GCAA MONTHLYN E W S L E T T E R

GCAA MONTHLY NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 19

March 2011 - Issue 19

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GCAA and GCAS Sign a Cooperation Agreement to Develop Specialized Human Resources

GCAA Announces the Preliminary Report Concerning the Grumman G-21 Amphibious Aircraft Accident

UAE Signs “Open Skies” Air Services with Ecuador

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority meets the Aeronautical Authority of Austria

Abu Dhabi, UAE: The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced the preliminary report on the recent Ameri-can Grumman G-21 amphibious aircraft accident that occurred on 17th February 2011 at Al Ain Airport. The investigation re-vealed that the aircraft had departed from Al Ain International Airport, UAE, at 16:07 UTC.Shortly after liftoff, the aircraft veered to the left and crashed at taxiway “K” which is parallel to the takeoff runway. The marks that were left by the aircraft at the taxiway exhibited that it had impacted the ground in nose down and left bank attitude. No signs of inflight breakup or pre-impact fire were observed in the vicinity of the accident site.

Abu Dhabi, UAE: In line with the UAE government’s strategy aimed at establishing active partnerships between government and non-government entities in order to achieve the coun-try’s main objectives, the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed yesterday (28 March) a cooperation agreement with the Abu Dhabi Airports Company’s Gulf Centre for Avia-tion Studies (GCAS) with the aim of developing specialized civil aviation human resources through the provision of specialized scientific, technical and administrative training courses.

Abu Dhabi, UAE: H.E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy and Chairman of GCAA stated that the UAE is very much keen on enhancing ties of coordination and cooperation with all countries of the Middle East and the entire whole world with the aim of enhancing safety and security of international aviation.

Abu Dhabi – UAE: TThe United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed an “open skies” air services Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and initialed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with the Aeronautical Authority of Ecuador in Abu Dhabi on 22nd March 2011.The agreement was initialled by H.E. Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Eng. Carlos Jacome Utreras, President of the National Civil Aviation Council of Ecuador. H.E. Nathalie Cely, Minister of Pro-duction, Employment and competitiveness of Ecuador also at-tended the signing ceremony.

Dubai – UAE: The Deputy Director General of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates met with the Aeronautical Authority of Austria on 24th March 2011 in Vienna, and discussed their bilateral air transport re-lations. During the meeting, both countries expressed their desire to further promote their aeronautical relations and progress was achieved on the Air Services Agreement text. Finally, the Austrian Authorities advised the UAE GCAA about the approval they have granted for Emirates additional frequen-cies to Vienna on Summer 2011 schedule, reaffirming the excel-lent air transport relations between the two countries.

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Our Vision“A leading, safe, secure and sustainable civil

aviation system.“

GCAA PUBLICATIONS:

Air Traffic Movement Data

New Appointments

Notice To Aerodrome Certificate Holders (NOTAC):

For Month of March- 58553

NOTAC 01-2011: AERODROME CERTIFICATE HOLDER “ON-NOTICE” PROCEDURE

The First Meeting of the Directors General Discusses Mechanisms for Developing Activities of Common Interest

Organized by GCAA in Cooperation with ICAO

To enhance safety and security in the aviation sector

Al Mansoori: The UAE strongly supports the concept of coordination and cooperation in the interest of enhancing aviation safety security in the Region and the entire whole world.

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GCAA Announces the New Organization Structure and Appoints UAE National Leading Cadres

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Our Mission“To regulate and oversee aviation safety, security and environment, deliver air navigation services and facilitate

air connectivity through international collaboration in order to serve the general public and the civil aviation industry in a responsive and cost effective manner”.

Held in Abu Dhabi between 22-24 March

Organized by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the Telecommu-nication Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the Air Forces

GCAA Hosts First Meeting of the Directors General of Civil Aviation - Middle East Region

GCAA Achieves Five ISO Certifications for its Integrated Management System

UAE activates its regional initiative at the end of the Gulf Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Seminar

The GCAA Pioneers Leading AIM Solution in the world

Abu Dhabi– UAE: The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that it will be hosting, in cooperation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the first meeting of the Directors General of Civil Aviation in the Middle East Region. The meeting will be held in Abu Dhabi between 22-24 March with the participation of many directors general of civil aviation authorities in the Middle East and international civil aviation organizations.

