Aviation Business - May 2010

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Dubai World Central is getting ready to launch its airport cargo operations in June, but the lead-up to the anticipated launch date has not been without its challenges. Issues with construction have got the rumour-mill buzzing, so we talk to DWC vice president for cargo and logistics Andrew Walsh to fi nd out if the world’s largest airport is ready to receive its fi rst cargo customers and ask, ‘is the vision behind the US$33 billion airport project fi nally being realised?’

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Oman Air makes a number of changes to its management team. ADAC anounces its new CEO. Etihad hires an assistant head of hub and Gulf Aviation Academy plants a new CEO in Bahrain.

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Asscom managing director Peter Wiggers asks ‘How can regional airlines get the best from MRO services?’

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Following a turbulent couple of years from the global recession, airports are fi nally experiencing an upward swing with their passenger and cargo volumes. Progress is slow but as you will see, it is heading in the right direction. We break down the fi gures from the Airports Council International (ACI) to take a look at the top performers in each region for 2009.

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The GCC’s aviation sector has undergone rapid transformation over the last decade. Recognising that establishment of an aviation hub is a strong tool for economic development, GCC countries are investing billions in airport construction. Here, we look at the key projects underway, analysing their construction blueprints and the progress made to date.

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IATA hits back at the ‘lack of leadership’ from European governments over handling of the air travel chaos caused by Iceland’s volcano. Etihad continues its aggressive entry into the Iraqi market proving that the country’s fl agship carrier must do more to garner its market share. fl ydubai and Oman Air expand their networks and Gulf Air’s CEO explains how mass job cuts have helped the airline get promising results.

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Consulting bureau, IBA joined industry colleagues from across the globe to discuss the current state of the aviation

market at the Geneva Conference last week. But the real question on everyone’s minds – aside from the Icelandic volcano – was what the future might hold and how long it will be before the market stabilises? IBA commercial director Owen

Geach and senior analyst Alice Gondry hold the view that the industry downturn has now hit rock bottom and that signs of recovery can be seen, although it will be some time yet before values return to base rates, let alone the heady heights of 2007. Key highlights from IBA’s sessions include the following:• Aircraft values have declined across

the board.• Most aircraft market values have

dropped 10-20% from base values.• Some poor performing aircraft like

the MD80 have seen market values dropped 40% from base alone.For a copy of IBA’s full market

presentation, please contact Owen Geach on [email protected]

The last couple of years have certainly been a period of highs and lows as the successes - and excesses - that the aviation industry saw in 2008

came crashing down just 12 months later.As the industry attempted to put one

of the worst performing years on history behind it, 2010 began with renewed confi dence; until, that was, a volcano in Iceland erupted.

The latest meteorological events caused by the volcanic eruption near the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier during the last couple of weeks have threatened to devastate an already fragile industry. Airlines across the globe were forced to cancel hundreds of fl ights and ground fl eets at a cost amounting to some US$200 million says the airlines’ representative, IATA.

It has expressed concern that European governments have lacked leadership when making decisions on closing down airspace, and its director general and CEO Giovanni Bisignani has said that current risk assessment strategies are inadequate

Can airlines survive the latest disaster?

The only way is up ... but it’s a long road, says IBA commercial director Owen Geach

to cope with the scale of the situation.What is clear is that business is counting

the cost of the shutdown. The impact on the airline industry is said to have amounted to more than the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Whether or not airlines can survive this unforeseen chaos remains to be seen, but insurance companies have said that they are not obliged to offer any payouts to airlines (business interruption policies usually depend on damage being done to planes or airports). Therefore it is left to the airlines to seek compensation from European governments, but judging the way the situation has been handled thus far, some would argue that the fi nancial eruption could rumble on for some time to come.

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READER’S LETTERSGot an opinion? Have your say at...

Gulf airlines service ‘generation behind’ CathayI have to agree with Tyler about Cathay culture building. I have travelled only once with a Gulf carrier and, may I say, the service is not exactly what the airlines claim to offer. It may have excellent condition planes with great in-fl ight entertainment, but what is the use if the crew can’t even treat the passenger’s right. As a child I remember travelling on Cathay and travelling after many years back on Cathay, nothing seems different with the crew members; they are charming and helpful as ever. Yes there has been improvement over time with plane quality and in-fl ight services etc. I will always prefer Cathay.Roshan, Dubai

Top 10 Low Cost Airlines Serving The Middle EastI always appreciate reports on the grading of airlines to give confi dence in our recommendation to passengers, especially in area which both passsenger and travel agents are not familiar with. I hope your report is truthful and not based on how much advertising dollars the media can derive from the carriers. I hope Felix Airways was on the list and not totally left out to be considered.Ronnie Phua, Singapore

Etihad plane refused entry into Chinese airspaceEY was technically the fi rst to fl y to Tokyo on the 27th.EK fl ew on the 28th. But EK has been fl ying to Osaka for many years already and also had NGO fl ights, so it doesn’t matter anyway.MhuyheN, UAE

Bahrain airport closed following DHL engine blastIf in fact it was a bird, as reported, the age of the aircraft is immaterial. As to aging aircraft themselves, with

proper, albeit increasingly expensive maintenance, the lifecycle of an aircraft is virtually indefi nite. There are DC-3’s still operating. These are pre-World War II aircraft.John Grehan, Midland, USA

Is Royal Jordanian under-estimated in the Mideast?I worked for Royal Jordanian for almost 14 years, and witnessed the great progress Royal Jordanian embarked on. RJ may be not as big as Emirates or Etihad but you can be sure the service and the professionalism of RJ on the world aviation arena is something any one can be proud of. I wish RJ all the best and look forward, Enshallah, that RJ will not only be competing with these ‘mega airlines’ but gaining further grounds beyond. My family and I will always be very proud of RJ and its staff.Edmond J Philippi, Clarksville, USA

Time to sack striking BA staff There are many more issues at stake than a desire to be a law unto themselves. Well done Anil for taking the time out to have coffee with the maids in Dubai. I bet they wished they hadn’t wasted their time when no doubt he left them holding the bill! As a matter of interest I fi nd BA cabin crew as good as most in the air and more professional than most.Disturbed of Dubai, UAE

fl ydubai Turns Up The Heat Liberalisation has very positive impact and results. The fact is, all the LCCs are making a place in the market, obviously they are targeting a specifi c market and giving a choice to the customers. The neighboring countries in the region esspecially Pakistan should learn from Dubai.Asif Ahmed, Karachi

Oman Air hires female executive as country managerIt’s good to see females competing in all professions including aviation. Very challenging as well as exciting, as you are excelling your individual capabilities in very specialised fi elds of aviation industry. The important factor is to assess how you optimise your airlines operations and market share, while providing quality product and service which is more pertinent in a very competitive environment. I personally follow and keep my self abreast with the aviation industry being a part of this fraternity. Good luck.Asif Ahmed, Karachi

EgyptAir plane strikes lightpoles at Cairo airportIs Captain Hefni serious about his initial assessment? The facts of two light-poles and minor damage to the left wing of the aircraft do not make sense together. The claim that the passengers of the doomed Egypt Air fl ight were mostly Egyptians is highly disputed as the number of Egyptians traveling from Cairo to Hurghada can not reach 190 passengers in one fl ight. Ahmed Sultan

Royal Jordanian plane damagedAs one of the people that was on board of this plane, I can say that people WERE hurt, there was more then minor damages and the service was terrible, no one told us what is going on, no compensation provided. Diana

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IATA erupts over authorities handling of volcano crisisLEAD STORY

The International Air Trans-port Association (IATA) has sharply criticised European governments for their lack of leadership in handling air-space restrictions in light of the Icelandic volcano eruption and urged a re-think of the deci-sion-making process.

Air travel chaos ensued when a massive plume of vol-canic ash fi lled Europe’s skies on April 15. The situation ap-peared to be improving fi ve days later but travellers’ hopes were soon dashed as a new eruption of the volcano oc-curred on April 20.

During the crisis IATA di-rector general and CEO Gio-vanni Bisignani, said: “We are far enough into this crisis to express our dissatisfaction on how governments have man-aged it—with no risk assess-ment, no consultation, no co-ordination, and no leadership. This crisis is costing airlines at least US$200 million a day in lost revenues and the European economy is suffering billions of dollars in lost business.

“Governments must place greater urgency and focus on how and when we can safely re-open Europe’s skies. This means decisions based on risk-management, facts and utilising operational proce-dures that maintain safety,” said Bisignani.

IATA criticised Europe’s unique methodology of closing

airspace based on theoretical modeling of the ash cloud.

“This means that govern-ments have not taken their responsibility to make clear decisions based on facts. In-stead, it has been the air navi-gation service providers who announced that they would not provide service. And these de-cisions have been taken with-out adequately consulting the airlines. This is not an accept-able system particularly when the consequences for safety and the economy are so large.”

Bisignani went on to say that airlines had reported missed opportunities to fl y due to the European system which results in blanket closures of airspace.

“I challenge governments to agree on ways to fl exibly re-open airspace. Risk assess-ments should be able to help us re-open certain corridors, if not entire airspaces.”

Not only that, the natural disaster - which forced the European authorities to begin closing down European air-space on April 15 – has had a severe affect on all Middle East airlines.

