Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA)

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Innovative civil aviation: Switzerland and UK look to enhance successful collaboration

When it comes to drones, the supervisory authorities in Switzerland and the United Kingdom have been working together successfully for years. The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) signed a letter of intent on 10 June 2025 at the conference of the European and US aviation authorities in Cologne. The aim is to enhance successful collaboration.

Standardize airspace users’ electronic visibility to make the sky safer

The FOCA wants to build a fully connected airspace by 2035. To this end, within the project FASST-CH, the FOCA is asking owners and pilots to ensure that their aircraft are electronically conspicuous, contributing thereby to make the airspace safer. A list of recommended technologies has been published for this purpose.

Published now: Annual Safety Report 2024

The brief overview of the incident statistics 2024 in Switzerland’s civil aviation: Over 12,500 incident reports in commercial and general aviation; significantly more incidents involving verbally aggressive, intoxicated or violent passengers; more GPS jamming; more near collisions between aircraft mid-air; one fatal accident in commercial aviation; three accidents with a total of six fatalities in general aviation; one fatal helicopter cable collision.

Statistics on passengers' rights

What’s the volume of cases processed by FOCA, the enforcement body of air passenger rights in Switzerland?

What are the reasons for complaint? Which airports are concerned?

All data is now available as interactive graphics

GM/INFO regarding Information Security

The FOCA has published a Guidance (GM/INFO) to assist aviation organizations in the implementation of regulations (EU) 2022/1645 and (EU) 2023/203. This guide helps ensure compliance with the requirements and facilitates the relevant certification or modification process. The FOCA plans to revise this GM/INFO during the year to address certain content elements more specifically.

The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) is responsible for aviation development and the supervision of civil aviation activities in Switzerland. The FOCA is part of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) and is charged with ensuring that the high safety standards in civil aviation in Switzerland are maintained, and with pursuing a policy of sustainable development.

News

FASST-CH

FASST-CH mandate: define a roadmap for airspace surveillance services and supporting technologies by 2035

Sachplan Verkehr, Teil Infrastruktur Luftfahrt (SIL)

Sectoral Aviation Infrastructure Plan (SAIP)

The Sectoral Aviation Infrastructure Plan (SAIP) is the federal government's planning and coordination instrument for civil aviation.

Statistics

Civil aviation statistics comprise data relating to airports and airlines.

Press releases

Note: Most Press releases are only available in German, French and Italian. Please check the FOCA homepage of these languages.

Press Releases

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Stay Safe

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