The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has signed bilateral agreements with aviation regulators in Canada, Brazil and Australia in order to enhance international cooperation.
Representatives of the CAA met with colleagues from Transport Canada, Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), the Brazilian regulator, at the 2026 FAA-EASA International Aviation Safety Conference in the US last month.
The CAA declared that the signed agreements “would support effective operations and maintain high safety standards across global aviation”.
An agreement signed with Transport Canada will see a new arrangement on Flight Simulator Training, to be known as Simulator Implementation Procedures.
The new action allows for the mutual acceptance of recurrent evaluations, reducing administrative costs for both the operators and the authorities.
There were also new arrangements with Australia’s CASA, covering design, production, certification and maintenance, which facilitate cooperation in airworthiness, enabling reciprocal recognition of certificates and approvals.
“These arrangements promote the free flow of civil aeronautical products and services between the two countries,” the CAA said.
An update to the maintenance arrangement and Memorandum of Understanding with ANAC will also streamline the ongoing cooperation under the existing arrangements.
“Aviation is a global industry, and strong relationships with our global partners are a key part of how we enable the sector to operate effectively and safely,” Giancarlo Buono, Group Director for Safety and Airspace Regulation at the CAA, said. “These bilateral agreements support our world-class aerospace sector as it adapts and grows, building bridges to maintain the highest safety standards,” he added.
Alongside these arrangements, the CAA also met with counterparts from the US, Singapore, Japan, New Zealand and Europe, as well as industry stakeholders.