On the fi fth day of cancella-tions (April 19) - at the height of the airspace closures - some 20% of Emirates’ fl eet - or 30 aircraft - remained on the ground. The disruption has cost the airline somewhere in the region of $10 million a day as Emirates continued to pro-vide hotel accommodation in Dubai for thousands of passen-gers who were in transit when the disruption began.

As the crisis came to an end on April 21, more than 250 Emir-ates’ fl ights had been cancelled and more than 80,000 passen-gers had been impacted by the ongoing disruption. Speaking

at the time, Emirates said: “It’s important to understand that this is a complex situation in-volving tens of thousands of people and becomes more com-plicated as the days go by. We appreciate how diffi cult it is for everyone affected.”

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways also said its services to the UK, Ireland and some European destinations had been cancelled, while other Gulf-based airlines had also been impacted by the saga.

Bahrain’s Gulf Air handed out free tickets to stranded pas-sengers as a gesture of goodwill, while Oman Air confi rmed at the time that its fl ights to the UK, France, and Germany had been cancelled since April 15, after the air traffi c control authorities in each of those countries closed their airspace.

“We are closely monitoring the situation and hope to be returning to normal conditions as soon as possible,” stated an Oman Air spokesperson on April 19.

But some carriers refused to sit tight and to assist gov-ernments in assessing risk, airlines such as Lufthansa and KLM conducted successful test fl ights in several European countries. IATA said the results had not shown any irregulari-ties or safety issues and added that the scale of airspace clo-sures currently seen in Europe was unprecedented.

“We have seen volcanic activity in many parts of the world but rarely has it resulted in airspace closures—and nev-er at this scale. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the US in 1980, we did not see large scale disruptions, because the deci-sions to open or close airspace were risk managed with no compromise on safety.”

The IATA director general called for an urgent meeting of the International Civil Avia-tion Organisation (ICAO), the specialised agency of the UN, to defi ne government responsi-bility for the decisions to open or close airspace in a coordi-

‘Lack of leadership’ from European governments is to blame for volcanic ash cloud air chaos, says IATA

The crisis – which began on April 15 and

lasted for six days – cost airlines at least US$200 million a day in lost revenues.Emirates grounded 20% of its fl eet, which cost the airline somewhere in the region of US$10 million a day.

We have seen volcanic activity in many parts of the world but rarely has it resulted in airspace closures—and never at this scaleIATA director general & CEO Giovanni Bisignani

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Etihad Airways has begun to operate fl ights from Abu Dhabi to Baghdad, becoming the fi rst airline in the UAE to fl y to Iraq.

The carrier will operate fi ve return services per week to Baghdad, operated by two-class Airbus A320 aircraft, and will expand its operation with two additional A320 re-turn services to a second Iraq destination – Erbil – from June 1, subject to government and regulatory approvals.

But analysts have comment-ed that this could spell trouble for the country’s fl ag carrier as it continues to struggle with on-going security concerns.

“Iraqi Airways orders for Boeing 737s and 787s will be rendered useless if security cannot be stepped up and im-proved throughout the coun-try,” FBE Aerospace analyst Saj Ahmad said.

“Ravaged by ongoing po-litical uncertainty and sectar-ian violence – Iraqi Airways represents the country on an

Etihad puts the squeeze on Iraqi Airways

NETWORK

fl ydubai will begin fl ights to Kabul in Afghanistan and the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor.

Services will start on May 17 and May 19 respectively.

Flights to the Afghan capital will start from AED 725 and will be fi ve times per week, whereas fl ights to Luxor will be priced at AED 350 and will be thrice weekly.

The news comes just one week after the low-cost airline announced new route destina-tions Assiut in Egypt and Is-tanbul in Turkey.

fl ydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith, said: “It is great to be

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international stage, and with many European and Arab carriers looking to re-enter the Iraqi market, there is a risk that the fl ag carrier could be left on the sidelines in pro-viding air services to millions of people.

“With a dysfunctional and disillusioned political appara-tus currently moving nowhere fast, the Government is in no position to either bail out or sustain such a niche entity.”

Etihad Airways is pursuing an aggressive line of entry into Iraq. The carrier launched a cargo operation to Baghdad in September 2009, and has re-cently commenced additional cargo fl ights to Erbil, which are expected to perform well.

During April, Germany’s largest carrier, Lufthansa also launched services from Frankfurt to the city of Erbil in Northern Iraq, fl ying four times a week.

able to announce another two routes today. This brings our network to 17 destinations and continues our commitment to make travel a little less com-plex, a little less stressful and a little less expensive and ensure more people travel to more destinations more often.

“Again these routes are a combination of the two differ-ent types of destinations we were set up to serve – those which have very few direct links to the UAE and those which are already popular routes but would benefi t from having an additional low- cost option.”

Oman Air will begin fl ights to Ras Al Khaimah on May 2.

A daily service will operate between Muscat and the emir-ate. It is the third destination in the UAE for Oman Air, the other two being Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Oman Air CEO Peter Hill, said: “Ras Al Khaimah is the fourth largest emirate in the UAE in terms of area and population and is a growing leisure destination.

“Oman Air’s foray into this new destination is sure to open a new market both for inbound and outbound travellers.”

The new route will be operated by Oman Air’s ATR aircrafts.

Oman Air adds RAK to network

Flagship carrier, Iraqi Airways continues to struggle with ongoing security concerns

Oman Air chief executive Peter Hill

fl ydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith has taken the carrier’s network to 17 destinations

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Abu Dhabi named ‘Most Improved’BUSINESS

Abu Dhabi International Air-port has been named the world’s ‘Most Improved Airport’ for 2009/2010 by Skytrax.

The title was awarded based on the votes of more than 9.8 million travellers from 100 dif-ferent countries.

Moving up to become the world’s number 26 airport – a jump of 47 places from the previous year – the success has largely been credited to the mul-ti-billion dollar programme of

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Gulf Air has made 300 staff cutbacks during the past 12 months, its CEO confi rmed in April.

In a statement, detailing the Bahrain carrier’s perform-ance growth fi gures for 2009, Samer Majali, said: “We are conscious of the fi nancial im-pact due to the total number of employees we have on our roll. We have started optimis-ing on this front and as a re-sult, we have now around 300 less staff in our strength than last year.”

The cutbacks have been achieved by a strict contract-renewal criteria, a freeze in recruitment except critical positions, and natural attri-tions such as resignations and retirements, Majali said.

As a result, Gulf Air’s fi g-ures for 2009 have shown that

300 job cuts at Gulf Air in one year its performance is improving.Despite the economic down-turn Gulf Air carried around 5.7 million passengers in 2009, which is slightly more than the number of passengers car-ried in 2008.

The Revenue Passen-ger Kilometres (RPK) also showed a better performance by registering a 2.1% growth. The overall fl ight punctual-ity reached 82.5% during the year registering an increase of 12.5% over 2008. Technical Dispatch Reliability reached 98.1%, well above the indus-try norms.

Figures for January and February 2010 have also shown ongoing improvements. The airline has made an over-all cost-saving of 12.3%. The seat factor registered a growth of 4.1% for the two months when compared to the same

investments being placed in the airport, including the Terminal 3 launched in Q1, 2009, and the focus in delivering high quality services to passengers.

“This is a fantastic endorse-ment of the hard work of man-agement and staff,” said ADAC chairman HE Khalifa Al Maz-rouei, the operator of Abu Dhabi International Airport.

“In the last year, ADAC has introduced a new termi-nal, new parking facilities, free wi-fi and use of new technolo-gies, as well as a unique travel retail and F&B offering, and a comprehensive service qual-ity training programme for our staff. Through these and other initiatives, we are creating ex-citing new facilities and offer award-wining services to all air travellers through Abu Dhabi International.”

Gulf Air CEO Samer Majali has maintained a strict recruitment policy to save money

Abu Dhabi airport’s new Terminal 3

period last year and Technical Dispatch Reliability for two months reached 98.8%.

The airline has fl own 870,000 passengers in these two months.

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Lufthansa Cargo and Mojix has successfully completed a pilot deployment of the MO-JIX STAR passive Real Time Location System (RTLS).

The RFID installation at the Lufthansa Cargo Centre in Frankfurt, Germany is the largest scale pilot application of passive RFID to date in the air cargo industry.

Lufthansa is testing the in-novative technology to locate single cargo shipments, pallets and containers on a realtime basis enabling better control of loading and shipping process-es, sustained improvement in effi ciency and quality of proc-esses, and reduced costs.

Lufthansa Cargo successfully pilots Radio Frequency ID system

BUSINESS

Chapman Freeborn is prepar-ing to cash in on the air travel chaos created by the Icelandic volcano, reporting that it has seen an eruption in demand for charters since the natural disaster began.

“There is suddenly a large number of charter requests to destinations where there is nor-mally ample scheduled capac-ity – for example fl ights from Europe to US hubs like New York and Chicago,” it said in a statement on April 20.

“Forwarders have been re-questing fl ights using airports anywhere in mainland Europe (e.g. Spain, Bulgaria etc), even if it means trucking freight far longer distances than would usually be considered.”

Chapman eyes volcano crisis backlog

STRATEGY

Mubadala Aerospace, a busi-ness unit of the Mubadala Development Company, has partnered with the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) to provide UAE Nationals with specialist training pro-grammes to develop them for a career in Abu Dhabi’s growing aerospace industry.

The first batch of stu-dents have now begun their training at the Al-Ain Inter-national Aviation Academy.

