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Title: EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AIR TRANSPORT


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EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AIR TRANSPORT SEMINAR
AMMAN 17-18 OCT. 2007
ICAOS AIR TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES IN THE MID
REGION By Evalou GNANG RO/AT
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ICAO OFFICES
CAIRO
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ICAO 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.

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ICAO 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.

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MID Regional Office Organizational Chart
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MID 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
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Middle East Region Major Traffic Flows
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Air 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.

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Remarkable 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.

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Future 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.

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Infrastructure 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.

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Airport 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.

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Major 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.

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ICAOs 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.

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ICAOs 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).

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FUTURE 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).

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FUTURE 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.

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International Civil Aviation Organization Middle
East Regional Office
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