Dubai– UAE: The General Civil Aviation Authority of UAE (GCAA) achieved five ISO Certifications for its Integrated Management System: International Standards of Quality Management ISO 9001:2008, Environmental Management ISO 14001:2004, Oc-cupational Health and Safety OHSAS 18001:2007, integrating Information Security ISO 27001:2005 and IT Service Manage-ment 20000:2005 which were developed in compliance with the requirement of PAS 99:2006.The ISO certifications included all GCAA operations and units such Air Navigations and Aeronautical Information Services, Avi-ation Safety and Security, Airworthiness, flight Operations and

Licensing, Investigations and Regulations, Strategy & Corporate Excellence, Administration, Finance, HR, IT, Corporate Communications and Customer Services.

Abu Dhabi– UAE: Hosted and organized by the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the UAE Air Force, the Gulf Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Seminar ended yesterday (08 March) at the Officers Club, Abu Dhabi, after 3 days of discussions and presen-tations, with significant participation of the delegations from a large number of Gulf states.

The UAE announced its initiative at the end of the seminar to establish a ‘Gulf Sub-Regional Civil Aviation SAR Coordination Committee’ to comprise all Gulf State Civil Aviation Authorities

and sections of the military sector responsible for SAR services.

Abu Dhabi– UAE: The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that its Sheikh Zayed Air Navigation Centre accepts Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM 5.1) based integrated Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) solution and publishes the first electronic Aeronautical Informa-tion Publication (AIP) in the world. The GCAA published its AIP on February 10th, being the first in the MID Region to publish its AIP in electronic format. After a challengingly short and intensive project phase of less than four months, the GCAA accomplished the centre accept and commission the fully integrated Comsoft Aeronautical Data Access System (CADAS AIM).

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UAE signs Air Services Memorandum with Bangladesh

The meeting will facilitate bilateral and regional cooperation in areas of common interest

51431 Air Traffic Movements in the UAE in February 2011

UAE Signs Open Air Services with Montenegro

The Gulf Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Seminar Starts with High Level Regional & International Participation

Abu Dhabi – UAE: The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed a Con-fidential Memorandum of Understanding (CMU)with the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority on 15th of March 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to enhance air services between the two countries.

The CMU was signed by Omar Bin Ghaleb, Deputy Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Air Cdre. Mahmud Hussain, Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. Representatives from UAE Civil

Aviation Departments and UAE National Airlines attended the meeting as well.

Dubai – UAE: The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that air traffic movements in the UAE grew at a rate of 7.6% in February 2011 compared to the same month last year. The GCAA monthly report indicated that total air traffic movements in February 2011 were 51431 with an average of 1837 air traffic movements per day.GCAA’s Air Traffic monthly report for February 2011 showed the number of air traffic movements in each UAE airport. Dubai ranked first with 23459 air traffic movements. Over flights stood next at 10835 air traffic movements. Abu Dha-

bi ranked third with 7665 air traffic movements. According to the report, air traffic movements in Sharjah International Airport ranked fourth with 4850 movements. Local flights between UAE airports were in the fifth position with 3707 movements.

Dubai – UAE: : The United Arab Emirates represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed an open air services Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and initialed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with the Gov-ernment of Montenegro in Podgorica on 10th March 2011.The agreement was initialled by H.E. Saif Al Suwaidi, Di-rector General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Mrs. Mirel Radić Ljubisavljević, Deputy Minister for Air and Road Transport of Montenegro. Representa-tives from Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Etihad Airways and Emirates Airline at-

tended the negotiations.

Dubai – UAE: : Hosted and organized by the UAE Gener-al Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) the Telecommunica-tion Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the Air Forces, the Gulf Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Seminar started yesterday (06 March) at the officers club, Abu Dhabi, with the participation of regional and international speakers, experts and high level delegations.

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Organized by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the Air ForceThe Gulf Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Seminar Starts Sunday 6th of March And Proposes a Gulf Aviation SAR Strategy

GCAA Announces the New Organization Structure and Appoints UAE National Leading Cadres

Abu Dhabi– UAE: The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced at a press conference held today (2nd March) that it completed its prepara-tions for hosting the Gulf Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Seminar which will be held at the Abu Dhabi Armed Forces Club between 6-8 March 2011 with the participation of regional and international speakers, experts and high level delegations.