The training programmes, which cover both techni-cal and vocational fields for men and women, have been designed for Mubadala Aer-ospace’s STRATA facility; a state-of-the-art composites facility which will produce composite aerostructure components for existing aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and the next genera-tion of aircrafts.

Mubadala hones UAE Nationals’ technical skills

The courses will provide professional training for UAE Nationals to prepare them for careers as aircraft engineers, technicians and other specialist roles.

“Through our partnership with IAT, we are committed to developing a highly skilled national workforce that will lead the growth of a world class aerospace industry. It is one of the most exciting career opportunities in the UAE and we encourage all nationals to consider a future in this fi eld,” said Mubadala Aerospace executive director Homaid Al Shemmari.

In terms of the types of freight, Chapman Freeborn said it was seeing requests for pretty much everything - gener-al cargo, automotive cargo, oil and gas pieces and perishables.

“There is going to be a huge backlog and high de-mand for charters even when airspace reopens - including freight like perishables and other time-sensitive cargo,” the statement continued.

“However, freighter aircraft availability is going to be a major issue. There was limited capacity prior to these events, so clearing the backlog quickly is going to be a challenge for the industry.”

In other news, Chapman Freeborn has entered an exclu-

After extensive tests and simulations, Lufthansa Cargo will apply this new solution in a set of real processes, to be fol-lowed by a fully deployed pilot installation integrated into all real processes of Lufthansa Cargo in Frankfurt.

“Lufthansa Cargo proves again its leadership in de-ploying innovative technolo-gies,” said Lufthansa Cargo board member operation Karl-Heinz Köpfl e.

“Our target is to integrate the RFID technology into our handling processes to increase the reliability of loading and transport processes.”

The tracking of air cargo processes in real-time in large facilities is a competitive ad-vantage for Lufthansa Cargo, Köpfl e added.

“We want to pass these new improvements and benefi ts of automated RFID based data exchange on to our customers in the near future.”

sive block space agreement with Safi Airways in Europe.

Safi , a privately owned Af-ghan airline, has expanded its service to fi ve fl ights a week from Frankfurt to Kabul.

Through the agreement with Chapman Freeborn, cargo customers can send kilo shipments on the only regular direct service from Europe to the Afghan capital.

Chapman Freeborn says its charter business has jumped during the last two weeks

A family day at STRATA on April 15, 2010

REGIONAL NEWS 11


Yemen Airways (Yemenia) has launched its online book-ing service to passengers.

The airline has chosen to use the E-Commerce Platform from IT specialist, SITA.

Yemen Airways chairman Captain Abdulkhalik Alkadi, said: “Being able to provide self-service booking to our passengers is great progress.

“It will bypass the tradi-tional system and make the booking process easier, as well as saving us signifi cant costs,” he added.

Yemenia’s online booking goes live

FLEET

Royal Jet has penned an air-craft management agreement with UAE-based business con-glomerate Al Habtoor Group.

The luxury fl ight services company will manage the day to day running of Al Habtoor’s

Royal Jet and Al Habtoor sign deal

BUSINESS

Airport systems integration provider, Bayanat Airports Engineering & Supplies (BAES) has been awarded the project to design, sup-ply and install a Naviga-tion Aid system (Instrument Landing System) for Al Ba-teen Executive Airport by the Supervision Commit-tee for the expansion of the Abu Dhabi International Airport (SCADIA).

Bayanat Airports will de-sign, supply and install the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) along with fi bre optics backbone, appro-priate shelters and fl ight cali-brations for successful ICAO CAT I certifi cation at Al Ba-teen Executive Airport.

During previous contracts, the company has supplied, installed and commissioned the Legal Voice and Radar Recording and Replaying sys-tems at Al Bateen Executive

Bayanat Airports expands UAE servicesairport and the Wind Direc-tion Indicator and Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) System at the Sir Bani Yas Island Airport.

“Bayanat Airports has a great track record having successfully executed a large number of airport projects in the UAE and the Middle East region,” said SCADIA systems design manager Talal Al Jouhi.

“Having worked with Bayanat on a number of our projects, we have seen their capabilities and achievements demonstrated at Abu Dhabi International Airport and have offered us the best solu-tion in installing communica-tion and navigation systems at our new projects, Sir Bani Yas Island Airport and Al Bateen Executive Airport.”

Bayanat Airports general manager Alain Bourjeily add-ed: “This further strengthens our presence in this territory as we expand our works into

Embraer Lineage 1000 aircraft, for which Royal Jet oversaw the company’s purchase of the plane, prepared the technical specifi cations and conducted the associated fi nancial, com-mercial and technical reviews.

“In 2008, Royal Jet acted as consultants on the purchase of our aircraft and negotiated the deal with us,” said Mohammed Al Habtoor.

“Throughout the build, Royal Jet project management team, led by Nizar Jazzar, vice president aircraft project engi-neering and business develop-ment has also supervised pro-duction and consulted with the manufacturer, interior design and engineering teams.

“As such, we are delighted that Royal Jet will manage the aircraft as well.”

The Lineage 1000 advanced business jet can seat up to 19 passengers, with a range of 4400 nautical miles. The 84 ft (25.7 m) luxury interior divides

into fi ve separate zones which include a bedroom and shower.

Royal Jet CEO Shane O’Hare added: “We are now able to offer guests the full range of aircraft capacity and prices right through from our Lear Jet 60 with six passengers to the largest fl eet in the world of Boeing Business Jets. This enables our guests to manage their needs around the right capacity and price points for their requirements.. This ar-rangement brings together two of the most established UAE companies and we take great pride in the fact that Al Habtoor are continuing to work with us.”

Delivery of Al Habtoor’s Embraer is scheduled for August 1. Royal Jet CEO Shane O’Hare and Mohammed Al Habtoor agree the deal’s terms

Bayanat Airports GM Alain Bourjeily

SITA’s E-Commerce Platform in use

other regional airports, which ADAC has recently been ap-pointed to manage. These projects were of very high im-portance to us as we were able to prove our added values as airport system integrator for the various technology fi elds.”

Prior to completing these projects, Bayanat Airports had also participated in the recently inaugurated Air Traffi c Control Centre, ‘The Sheikh Zayed Centre’, operat-ed by the General Civil Avia-tion Authority for the control and regulation of civil avia-tion in the UAE.


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The UAE saw a 12% growth in total air movements during the fi rst quarter of 2010, the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said in April.

Total air movements in the fi rst three months of the year were 153,000 compared to 137,000 during the same period last year, the authority said in a statement.

Average daily air traffi c movements in March were 1734, which represents an increase of 12.5% when compared to the 1,542 air traffi c movements in the same period last year.

GCAA’s monthly report for March also showed that total UAE air traffi c movements were 53,750 an increase of almost 12.5% when compared to March 2009.

Flights from Dubai made up almost 46% of total UAE air traffi c movements last month.

Through fl ights were second with 11,535 fl ights, and Abu Dhabi ranked third.

GCAA director general Saif Mohammad Al Suwaidi, said: “The fi gures highlight the success of the UAE in maintaining a high level of stability amid the current conditions.”

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hen Dubai announces that it is building the world’s larg-

est airport at its new super-hub Dubai World Central (DWC),

the world stands up and pays at-tention. However, even super-hubs are not completely invincible to

delays caused by a global economic recession. Over a year later than ex-

pected, Al Maktoum International Airport is now back on track to fulfi l its promise of becoming the world’s largest passenger and cargo hub with its fi rst sec-tion, cargo operations, due to start from June 27.

The vision for the US$33 billion airport has always been hugely ambitious. Even without a global economic slow-down on the cards, the unprecedented super-hub project, Dubai World Central, in which the airport is based, was always going to be a monster to manage. The chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum himself boldly promised an “unparalleled global commercial, trade and transporta-tion hub with a unique integrated multi-modal logistics platform….which will change all known air, land and sea transportation parameters”.

As part of the team responsible for the development of the new airport in this revolutionary development, Andrew Walsh, vice president for cargo and logistics at Dubai World Central, defi antly asserts that the air-port has in fact made remarkable progress considering the fi nancial climate.

“The airport started construction in 2005/2006 and there was speculation of opening in 2008. But for such a large development that was always just unrealistic,” he argues. “Inevitably with a project of that size, it

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It made sense for cargo to start as that was one of the primary drivers for the airport being there

2005Construction work begins on

the airport at Dubai World Central

has had some issues with the construction which has led us to say that the middle of 2010 is the right date to open.”

Walsh himself has only been involved in the project for 18 months, but has had the satisfaction of seeing the airport be-come a reality.

“This is such an exciting opportunity for Dubai,” he enthuses. “I have been in-volved in making sure that the new airport is fi t for purpose and that it suits our needs as the airport operator.”

With the new addition of the cargo and logistics remit under his belt, Walsh’s job has certainly not been an easy one. Meet-ing such huge expectations from the start, the airport has indeed done well to reduce its delays and start operations. Consider-ing the long-term planning and future development of the project, this setback is unsurprisingly not one Walsh wishes to stagnate upon. Afterall, once fully completed, the new airport will have fi ve runways, four passenger terminals with a potential capacity to accommodate a stag-gering 160 million arrivals a year and 18 cargo terminals with a capacity of a whop-ping 600,000 tonnes.

Whilst the airport will start with a mod-erate, at least by its own standards, cargo capacity of 250,000 tonnes a year, the facili-ties are geared up to handle much more.

