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