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Dubai 10-04-2019 / WAM
The UAE won a seat on the ICAO Council for the fifth time, marking a new qualitative achievement that reflects the country’s leading position among the major players in the global aviation sector, with 152 votes out of 177 votes, which is the culmination of its efforts and contributions in shaping the future of the aviation sector. International Civil Society.
The UAE, through its representative office in the Organization, supports and fosters the interests of the Arab States at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), actively participates in the ICAO Executive Council and its Technical Committees, and supports and develops the ICAO work strategy, internal regulations and specialized training for ICAO Member States. .
The UAE’s exceptional experience in the rapidly developing aviation sector has become an inspiring model for many countries in the world that aspire to upgrade the air transport industry, especially with the UAE’s global carriers with successful commercial fleets and advanced airports and infrastructure to keep pace with the latest developments and innovations globally.
In the following report, the Emirates News Agency reviews the achievements of the UAE aviation sector on the occasion of the UAE’s winning a seat on the ICAO Council and the celebration of the UAE Civil Aviation Day on Saturday, 5 October each year. For British Imperial lines.
The UAE is a world leader in the aviation industry thanks to the right visions and good guidance of the wise leadership by laying the foundations of sound infrastructure, regulations and targeted investments in addition to following the highest standards adopted in the field of safety and security and continue to activate innovation and make the aviation sector a strategic component and support for economic growth in the country to achieve sustainable development .
Indicators and figures reflect the tremendous development and continuous growth witnessed by the UAE aviation sector by the end of 2018.Emirates national carriers are flying to 108 countries and 224 cities around the world while the civil aviation sector in the country includes 8752 pilots, 37972 hosts and hosts, 4472 engineers in addition to 352 air transporters and 49 Maintenance center, 18 specialized medical centers, 56 training and consulting centers.
The UAE’s investments in the aviation sector amounted to 270 billion dollars, while the number of the international company operating to the state airports reached 1048 companies and 883 thousand air traffic operations were carried out last year. Dubai Airport came in sixth place globally in the cargo equivalent to 68.658.083 million kilos. gram.
The UAE has one of the largest fleet of Boeing 777 wide-body aircraft in the world with 191 aircraft and Airbus 380 with 119 aircraft. The four national carriers in the UAE have approximately 498 aircraft, while the eight airports of the UAE continue to shine on the map of the global aviation industry. Achieving rapid growth rates and qualitative leaps in its international classification, superior to international airports with a long history.
The UAE has achieved the highest number of passengers at the airports, which reached 134 million last year.Dubai Airport is the first in the world in the number of passengers in 2018, exceeding 89 million passengers.
With regard to the efforts of the UAE to improve the aviation sector globally – the UAE, which is today a leading country in attracting innovations, 110 working papers for the organization since 2007, including 35 working papers presented this year, related to a number of topics in the field of safety and aviation security and air accidents and the environment In order to leverage its expertise and experience in the challenges facing the aviation industry – which will raise the level of safety and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of international air transport operations and save costs as well as stimulate emerging technologies and other issues before the Technical Committee on the agenda such as improving data security in Air Traffic Management, the next generation of the Network Operational Center, and the latter is titled “Do not leave countries behind” in the field of flight information management, where the UAE actively participates in the membership of nearly 22 committees and permanent working groups of the Organization.
The UAE ranked first in the world in applying the highest standards of aviation safety and achieved the first place globally in the application of aviation security standards according to the International Civil Aviation Organization in addition to the first place in the quality of air transport infrastructure according to the Global Competitiveness Report issued by the Institute of Administrative Development. Number of air transport services agreements with 176 agreements.
Commenting on the achievements of the UAE civil aviation sector, HE Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the General Authority of Civil Aviation, said that the UAE’s civil aviation sector has achieved successive achievements at all levels including infrastructure, air carriers, security, safety, smart solutions, air control and industry. This reflects the UAE’s global leadership in the air transport industry.
“The aviation sector is a strategic hub in contributing to the national economy of the UAE and thanks to the wise vision of our wise leadership, the aviation sector in the UAE registers the highest growth rates in the world and provides the best services to travelers.”
HE Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GCAA), said: “The UAE aviation sector continues to achieve exceptional achievements. Today, the UAE has become one of the largest centers attracting passengers around the world, while our airports and airlines are ranked among the best in the world with a future Bright for the sector. ”
Commenting on the UAE’s membership in the ICAO Council – HE Fahad S.