“The cargo terminal building has been designed for a maximum of 600,000 tonnes per annum,” says Walsh. “ We haven’t yet fi tted the entire building out with all the equipment we need to get up to this level but that is part of our phasing process – to increase capacity as demand increases.”

Walsh is confi dent that the demand for cargo will continue to increase and that Al Maktoum International’s ability to offer a cargo capacity unparalleled in the rest of the world will give it an advantage over other super-hubs. Dubai’s own impressive cargo traffi c record supports this further. A new report by the Airports Council Inter-national (ACI) places Dubai International

Airport as fi fth in the world for cargo traf-fi c. Even more impressively, Dubai saw an increase of 5.6% in cargo traffi c last year – making it one of only three airports to record a growth. Globally, airports in gen-eral saw cargo volumes decline by 8.2%. These impressive statistics led the ACI report to positively conclude that the Mid-dle East had had a “more stable overall performance curve” last year compared to other regions.

Dubai Airport’s own fi gures for this year also show a strong growth, with car-go handled in February totalling 171,707 tonnes, up an astonishing 26.7% from a year ago.

“If you look back over the fi rst two months of the year, we have seen a growth of cargo in DIA,” agrees Walsh.” Last year we fi nished the year 5.6% up when the rest of the world was in decline. There is defi n-itively good growth potential in the short, medium, and longer-term.”

Certainly on the cargo front, Al Mak-toum International promises some very ex-

citing facilities aimed at further driv-ing up this demand. Walsh him-

self is enthused by the current changes in the way supply chains are delivered, in-cluding the increase in sea-air conversions. With the adjacency of Jebel Ali Port,

loading freight arriving by sea onto planes at the new air-

port will be much faster, more effi cient and therefore more desirable to its customers.

“Cargo and logistics is a hot reinvigor-ated subject in Dubai at the moment, and it is great to be part of that,” he stresses. “We have an opportunity to actually make Dubai an easier place to do business and to become a really competitive global hub.”

Of course, Dubai remains beauti-fully placed geographically as a hub for the region – providing a go-between for South East Europe, CIS, the Indian sub-continent, Africa and the rest of the Mid-dle East. Being based at the Dubai World Central super-hub with its benefi t of years of forward planning, also gives the airport a distinct edge as a part of the integrated multi-modal supply chain. As well as the excellent and renowned facilities at Jebel Ali port, the airport’s other neighbour Du-bai Logistics City (DLC) is a massive one-stop shop for warehouses and logistics of-fi ces. With everything in one neat location, it’s no wonder that the airport’s developer is feeling confi dent about the future.

Unlike many other airports that are geared up specifi cally for passenger fl ights, where cargo is almost an afterthought, Al Maktoum International has been developed with at least an equal importance being giv-en to cargo operations. It is almost predicta-ble that the airport would launch with cargo as opposed to passenger operations.

“The airport as a whole was developed on that site as part of the vision to have

The Cargo Terminal at Dubai World Central

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DUBAI WORLD CENTRAL

a multi-modal hub predominantly built around the cargo and lo-gistics operations,” Walsh con-curs. “A primary reason for the airport to be there is that co-location with the port, the development of the hub and the access to the road infra-structure at that point. It made sense for cargo to start as that was one of the primary drivers for the airport being there.”

The other key driver was to reduce the pressure on its existing sister airport, Du-bai International. Nearly a victim of its own success in terms of both cargo and passenger throughput, Dubai Airport has a limit in its capacity to handle the growth expected in the future. “We are certainly moving up in ranks as the largest cargo airport in the world and we know that in the foreseeable future there is going to be pressure on that in terms of our overall capacity,” admits Walsh. “It made sense to make cargo the fi rst move at the new air-port to help start relieving some pressure on Dubai International.”

With the new airport being viewed as a solution to Dubai’s potential future aviation constraint, it is envisaged that together both the airports will be able to handle the region’s growing cargo and passenger numbers.

“We are predominantly looking at mov-ing airlines from Dubai International rather than taking new airlines in at this point as we do recognise that there needs to be some relief of some of the pressure there, “ says Walsh. This may even lead to a modifi ca-tion of the cargo facilities, with Dubai Air-port cargo operations predominantly being around the belly-hold cargo within the pas-senger aircraft.”

Unfortunately due to confi -dentiality, Walsh has to remain

quiet about which airlines have already signed up to join the airport in the near future. There has been talk that the region’s fl agship car-

rier, Emirates Airlines, will be delaying its relocation to the new

airport by up to 10 years. Walsh however, remains optimistic.

“Our fi rst phase is to show the potential to the airlines and encourage those airlines to move across. We would like to be able to get to 250,000 tonnes of cargo within the fi rst year through a phasing of airline moves,” he says.

Walsh remains similarly hesitant to give a date for the commencement of the passenger side of operations. “We haven’t set a date at this time,” he says noncom-mittally. “The passenger facility is at its fi nal stages of construction and is substan-tially complete now. If you went out to the site, you’d see that we are fi tting out the terminal, building the car park and fore-court area and doing fi nishing touches in effect.” The passenger terminal aims to have a capacity of 7 million passengers, with the space to cater to 160 million an-nually in around 10 year’s time.

Last year, Dubai International itself received over 40 million passengers and is now being expanded to receive 75 million

by 2012. With the numbers of arrivals into the region expected to nearly double that in the next 15 years, it is clear that the ex-isting airport will not be able to cope with this expected growth. So once cargo opera-tions at Al Maktoum airport are success-fully underway, passenger operations look set to follow. “What we didn’t want to do was to put too much pressure on the air-port by opening both passenger and cargo at the same time,” Walsh states.

For now, the future for the airport is looking very bright and Walsh expects this growth to continue.

“What I see for DWC is that cargo is go-ing to incrementally grow over the next few years and we will keep adding capacity as the demand is there,” he predicts confi dent-ly. “Tenants are taking up facilities in DLC and as that part of the community grows, there will be a demand for the airlines to continue to operate out of the airport. We have a phased master plan which increases its capacity over the next 15 years.”

With so many advantages, the airport promises to go from strength to strength.

“We’ve been asked before how do we compare to our competitors in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, but our competitors are air-ports like Hong Kong and Singapore,” says Walsh. “Although we do obviously look at our regional competitors, we are in the global business here. We want to take our rightful place in the world.”

The Passenger Terminal at Dubai World Central

5.6%increase in cargo traffi c at

Dubai International Airport in 2009

Inevitably with a project of that size, it has had some issues with the construction

which has led us to say that the middle of 2010 is the right date to open


GLOBAL AIRPORT REVIEW18

GLOBAL AIRPORT REVIEW

Following the recession, airports are fi nally experiencing an upward swing with their passenger and cargo volumes. Airports Council International (ACI) takes a look at the top performers for 2009.

GLOBAL AIRPORT REVIEW 19


MIDDLE EAST AIRPORT REVIEW

Dubai International Airport

PASSENGER VOLUMES

Year-to-date Dec 2009/2008

According to the Airports Council Interna-tional director general Angela Gittens, 2009 was a year of great fi nancial challenge for many airports around the world. The glo-bal results for the year were less depressed than originally anticipated however, and this was due, in part, to the continual in-crease in passenger and freight traffi c in the Middle East. Despite a sharp fall in passenger numbers at Dubai International in September, the Middle East maintained a more stable overall performance curve throughout the year when compared to other regions across the globe. The posi-tive numbers and ongoing stability helped boost fourth quarter global traffi c growth to 3.5% after a fl at third quarter, the ACI confi rmed. Cargo declines were somewhat more dramatic across the region, but re-mained strong when compared to other re-gions. In January 2009 the Middle East continued to be the only region registering total traf-fi c growth. The decline in international freight was signifi cant indicating a collapse of global export trade. Worldwide the pic-ture was bleak and cargo traffi c fell 8.2%.

CITY/COUNTRYPASSENGERS CARGO MOVEMENTS

‘% CHG (tonnes) % CHG % CHG

ABU DHABI, AE 9,672,330 7.3 382,523 7.4 102,118 9.6

AL AIN, AE 92,389 -38.9 2646 -11.4 3273 17.2

AMMAN, JO 4,770,769 6.5 82,183 -5.8 57,766 12.6

BAHRAIN, BH 9,053,631 3.4 342,734 -6.9 103,727 2.5

BEIRUT, LB 4,985,499 22.0 72,589 5.8 66,741 22.6

DUBAI, AE 40,901,752 9.2 1,927,520 5.6 281,181 4.0

KUWAIT, KW 8,188,044 12.7 197,984 9.9 95,518 8.0

MUSCAT, OM 4,556,502 13.9 64,419 10.1 55,330 21.3

RAL AL KHAIMAH, AE 23,546 n/a 5935 -29.7 13,470 -22.0

SHARJAH, AE 5,764,098 9.2 421,398 16.1 64,330 1.0

9.2%rise in passenger traffi c

in December 2009 when compared to 2008



Beijing International Airport

PASSENGER VOLUMES

ASIA PACIFIC AIRPORT REVIEW




BANGKOK, TH 40,500,269 4.9 1,045,194 10.9 257,860 3.4

BEIJING, CN 65,329,851 16.8 1,420,977 4.0 488,495 13.6

GUANGZHOU, CN 37,048,550 10.8 955,271 39.3 308,863 10.2

HONG KONG, HK 45,560,888 4.8 3,384,765 7.5 288,166 6.9

INCHEON, KR 28,677,161 4.9 2,313,001 4.6 200,684 5.6

JAKARTA, ID 36,466,823 13.3 433,304 7.0 268,624 7.7

KUALA LUMPUR, MY 29,682,093 7.8 601,409 9.7 226,755 0.4

SHANGHAI, CN 31,902 992 13.0 2,539,284 2.3 287,725 8.5

SINGAPORE, SG 37,203,978 1.3 1,660,851 11.8 244,974 4.3

TOKYO, JP 61,903,656 7.2 779,103 8.3 321,430 1.2

Top 20BANGKOK, THBEIJING, CNBRISBANE, AUCHENGDU, CNGUANGZHOU, CNHONG KONG, HKINCHEON, KRJAKARTA, IDKUALA LUMPUR, MYKUNMING, CNMANILA, PHMELBOURNE, AUMUMBAI, INNEW DELHI, INSHANGHAI, CNSHENZHEN, CNSINGAPORE, SGSYDNEY, AUTAIPEI, TWTOKYO, JP



