Case M24: Civil Aviation Authorities – An Air Traffic System Isn’t an Enterprise Architecture (Extended Diagnostic) 💲
- Sunil Dutt Jha
- Jun 26
- 5 min read
Updated: Aug 2
Flights Were Tracked. But the Enterprise Structure Behind Aviation Was Never Architected.
Part of the “One Government, One Anatomy” Review
This case is one of 24 authorities analyzed in ICMG’s structural diagnostic across the Middle East.
From the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), to Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), Qatar’s Civil Aviation Authority, Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority, Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs, and Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation — each has modernized air traffic control, safety oversight, and licensing systems.
From digital flight tracking to aircraft certification, the aviation infrastructure is visibly advanced.
But across all of them, we found the same structural pattern:
Airspace was managed. Systems were deployed. But the enterprise structure behind aviation operations — across safety, licensing, disruption response, and reform — was never architected.
Claimed EA Success
Authorities presented their digital initiatives as evidence of EA maturity:
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