The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) is responsible for the operation of civil airports in Israel and manages land terminals on the border with Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.
The Israel Airports Authority (hereinafter: “the Authority”) was founded in 1977 as a public corporation under the Airports Authority Law, (hereinafter: “the Law.”) The Law establishes the structure of the Authority, its roles, and the powers attributed to it as a statutory public corporation.
The following are the Authority’s roles according to Section 5 (a) of the Law:
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“To maintain, to operate, to develop, and to manage the airports detailed below and to provide there supplementary services for all these activities.”
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“To plan and establish an airport which is determined in the master plan authorized by the Minister of Transport - according to the directives provided to it by the Minister of Transport after consultation with the Council.”
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To take measures for the security of the Authority’s airports and of the people, goods, aircraft, buildings, facilities, and equipment within them, in accordance with the directives of the Minister of Transport.
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To provide at the military airport... services which the Minister of Transport will order...”
Section 5 (b) additionally establishes that: “In addition to the service that the Authority shall provide in accordance with subsection (a), it shall be authorized to provide other services at the Authority’s airports or in connection therewith, which may be provided while fulfilling its duties as aforesaid.”
Section 5 (c) of the Law establishes that: “In the dischargement of its duties and in the provision of services according to this Section, the Authority shall be directed by the principles of promotion and development of air transport, the efficiency of operation of the Authority’s airports, and the achievement and maintenance of the appropriate level of flight safety.”
Section 7 of the Law establishes that: “The guideline of the Authority’s operations shall be to manage all its airports, as much as possible - for each of its airports - on the basis of economic considerations and as self-sustaining enterprises.”
