically aimed at maintenance organizations.

Countries that make up the Regional System for Operational Safety Surveillance Cooperation (SRVSOP) and are part of the OMAS Multinational Agreement are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The results already show that about 90% of the experts have declared their harmonization with the surveillance system, and the next steps foresee the alignment of air navigation services and aerodromes, the multinational certification of aircraft and components, as well as the continuity of the work in the automatic validation of aeronautical personnel licenses.

For ANAC’s director-president, Juliano Noman, the multinational agreement expands borders to Brazilian maintenance organizations that are already able to compete and occupy a prominent space in the international scenario. “Brazil has an aviation recognized all over the world for its quality and safety. Our maintenance organizations have the capacity to offer excellent work to any airline operator and this multinational agreement opens the doors for this to happen”, he stated.

In Noman’s assessment, ANAC has sought to provide these business opportunities. “The Voo Simples Program has already brought several actions aimed at simplifying and modernizing the airline industry and the Agency will continue its efforts to ensure a regulatory environment that allows the safe development of Brazilian aviation,” said the Agency’s president.