Heathrow International Airport

PASSENGER VOLUMES

EUROPE AIRPORT REVIEW




AMSTERDAM, NL 43,569,553 8.1 1,314,938 17.9 406,969 8.9

BARCELONA, ES 27,301,493 9.7 92,181 13.1 278,965 13.3

FRANKFURT, DE 50,932,840 4.7 1,887,718 10.6 463,111 4.7

ISTANBUL, TR 29,854,119 4.3 381,177 6.0 283,929 2.8

LONDON, GB 66,037,578 1.5 1,349,574 9.2 466,393 2.6

MADRID, ES 48,248,890 5.1 331,422 7.9 435,179 7.4

MUNICH, DE 32,681,067 5.4 229,094 11.8 396,805 8.2

PARIS, FR 57,884,954 4.9 1,818,503 10.8 525,314 6.2

ROME, IT 33,723,213 4.0 138,780 9.3 324,485 6.4

ZURICH, CH 21,879,095 0.8 283,034 7.9 262,188 4.7

Top 20AMSTERDAM, NLATHENS, GRBARCELONA, ESBRUSSELS, BECOPENHAGEN, DKDUBLIN, IEFRANKFURT, DEISTANBUL, TRLONDON, GBMADRID, ESMILAN, ITMOSCOW, RUMUNICH, DEOSLO, NOPALMA DE MALLORCA, ESPARIS, FRROME, ITSTOCKHOLM, SEVIENNA, ATZURICH, CH



Atlanta City Airport

PASSENGER VOLUMES

NORTH AMERICA AIRPORT REVIEW

JAN FEB MAR APR MA Y JUN JUL A UG SEP OCT NOV DE C




ATLANTA GA, US 87,993,451 2.3 559,081 14.0 970,235 0.8

CHICAGO IL, US 64,397,891 8.8 1,150,027 14.1 827,679 6.1

DALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, US 56,030,457 1.9 601,780 8.6 638,782 2.5

DENVER CO, US 50,167,485 2.1 224,387 10.6 606,006 2.2

HOUSTON TX, US 39,993,236 4.1 372,554 9.6 578,150 5.8

LAS VEGAS NV, US 40,460,310 8.2 87,561 2.1 511,064 11.7

LOS ANGELES CA, US 56,518,605 5.5 1,506,295 7.6 545,210 12.4

NEW YORK NY, US 45,912,430 3.9 1,135,043 21.8 412,980 5.2

PHOENIX AZ, US 37,824,982 5.2 217,320 12.4 457,207 9.0

SAN FRANCISCO CA, US 37,366,287 0.2 408,101 17.1 379,751 2.1

Top 20ATLANTA GA, USBOSTON MA, USCHARLOTTE NC, USCHICAGO IL, USDALLAS/FORT WORTH TX, USDENVER CO, USDETROIT MI, USHOUSTON TX, USLAS VEGAS NV, USLOS ANGELES CA, USMIAMI FL, USMINNEAPOLIS MN, USNEW YORK NY, USNEWARK NJ, USORLANDO FL, USPHILADELPHIA PA, USPHOENIX AZ, USSAN FRANCISCO CA, USSEATTLE WA, USTORONTO ON, CA



Mexico City Airport

PASSENGER VOLUMES

SOUTH AMERICA AIRPORT REVIEW




BRASILIA, BR 12,645,739 16.1 50,388 11.0 162,349 14.8

BUENOS AIRES, AR 7,910,048 1.3 162,806 20.8 67,488 5.0

CANCUN, MX 11,330,442 11.4 16,385 0.7 110,958 8.6

CARACAS, VE 8,773,461 0.6 61,355 9.5 145,124 0.1

LIMA, PE 8,771,060 5.9 232,375 2.8 104,966 6.3

MEXICO CITY, MX 24,396,682 6.9 324,837 15.1 348,060 5.0

RIO DE JANEIRO, BR 12,106,945 9.2 110,853 7.0 119,287 8.7

SALVADOR, BR 7,774,620 15.9 44,796 23.0 102,211 6.7

SANTIAGO., CL 9,024,611 0.2 255,789 14.2 99,080 2.0

SÃO PAULO, BR 22,331,569 6.4 382,723 19.5 209,636 8.0

Top 20BELO HORIZONTE, BRBRASILIA, BRBUENOS AIRES, ARCAMPINAS, BRCANCUN, MXCARACAS, VEGUADALAJARA, MXLIMA, PEMEXICO CITY, MXMONTERREY, MXPANAMA CITY, PAPORTO ALEGRE, BRPUNTA CANA, DOQUITO, ECRECIFE, BRRIO DE JANEIRO, BRSALVADOR, BRSANTIAGO., CLSÃO PAULO, BRTIJUANA, MX



Johannesburg Airport

PASSENGER VOLUMES

AFRICA AIRPORT REVIEW




ALGIERS, DZ 4,474,970 8.4 21,931 3.8 61,596 12.7

CAIRO, EG 14,378,842 0.1 285,839 1.5 142,355 3.7

CAPE TOWN, ZA 7,725,223 4.4 N/A N/A 93,235 4.5

CASABLANCA, MA 6,393,165 3.0 53,795 6.0 72,760 1.5

DURBAN, ZA 4,310,095 3.3 4707 148.9 52,382 0.7

JOHANNESBURG, ZA 17,607,255 5.5 252,063 19.5 202,421 5.5

LAGOS, NG 5,654,122 9.1 175,827 9.4 83,149 1.2

NAIROBI, KE 5,077,968 7.0 263,070 12.5 80,195 5.1

SHARM EL SHEIKH, EG 7,420,215 4.2 N/A N/A 56,179 5.2

TUNIS, TN 4,257,455 0.8 19,390 3.9 57,795 2.8

Top 20ADDIS ABABA, ETAGADIR, MAALGIERS, DZCAIRO, EGCAPE TOWN, ZACASABLANCA, MADAKAR, SNDAR ES SALAAM, TZDJERBA, TNDURBAN, ZAHURGHADA, EGJOHANNESBURG, ZALAGOS, NGLUXOR, EGMARRAKECH, MAMONASTIR, TNNAIROBI, KEPLAINE MAGNIEN, MUSHARM EL SHEIKH, EGTUNIS, TN

he GCC’s aviation sector has undergone rapid transforma-

tion over the last decade. Recognising that establish-ing a hub – backed by an international brand – was a strong tool for develop-ment, Dubai with Emir-ates, Abu Dhabi with Eti-

had and Qatar with Qatar Airways have ploughed billions of dollars into their re-spective aviation markets.

Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman too have established strong regional hubs and are continuing to modernise their airport infrastructure.

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Big hittersA look at the biggest aviation projects currently underway in the GCC

US$3bSBG’s bid to win the upgrade contract for King Abdulaziz International Airport

We take a look at fi ve of the biggest aviation projects currently underway in the GCC, beginning with the biggest po-tential market, Saudi Arabia.

Despite being left behind by the invest-ment of its GCC neighbours, the kingdom – buoyed by record budget spending – has embarked upon a massive up-grade programme. In particu-lar, the kingdom’s airports are undergoing extensive and radical overhaul’s to ensure Saudi Arabia will become a major hub by 2035 – and at the same time catch up with newer hubs such as Dubai.

KING ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, JEDDAH The kingdom’s largest contractor, Saudi Binladin Group this month secured the low-bid for two of the largest contracts set to be awarded in 2010 for the upgrade of the King Abdulaziz International air-

port in Jeddah. A number of international and

local fi rms had submitted bids for two design and build contracts, which covered infrastructure and construction of the terminal and affi liated works. SBG sub-mitted bids valued at US$3bn

(SR11.3bn) for the terminal and $3.7bn for the infrastructure. Other

The kingdom’s vision for King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah

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Unlike the rest of the GCC, Saudi Arabia’s primary target is to meet demand from religious tourists embarking upon the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages

bidders for the work included Almabani General Contractors, El-Seif Engineering & Contracting Company, China Harbour Engineering Company and Joannou & Paraskevaides with Murray & Roberts.

Known as the King Abdulaziz Inter-national Airport Development Project (KADP), it will be developed in three phas-es. Phase one – which includes the overhaul and construction of two passenger termi-nals, construction of a general aviation ter-minal, desalination plant and other facili-ties – is scheduled for completion in 2012, while phase 3 is scheduled for 2035.

