Title: EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AIR TRANSPORT
1 EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AIR TRANSPORT SEMINAR
AMMAN 17-18 OCT. 2007
ICAOS AIR TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES IN THE MID
REGION By Evalou GNANG RO/AT
2ICAO OFFICES
CAIRO
3ICAO Middle East Regional Office, Cairo Egypt
Objectives
- The ICAO Middle East Regional Office (ICAOMID)
was established in Cairo, by an agreement with
the Egyptian Government signed in 1953. - The office was established to provide assistance
to 19 States in the MID Region and to coordinate
with adjacent Regions in Africa, Asia Pacific and
Europe. - To liaise with MID States, appropriate
Organizations and Regional civil aviation bodies,
by giving advice and providing necessary
assistance as required to establish and maintain
a high performance air navigation system aimed at
a safe, orderly and efficient air transport
system.
4ICAO MID Office Objectives (cont.)
- To foster international civil aviation safety,
security and assistance within MID area of
accreditation. - To encourage, expedite, co-ordinate and follow up
the implementation of Air Navigation Plans and
maintain them up to date. - To act as Secretariat of MIDANPIRG.
5MID Regional Office Organizational Chart
6MID Accreditation Area
Afghanistan AFG Lebanon LEB Bahrain BAH
Libya LIB Cyprus CYP Oman OMA Egypt EGY Pak
istan PAK Iran IRA Qatar QAT Iraq IRQ
Saudi Arabia KSA Israel ISR Sudan SUD Jordan
JOR Syria SYR Kuwait KUW UAE UAE Yemen Y
EM
7Middle East Region Major Traffic Flows
8Air Transport Activities
- The air transport sector of the Middle East and
North Africa in 2006 registered a record growth
of 12 percent representing the worlds fastest
growing region. - This high growth is expected to continue through
the next 20 years. This growth however is not
equally distributed throughout the region but
concentrated in the Gulf States.
9Remarkable Traffic Growth
- The region has benefited from strong economic
growth driven by - high oil prices.
- growing world air transport industry.
- Future growth will be driven by
- an increasing number of tourist estimated by the
World Tourism Organization to grow at an average
rate of 5 percent per year through 2020.
10Future Growth Challenges
- This future growth will have to face the
following challenges - Economic and security risks.
- Increasing competition.
- Uneven development of regulatory frameworks.
- Aging facilities in some States.
- History of wars and neglect in others.
- This, coupled with economic stagnation and
recessions in several States will be the
impediments to the development of the air
industry.
11Infrastructure investments
- In line with the industry growth, states have
realized the need to increase airport capacity
and currently plan airport investments of nearly
USD 30 billion. - This will raise airport passenger capacity from
around 170 million to 480 million per year. - Most of this added capacity will take place in
the Gulf where five mega airport projects
(Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Jeddah) will add
capacity of 270 million passengers per year at an
estimated cost of USD 26 billion. - The new Dubai World Central International Airport
is set to become the regions largest with a
planned capacity of 120 million passengers per
year.
12Airport Privatization
- Most of the region airports are owned and
operated by national governments. - However national authorities are beginning to
realize that to cope with demand, the private
sector has to be allowed to play a certain role
either by - increasing efficiency through management
contracts, or - by building new airports under build-operate-trans
fer (BOT) contracts.
13Major Challenges Facing the Region
- Despite the good performance of the sector during
the past few years and the anticipated growth
over the coming years, the sector faces many
challenges - Air transport capacities, volumes and expansion
projects are concentrated in the Gulf region. - Passenger air travel and cargo shipments in the
Gulf States have developed much faster than
elsewhere. - Ongoing expansion projects of airports and
airlines emphasize long-haul networks between the
gulf and global destinations with much smaller
increases in capacities for intra-regional
routes. - Inter-regional air transport among States through
low-cost carriers is still relatively
underdeveloped.
14ICAOs Assistance to MID Statesin the field of
Air Transport
- Disseminating information and encouraging States
use of ICAO guidance material. - Encouraging attendance at ICAO air transport
events. - Following up on air transport programmes and
developments in States. - Assisting States to implement Annexes related
SARPs. - Coordinating, assisting and organizing/conducting
workshops and seminars. - Encouraging adoption by States of ICAO ENV
policies. - Collecting information and encouraging opportune
reporting.
15ICAOs Assistance to MID States (cont.)
- Encouraging States to register new air services
agreements and other documents. - Encouraging and assisting States to develop and
implement harmonized contingency measures to
prevent from the spread of disease by air
travelers. - Coordinating with States, air traffic data
collection. - Encouraging the development of business cases and
financial analysis for planning and
implementation of air navigation systems and - Assisting MIDANPIRG with air traffic forecasting
for the development of air navigation plans. - Organizing Workshops and Seminars (next Traffic
Forecasting workshop in Bahrain from 28-30 Oct.
2007).
16FUTURE WORK
- ICAO Will continue to
- monitor regulatory and industry developments, to
analyze emerging trends and issues, and provide
information to States. - keep existing policy guidance on economic
regulation current and responsive and where
required or appropriate, develop new policy and
guidance material to facilitate and assist States
in liberalization. - take a proactive approach to involve States, the
industry and other interested parties in the
promotion and implementation of ICAOs policy
framework and practical guidance related to
economic regulation and liberalization (such as
those on safety and security responsibilities,
and liberalization of airline ownership and
control).
17FUTURE WORK (cont.)
- ICAO will continue to
- foster cooperation with other international
organizations to address issues of common
interest in the air transport field. - organize workshops, seminars or symposia to
provide a forum for States on economic policy
issues and explore new avenues to facilitate
liberalization. - promote ICAO policies on taxation and address
emerging issues on taxation or charges as
required, including those relating to the
environment.
18International Civil Aviation Organization Middle
East Regional Office