The agenda of the Seminar, organized by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in coordination with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the UAE Air Force, includes 15 items aimed at the development of international SAR service in the Gulf States in line with the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced the new organization structure including the appointment of new leading cadres capable of managing various operations, carrying out the mission of the GCAA and realizing its strategic goals and vision in line with the latest performance standards. This step comes as part of the comprehensive transformation program which was launched and adopted by the GCAA last year. The program aims at making a radical change in flight manage-ment control operations and safety and security quality standards, improve the technical and supervisory capabilities of the GCAA and enhance cooperation with strategic partners. It reflects the GCAA’s determination to build on its previous achievements in order to create an environment which empowers and drives the civil aviation industry in the UAE to achieve development across all sectors.According to the strategic plan and the applicable development procedures, the GCAA, a leader in adopting the best global practices, started in January 2011 the implementation of the new organization structure, focusing on the elements of safety and security, environmental sustainability, navigation services, air transport, and improvement of internal operations, with the aim of becoming a global reference point in this field.

The new organization structure of the GCAA consists of several main sectors: Air Navigation Services, Aviation Safety Affairs, Aviation Security Affairs, Strategy and International Affairs, Sup-port Services, and Air Accident Investigations. In addition, there are independent departments reporting directly to the Director General of the GCAA: Audit, Quality and Risk Management and the UAE’s Representative Office to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The structure also includes the Commercial Services sector, which will become active in the future.

Under the GCAA’s new organization structure, new leading cadres have been appointed at the head of various organization and administrative sectors in order to carry out the strategic plans in the future as following:

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Eng. Ismael Mohammad Al Baloushi: was appointed as Ex-ecutive Director of the Aviation Safety sector, which includes five departments: Policy, Regulation and Planning, Flight Operations, Airworthiness, Licensing, and Air Navigation and Aerodromes. His duties include: formulating the avia-tion safety policies and regulations in the UAE, establishing an integrated system to control, support and develop policies for all relevant technical areas, providing technical experts to investigate air accidents and incidents, developing and implementing the aviation safety promotion plans, and draft-ing local and international strategic technical agreements in

coordination with the relevant authorities.

Eng. Walid Ghanim Al Ghaith: wwas appointed as Acting Executive Director of the Support Services sector, which consists of four departments: Finance, Administration and Procurement, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Legal Affairs. He will be in charge of managing support services and staff, preparing the balance sheet, determining salaries and fees, preparing financial reports and statements for the GCAA Board of Directors, and interacting with the di-rectors of other departments in order to achieve the goals of the GCAA.

Mr. Ahmad Ibrahim Al Jallaf : was appointed as Act-ing Executive Director of Air Navigation Services Department which includes Air Traffic Management (ATM), Communication Navigation & Surveillance (CNS), Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), Train-ing (TRN), and Support Coordination. He will be in charge of Air space planning in coordination with stakeholders, managing Air Traffic centre, and to participate to national and international forums and panels on behalf of the government.

Eng. Ismael Mohammad Ahmad Abdul Wahed : was ap-pointed as Acting Executive Director of Air Navwas appoint-ed as an Executive Director for the Air Accident Investigation Department. He will be responsible for managing the air ac-cident investigation, preparing, maintaining and issuing air accident investigation regulations and polices.

Mrs. Laila Ali Saif bin Hareb Al Mehiri: was appoint-ed as Executive Director of the Strategy and Inter-national Affairs sector, which consists of three main departments, namely the Department of Strategic Planning, Statistics, and Corporate Performance Control and the Department of Air Transport and Economic and Environmental Studies, and Depart-ment of Corporate Development in addition to two sub-units: International Affairs Unit, and Corporate Communication Unit. She will be in charge of devel-oping, following up and controlling strategic, opera-

tional and statistical plans and corporate development of the GCAA, establishing and maintaining relations with local and international strategic partners, formulating policies in relation to economic and environmental affairs and air transport, preparing feasibility studies for new systems and policies, supporting corporate and project management and regulating their management and direction, strengthening air connections, entering into bilateral agreement and overseeing corporate communication at the GCAA.

Mohammed Al Hashimi the First UAE National to Complete the ECAC Auditor Certification Programme.

Mr. Mohamed Al Hashimi, Senior Security Officer in GCAA, has successfully completed the ECAC Auditor certification programme and achieved the distinction of becoming the first UAE national to obtain this qualification. Mohamed is a licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer and prior to this, he has successfully completed many Internationally recognized courses in the field of Aviation Security. This certification highlights Mohamed’s quest in equipping himself with best qualification in the field of aviation Security.

ECAC accreditation will enable him to monitor effective application of the European aviation security standards thereby helping GCAA to fulfill its objec-tive of promoting the highest security standards and implementation of international best practices in the field of civil aviation in the UAE.

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