The new terminal will include a new terminal with 42 departure gates, aircraft hangers, new control tower, railway sta-tion zone and maintenance facilities.

Unlike the rest of the GCC, Saudi Ara-bia’s primary target is to meet demand from religious tourists embarking upon the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. Jeddah acts as the gateway to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, with approximately

AL MAKTOUM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DUBAI Al Maktoum International airport – part of the massive $33bn Dubai World Cen-tral project – is set to open its fi rst phase on June 27 for cargo. The site will also feature a logistics centre and a number of residential developments. When com-plete Al Maktoum will be able to handle 160 million passengers a year, making it one of the world’s largest airports.

While falling demand and room for renegotiation on contracts has affected the pace of the projects, its overall design has not altered. Anticipating long-term growth, the government is developing the new airport near Jebel Ali Free zone. It is not clear at this stage, however, when commercial fl ights will begin operating out of the airport.

The budget has been revised but when fi nally completed the site will feature 4km of runways, a cargo terminal, passenger terminal, utilities complex and associated facilities. Other phases will see the con-struction of further runways, a 10km un-derground cargo tunnel to Jebel Ali port and baggage and cargo handling facilities.

A consortium featuring the local Arabtec Construction and Malaysia’s WCT Engineering won the construction contract for the airport in 2006. Mean-while, Dubai airport’s $1.17bn concourse three, designed specifi cally to take the A380 is scheduled to open in 2012.

2.5 million visitors during the Hajj period alone. Up to seven million perform the Umrah over the course of a year.

In addition to these plans, Saudi Ara-bia plans a number of ‘airport cities’ within the kingdom where people can live, shop, study and attend conferences. Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam have all been earmarked as sites where these cit-ies will be developed.

Arabian Business, citing Bloomberg reported the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) had shortlisted four groups for a $2.4bn project to build and operate facilities at an Airport City linked to Jeddah. It will take approximately 10 years to complete and is part of a plan to attract $5.86bn in investment to build, own and operate an airport and terminal related facilities, according to Alaa Sam-man, director of business development for domestic airports at GACA.

The winning bids are expected in Au-gust, he added.

A computer generated image of the Passenger Terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central

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PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN ABDULAZIZ AIRPORT, MEDINAIn addition to Prince Abdulaziz at Jeddah, GACA is in the process of prequalifying fi rms for the public-private partnership (PPP) deal to develop the $1.5bn fi rst phase of the Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Airport expansion at Medina.

Bids for the fi rst phase are due in Sep-tember, with an award expected by the end of November. Construction is then due to start one year later. A number of fi rms have been prequalifi ed including SBG and Almabani General Contractors.

GACA will renovate the airport to en-able a much-increased capacity of 14 mil-lion passengers per year, compared to the 3.5 million passengers a year. Construction will involve a new passenger terminal, ren-ovation of the existing runway and a pos-sible second runway. This second phase is expected to take place between 2021 and 2024 and is expected to push up the overall cost to $2.4bn.

The expansion of Medina airport – the fi rst that GACA is developing under a PPP contract - is part of the kingdom’s wider plan to develop more than $10.5bn of air-port projects to increase capacity across the kingdom.

In total, GACA is upgrading 16 out of a total of 27 domestic airports.

ABU DHABI EXPANSION Like its neighbouring emirate, Abu Dhabi is anticipating a marked increase in pas-senger and cargo traffi c over the coming years and has subsequently planned for this. The Abu Dhabi Airports Company is constructing a new airport near the existing site, under the Supervision Com-mittee for Expansion of Abu Dhabi In-ternational Airport (SCADIA) to increase passenger traffi c from seven million cur-rently to 32 million.

To be completed in two phases the project will include a 21-storey air traf-fi c control tower (ATCC), Etihad passen-ger terminal, midfi eld terminal complex, 4.1km runway and a number of taxiways and commercial areas.

The contract for the midfi eld terminal complex is expected to be awarded in the fourth quarter this year and will be com-pleted by 2015. The contract will see a

new terminal built between Abu Dhabi’s International airport’s two runways with a total built-up area of 630,000 square metres and the capacity of handling up to 20 million passengers per year. It will also feature a multi-storey car park.

A number of groups are understood to have submitted prequalifi cation forms. These include ACC with Bouygues, Sam-sung Corporation and Six Construct Abu Dhabi. Bechtel Corporation with Enka and the Al Jaber Group and Al Habtoor Leight-on with Murray & Roberts and Hochtief.

Al Habtoor Engineering & Murray & Roberts were awarded the EPC contract for the Etihad passenger terminal, which was completed in 2008. The ATCC is be-ing built by Ascon and Kumho Engineer-ing & Construction Company and is due to be completed in the second quarter.

Foundation, piling and excavation works are currently underway.

Abu Dhabi International Airport’s terminal building will have a total built-up area of 630,000 square metres

Etihad Airways’ dedicated Terminal 3 at Abu Dhabi International Airport

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ELSEWHERE IN THE REGIONIraq’s Ministry of Transport is looking to develop aviation facilities, which meet in-ternational standards to receive pilgrims and tourists. In total, it plans to meet a capacity of 30 million passengers per year on a site of 220 acres at Karbala. Details of the projects include a runway, taxiway, apron, terminal, passenger bridges, air traffi c control tower and administrative buildings. The project has an estimated value of $3bn.

Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is looking to expand the number of passengers annually pass-ing through the airport to 20 million,

NEW DOHA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, QATARWork is also still ongoing on the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) in Doha. Following the success of Qatar Airways, it was decided the existing fa-cilities were inadequate and work is now ongoing to build a new airport in excess of 22 square kilometres with the ability to handle 50 million passengers. This will make it three times the size of the current airport and six times the capacity.

With a spiralling budget estimated now at $11bn (previously it was $5.5bn), the fi rst phase of the airport is expected to open in 2011. This will comprise of two runways and a 140,000 square-foot termi-nal, 24 gates and the capacity to handle 12 million passengers per year. Phase three is due to be completed in 2015.

At the beginning of the year, a number of contractors submitted bids for a $600+million contract to build an ex-tension to the passenger terminal. An award is expected in the second quar-ter of this year. The extension includes a fi ve-storey structure covering 127,000 square metres.

Those fi rms understood to have bid include Six Construct, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Com-pany and China State Construction Engineering Corporation.

This will connect with the main pas-senger terminal currently being built by a consortium featuring Taisei Corporation and TAV.

The second phase of the expansion will double capacity to 24 million.

from the current six million. It will also be able to receive the new Airbus A380. A new terminal building will be linked to the existing terminal via a tunnel and the new design incorporates a hotel, car parks, new maintenance hangers and both existing runways will be extended by 600 metres.

Oman’s Ministry of Transport & Com-munication is pushing ahead with expan-sion plans for airports at the capital Mus-cat and Salalah to raise passenger capac-ity to seven million.

Consisting of fi ve phases the Ministry plans to develop airside facilities, an air traffi c control tower, a passenger termi-nal, the redevelopment of Salalah airport and deliver updated airport IT systems.

EPC contracts for new passenger terminals at Muscat and Salalah are ex-pected to be awarded in July. For the capital, this will involve the construction of a 290,000 square metre airport termi-nal. Work is expected to start in the sec-ond half of the year. Firms understood to have submitted bids are Joannou & Par-askevaides (J&P), TAV, CCC, Bechtel and Larsen & Toubro.

New Doha International Airport’s Passenger Terminal


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AVIATION DATA

May 2010

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A SUMMARY OF LATEST INDUSTRY STATISTICS FROM AROUND THE WORLDKnowledge of passenger numbers is crucial to improving the aviation business, particularly during the current economic slowdown. Every month we bring you up-to-date industry fi gures

Passengers = total passengers enplaned and deplaned (transit passengers counted once). Cargo = loaded and unloaded freight & mail. Source = Airports Council International *Growth rate > 200% or < -50% due to extraordinary circumstances, i.e. war, social and political unrest, major sports events, new routes.

AVIATION FACTS & FIGURESFACTS & FIGURES

JANUARY 2010/2009 YEAR-TO-DATE JANUARY 2010/2009CITY/COUNTRY PASSENGERS CARGO MOVEMENTS PASSENGERS CARGO MOVEMENTS

(tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG

MIDDLE EASTABU DHABI, UAE 902,528 11.2 31,753 26.1 9117 13.3 902,528 11.2 31,753 26.1 9117 13.3

BAHRAIN 730,782 2.5 26,361 2.4 9013 5.5 730,782 2.5 26,361 2.4 9013 5.5

BEIRUT, LEBANON 369,694 20.7 5369 4.3 5134 12.0 369,694 20.7 5369 4.3 5134 12.0

DUBAI, UAE 3,861,525 17.0 171,453 31.5 25,522 8.9 3,861,525 17.0 171,453 31.5 25,522 8.9

KUWAIT 665,419 13.6 14,575 5.1 6769 (10.3) 665,419 13.6 14,575 5.1 6769 (10.3)

MUSCAT, OMAN 439,709 24.0 7265 60.6 5382 28.1 439,709 24.0 7265 60.6 5382 28.1

SHARJAH, UAE 529,746 5.7 36,288 50.3 5431 1.7 529,746 5.7 36,288 50.3 5431 1.7

AFRICAACCRA, GHANA 122,670 13.2 3746 (9.9) 2123 30.6 122,670 13.2 3746 (9.9) 2123 30.6

CAIRO, EGYPT 1,098,096 11.6 27,619 1.0 12, 066 10.3 1,098,096 11.6 27,619 1.0 12,066 10.3

CAPETOWN, SA 652,417 1.0 ***** ***** 7805 (3.4) 652,417 1.0 ***** ***** 7805 (3.4)

CASABLANCA, MOROCCO 514,881 13.7 4045 (10.0) 6071 12.2 514,881 13.7 4045 (10.0) 6071 12.2

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZ 124,279 10.2 1193 (16.6) 4966 6.6 124,279 10.2 1193 (16.6) 4966 6.6

JOHANNESBURG, SA 1,389,260 0.6 23,397 30.0 16,069 (3.2) 1,389,260 0.6 23,397 30.0 16,069 (3.2)

MARRAKECH, MOROCCO 231,374 10.0 79 ***** 2619 15.0 231,374 10.0 79 ***** 2619 15.0

SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT 674,449 34.0 ***** ***** 5102 22.9 674,449 34.0 ***** ***** 5102 22.9

ASIA PACIFICBANGKOK, THAILAND 4,217,112 28.5 98,515 44.8 23,821 12.6 4,217,112 28.5 98,515 44.8 23,821 12.6

BEIJING, CHINA 5,440,732 7.4 121,647 33.0 40,954 5.4 5,440,732 7.4 121,647 33.0 40,954 5.4

MANILA, PHILIPPINES 2,152,264 9.0 32,418 65.4 20,202 6.4 2,152,264 9.0 32,418 65.4 20,202 6.4

MUMBAI, INDIA 2,358,362 14.2 52,064 30.5 20,687 1.6 2,358,362 14.2 52,064 30.5 20,687 1.6

NEW DELHI, INDIA 2,250,847 18.4 41,370 30.3 20,397 5.3 2,250,847 18.4 41,370 30.3 20,397 5.3

SINGAPORE 3,384,473 10.1 143,338 20.2 21,845 5.6 3,384,473 10.1 143,338 20.2 21,845 5.6

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 3,047,513 5.8 ***** ***** 24,308 3.0 3,047,513 5.8 ***** ***** 24,308 3..0

TOKYO, JAPAN 4,783,373 (0.9) 57,361 3.0 14,194 (0.2) 4,783,373 (0.9) 57,361 3.0 14,194 (0.2)

EUROPEFRANKFURT, GERMANY 3,672,317 3.5 161,636 30.1 35,278 (0.5) 3,672,317 3.5 161,636 30.1 35,278 (0.5)

LONDON, UK 4,846,720 (0.6) 112,439 13.3 36,640 (4.6) 4,846,720 (0.6) 112,439 13.3 36,640 (4.6)

MADRID, SPAIN 3,437,300 9.6 28,729 18.6 33,817 1.9 3,437,300 9.6 28,729 18.6 33,817 1.9

MUNICH, GERMANY 2,148,380 (1.0) 18,035 17.8 27,421 (5.6) 2,148,380 (1.0) 18,035 17.8 27,421 (5.6)

PARIS, FRANCE 4,154,249 1.1 147,100 11.0 39,340 (5.8) 4,154,249 1.1 147,100 11.0 39,340 (5.8)

NORTH AMERICAATLANTA 6,448,193 (4.6) 46,661 12.1 77,102 (1.4) 6,448,193 (4.6) 46,661 12.1 77,102 (1.4)

CHICAGO 4,655,695 2.5 96,483 24.3 67,535 0.7 4,655,695 2.5 96,483 24.3 67,535 0.7

DALLAS FORT WORTH 4,278,669 2.6 48,238 13.9 53,969 3.5 4,278,669 2.6 48,238 13.9 53,969 3.5

LOS ANGELES 4,609,720 8.0 128,247 24.9 46,970 3.4 4,609,720 8.0 128,247 24.9 46,970 3.4

Improving traffi c results seen in December and January continue into February, according to the ACI. Total global traffi c grew 6.8%, boosted by a strong increase of 9% in international traffi c and domestic growth of 4.8%. International traffi c growth was

led by large airports including Dubai (23%) and Bangkok (24%). It is to be kept in mind that fi gures are compared to last year when in-ternational traffi c was down by 12%. Traffi c volumes are still down from 2008 levels, but international freight also continues to grow.


AVIATION DATA

May 2010

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Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between North Africa and Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between North Africa and Western Europe (OAG Data May 2010 versus May 2009)*Western Europe (OAG Data May 2010 versus May 2009)*

AIRLINEAIRLINEWEEKLY CAPACITYWEEKLY CAPACITY WEEKLY FREQUENCYWEEKLY FREQUENCY WEEKLY SEATSWEEKLY SEATS

ASK MillionASK Million Change (%)Change (%) TotalTotal Change (%)Change (%) TotalTotal Change (%)Change (%)

AIGLE AZUR 47 7 222 10 37,568 8

AIR ALGERIE 57 8 316 17 49,025 14

AIR FRANCE 66 -7 258 -8 39,262 -7

TUNIS AIR 84 17 402 6 65,717 18

BRITISH AIRWAYS 37 42 70 25 13,626 32

EGYPT AIR 123 5 258 0 45,504 1

KLM-ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES 20 5 27 4 6141 6

LUFTHANSA GER-MAN AIRLINES 46 35 112 27 18,590 28

TURKISH AIRLINES 43 26 118 18 21,274 25

AIR ARABIA MAROC 25 0 84 0 12,600 0

Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between North Africa andPlanned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between North Africa andMiddle East (OAG Data May 2010 versus May 2009)*Middle East (OAG Data May 2010 versus May 2009)*

AIRLINEAIRLINE

WEEKLY CAPACITYWEEKLY CAPACITY WEEKLY FREQUENCYWEEKLY FREQUENCY WEEKLY SEATSWEEKLY SEATS


AIR ARABIA 29 21 70 9 11,340 18

EMIRATES 79 13 82 32 21,818 13

ETIHAD AIRWAYS 24 14 44 38 7676 26

GULF AIR 11 -15 32 0 5690 -14

JAZEERA AIRWAYS 16 33 58 35 9570 35

MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES 2 0 28 -18 4172 0

OMAN AIR 8 33 14 0 2968 36

QATAR AIRWAYS 61 15 96 9 19,816 16

ROYAL JORDANIAN 11 0 98 2 10,602 -1

SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES

57 4 132 -4 33,116 -2

Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between Middle East and Asia/Pacifi c Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between Middle East and Asia/Pacifi c (OAG Data May 2010 versus May 2009)*(OAG Data May 2010 versus May 2009)*



AIR ARABIA 123 12 290 3 46,980 11

EMIRATES 1349 19 952 15 293,028 17

ETIHAD AIRWAYS 387 14 336 17 72,402 16

GULF AIR 169 -25 212 -7 43,370 -22

JAZEERA AIRWAYS 0 -100 0 -100 0 -100

MAHAN AIR 37 37 32 100 8820 55

OMAN AIR 88 28 212 14 34,984 18

QATAR AIRWAYS 613 51 534 34 125,549 39

ROYAL JORDANIAN 36 9 40 11 6744 10


249 4 182 2 61,915 10

Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between Middle East andPlanned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between Middle East andWestern Europe (OAG Data May 2010 versus May 2009)*Western Europe (OAG Data May 2010 versus May 2009)*



EMIRATES 852 8 520 5 173,686 8

ETIHAD AIRWAYS 215 19 200 28 42,624 24

QATAR AIRWAYS 325 27 308 23 70,420 28

IRAN AIR 58 -5 68 -6 15,628 -8

JAZEERA AIRWAYS 3 0 8 -33 1320 -33

MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES 53 10 114 8 21,242 11

ROYAL JORDANIAN 55 8 142 1 19,690 5

GULF AIR 67 -32 82 -23 15,204 -32

MAHAN AIR 17 89 24 100 5040 71


57 -2 63 11 13,185 -8

*Data is for week of 10-16 May, 2010 against 11-17 May, 2009. Regions follow IATA defi nition. E-mail: [email protected]

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On time 74.64%

Cancelled 5.45%

Aircraft arriving late 6.66%

Weather delay 0.75%

National aviationsystem delay 6.89%

Security delay 0.07%

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (www.transtats.bts.gov)

AIRLINE ONTIME STATISTICS & DELAY CAUSES: FEBRUARY 2010AIRLINE ONTIME STATISTICS & DELAY CAUSES: FEBRUARY 2010

FUEL PRICE INDEX

THE FUEL INDEX IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE PRICE

OF AVIATION FUEL IN FIVE KEY SPOT MARKETS (ROTTERDAM, SINGAPORE, NEW YORK, US GULF AND US WEST COAST)

EMIRATES SKYCARGO FUEL PRICE INDEXEMIRATES SKYCARGO FUEL PRICE INDEX

Index100 = 53.5 US cents per US gallon

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A listing of trade shows, conferences and seminars relating to the Middle East aviation industryEVENTSEVENTS CALENDAR

2 4 JUNELow-Cost Airlines World AmericasThe fourth annual Low Cost Airlines World Americas offers the opportunity to gain expert insight, network and strat-egise with low-cost carriers from around the world and low-cost throughout the Americas and Caribbean. Key decision makers from the world’s top airlines will discuss the future of the commercial airline industry, and how to expand your profi ts and market share. Speakers include CEOs from Southwest Airlines, WestJet, Repub-lic Airways and Viva Aerobus.VENUE: FloridaEMAIL: [email protected]: www.terrapinn.com/2010/americas

4 6 MAYEBACEDespite being held in Geneva, Switzer-land, the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition is a must-attend event for most business aviation people operating in the Middle East. The Eu-ropean event includes exhibits, a static display of aircraft, educational sessions and maintenance and operations sessions and the entire convention is conveniently located at the impressive Geneva Palex-po and Geneva International Airport. You can follow the build-up to EBACE on Twitter.VENUE: GenevaEMAIL: [email protected]: www.ebace.aero

14 17 JUNEAsia Luxury Travel MarketThis four-day show is one-of-its-kind in the region. It brings together the world’s most sought after destinations, ultra-luxurious accommodation, elite transportation and unique travel experiences. The invitation-only-event, offers luxury travel providers the opportunity to reach Asia Pacifi c’s VIP buyers through its pre-scheduled and online diary programme of up to 69 one-to-one meetings and network-ing opportunities. If you operate an executive jet company then this is a must-attend event for you.VENUE: ShanghaiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.altm.com.cn

24 28 MAYAviation Outlook AfricaSome analysts say that 2010 will see a re-birth of the African aviation sector. This four-day conference will endeavour to fi nd out if this is really true. Competition in Africa is becoming fi erce, yet airline profi ts are not a true refl ection of the in-dustry’s potential, and Aviation Outlook Africa will look at ways for businesses to optimise the traffi c that will be head-ing into Africa this year. The conference runs over three days and two workshops will take place on the opening and clos-ing days.VENUE: Cape TownEMAIL: [email protected]: www.terrapinn.com

21 22 JUNEICAO Civil Aviation Global Search & Rescue ForumFollowing the recent fi ndings by the In-ternational Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) that found gaps in service provision, this forum was conceived jointly by the ICAO and the UAE GCAA. It will focus on the requirements of civil aviation search and rescue (SAR), determine policy, estab-lish procedures and implement operations. Experts argue that coordinated structural changes to services are needed if there is to be a speedy and reliable SAR response when civil aircraft emergencies arise.VENUE: Abu DhabiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.icao.int

4 7 MAYArabian Travel MarketArabian Travel Market is the travel and tourism event unlocking business potential within the Middle East for inbound and outbound tourism professionals. Tourism destinations from the Middle East and around the world showcase a diverse range of accommodation options, breathtaking tourism attractions and new airline routes. Held at the Dubai International Conven-tion and Exhibition Centre, this event at-tracts industry and government decision-makers at the very highest level and fea-tures new products and ideas.VENUE: DubaiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.arabiantravelmarket.com

7 8 JULYAviation Outlook ChinaSenior airline executives, civil aviation authorities, airport operators, investors and aviation service providers will discuss strategies, challenges and the needs facing the Asian aviation industry, with a high-level focus on the Chinese market. Devel-opments in the context of ancillary revenue and distribution management, IT enable-ment, aviation fi nancing and equity oppor-tunities, aircraft manufacturing and MRO capabilities to achieve operational and cost effi ciencies will all be explored in this two-day regional event.VENUE: BeijingEMAIL: [email protected]: www.terrapinn.com/2010/avchina

29 SEPTEMBERThe Budgies World Low-Cost Airline AwardsAs low-cost airlines in the Middle East con-tinue to fl ourish and expand their world-wide networks, it could be worth consid-ering nominating yourself or one of your clients for a Budgie. The Budgies showcase excellence in the global low-cost airline in-dustry and is recognition of the low-cost airline industry’s achievements and contri-butions to the forward development of the industry. To fi nd out more and to register your place now visit the website address listed below.VENUE: LondonEMAIL: [email protected]: www.terrapinn.com/2010/Budgies

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Etihad hires assistant head of hubEtihad Airways has appointed Ali Ab-dulla Al Shamsi as its assistant head of hub at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

A UAE national, Al Shamsi will assist Etihad’s head of hub in overseeing the airline’s airport operations in Abu Dhabi.

Al Shamsi has worked in the airline industry for over 23 years. He joins

Etihad from Emirates Airline where he held the position of regional manager of commercial operations for Emirates Holidays. Prior to his eight years with Emirates Airline, Al Shamsi worked for over six years with Gulf Air. The airline’s CEO James Hogan said he was pleased to welcome Al Shamsi’s wealth of market experience.

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New faces at Oman AirOman Air has bolstered its management team to include Chris Phipps (left) as Asia Pacifi c regional manager, Ejaz Khan as the Gulf, Middle East & Africa regional manager and Don Hunter (below right) as chief offi cer of airport operations.

Phipps joins Oman Air from Qatar Airways, where he was regional manager in Libya and before joining

Qatar Airways he worked at British Airways for 11 years.In his new role as regional manager, Asia Pacifi c, Phipps will be

responsible for Oman Air markets in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Thailand and the other destinations soon to be announced in Asia.

Khan has over 28 years experience in international sales, customers’ service and airport operations in the aviation industry having worked with leading European and regional airlines. Prior to this posting he was working as country manager for Oman Air in Pakistan based in Karachi. Under his new role he will be based in Muscat and will lead his team in meeting the sales target of all the stations in the Gulf, Middle East and Africa.

Finally, Hunter joins Oman Air after 19 years with Cathay Pacifi c Airways where his responsibilities included running both airport and ground handling subsidiaries in Hong Kong and also Cathay’s commercial operation in South Africa.

He also spent four years with Virgin Atlantic, heading their Airport Services department, responsible for Virgin’s 31 airports worldwide. Most recently, he held the position of vice president with Dnata, both in Dubai and the Philippines.

In his current position, Hunter will be responsible for running the ground handling elements of Oman’s airports, including check-in, passenger, baggage handling and Airport Services – Cargo for Oman Air and the 26 other airlines that operate scheduled services in Oman. He will also be responsible for planning and developing those elements into the new airports and facilities, currently under construction in Oman.

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Captain Ali Sulaiman has also joined GCAA as chief operation offi cer and will be responsible for pilot and cabin crew training programmes, while engineer Mahmood Al Balooshi is the company’s new chief technical training offi cer.

ADAC announces its new CEOAbu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) will be headed up by its new CEO James Bennett.

Bennett has been president & CEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) since 2003 where he managed and planned all programmes and activities of the US$650 million umbrella organisation.

Bennett was, among other things, responsible for the execution of the $7.1 billion reconstruction and expansion of Dulles Airport; in addition to the $1 billion that it has previously invested in Ronald Reagan Washington National.

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What is Aeronautical Information Management (AIM)?Aeronautical information is something many in the aviation industry take for granted, however it is one of the most valuable and important enabling serv-ices within civil aviation and air traffi c management today. It is the wealth of information – charts, fl ight procedures, airport, terrain and hazard data – that is relied upon by pilots and fl ight man-agement systems to fl y both safely and as effi ciently as possible. The handling of this vital aeronautical data needs to be actively managed. This is why the in-dustry is currently transitioning from the provision of an Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) to introduce robust and an effective Aeronautical Information Man-agement (AIM) concept.

Can you name some of your main in-ternational customers?The ongoing growth of the aviation sec-tor within the Middle East means deal-ing with capacity is a big concern at the moment. We have supported Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Dubai.

How strong is demand for this service in the Middle East? The demand for services such as NATS Services’ suite of AIM related products, called Nucleus, continues to increase. This is a period of change with ICAO leg-islation requiring real improvements in data management. For many customers, the initial demand lies around knowledge: they’re aware that they have new obliga-tions and opportunities, and they want to gain better understanding of the impact and implications of these changes.

What type of information do custom-ers in the Middle East typically seek?Conversations often start around un-derstanding requirements: “How do I migrate my current paper-based Inte-grated Aeronautical Information Pack-age (IAIP) to a data environment?” and “Once I have data, by what means do I keep it up to date?”

How does this information assist your customers?As a bespoke AIM solution, Nucleus pro-vides the most fi nancially effi cient way to comply with ICAO standards. As a solution it enables customers to make the judgement on how best to work, either as a traditional systems procurement exer-cise, or as an outsourced service – or at a point between the two.

What are the challenges you face in selling this service within the region?

Whilst in use in the UK, this has never been sold as a service in the Middle East, or anywhere else, so the challenge is that of all innovative solutions; convincing customers to leave behind old ways of doing things. We’re lucky in that as our AIM solution was specifi cally developed for ICAO compliance, the benefi ts it of-fers are pretty clear and immediate.

What makes NATS Services diff erent to the others?As our name suggests, we are a service provider. We aren’t in the business of selling commodities but in working to support the needs of our customers. Like other service providers, we’ve had to re-spond to needs of ICAO and the Euro-pean Single European Sky project and their impact upon our customers. We’ve designed an exportable solution that we believe is unique within the market to-day. Certainly, since we fi rst started to develop our AIM solution in 2004 we have yet to see a competitor with a simi-lar fl exible, end to end offering.

How do you think the market for this service will develop in the Middle East?Where we feel we can add real value is in supporting nationalisation programmes and preserving sovereignty through peo-ple skills. The service provision model is already being embraced here and this is allowing compliance with ICAO require-ments to be met more easily and more cost effectively. It’s my prediction that within the next 18 months one nation will really embrace this approach, satis-fying and exceeding their own national requirements through collaboration with neighbour states.

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