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AIRPORTS COUNCIL<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
MAY/JUNE 2004 - 4<br />
ACI Africa Regional Board in Durban, May 24<br />
WOR LD<br />
REPORT<br />
Photographic world tour with ACI<br />
Steve Van Beek<br />
(left) (ACI-NA) and<br />
Ronan Anderson<br />
(ACI-Europe) visit<br />
Bob Aaronson and<br />
Headquarters staff<br />
in Geneva<br />
ACI-Pacific Region opens new Hong Kong office June<br />
10. From left: Bob Aaronson, Patti Chau, Mabel Quan<br />
and Andrew Ma, Director<br />
Participants in ACI-<br />
LAC fire-fighting<br />
course –<br />
St. Kitts, 27-29 May,<br />
organized by ACI HQ<br />
Bob Aaronson visits Macau <strong>International</strong> Airport Company. From right : John W.L.<br />
Chan of Macau <strong>International</strong> Airport Company, Carlos Salgado, Antonio Barrios<br />
and Dennis D. Wang, all of Administration of <strong>Airports</strong> Ltd.
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PAGE 2<br />
ACI World Headquarters<br />
P.O. Box 16<br />
1215 Geneva 15 - Airport<br />
Switzerland<br />
Tel: (+41) 22 717 85 85<br />
Fax: (+41) 22 717 88 88<br />
E-mail: aci@aci.aero<br />
Website: http://www.aci.aero<br />
Chairman:<br />
Niels Boserup<br />
Copenhagen <strong>Airports</strong> A/S<br />
Director General:<br />
Robert J. Aaronson<br />
Directors:<br />
Paul Behnke<br />
David Gamper<br />
Roderick Heitmeyer<br />
Linda Johnson<br />
Editor - World Report:<br />
Paul Behnke<br />
Assistant Editor:<br />
Jasmin Darroudi<br />
Regional offices in Brussels, Cairo,<br />
Merida, New Delhi, Hong Kong<br />
and Washington, DC.<br />
ICAO Bureau-Montreal.<br />
A t<br />
ACI Fund Seminar focuses on<br />
non-aeronautical revenue sources<br />
the invitation of Office National Des<br />
Aéroports (ONDA), the ACI Fund organized its<br />
19th training seminar on the development of nonaeronautical<br />
revenues in Casablanca on 26-30 April.<br />
Some 50 participants from 21 countries in Africa,<br />
Eastern Europe, the Pacific and Caribbean attended.<br />
The seminar format, which has proven<br />
successful in the past, devoted mornings to<br />
Course participants in Casablanca<br />
I t<br />
is with great sadness that ACI learned of the<br />
death of George J. Bean, a well-known and<br />
highly respected professional in the aviation<br />
industry. “George was a long time friend, pioneer<br />
and advocate for our industry," said ACI-NA<br />
president David Plavin.. "He was the person whom<br />
every newcomer to the airport business wanted<br />
very much to meet. During his chairmanship at<br />
Airport Operators <strong>Council</strong> <strong>International</strong> (now ACI)<br />
in 1990-1991, he led efforts toward the passage of<br />
the PFC or passenger facility charge. This landmark<br />
federal legislation allowed airports for the first<br />
time since 1973 to ask passengers to help pay for<br />
airport capacity, safety, security, and noise<br />
projects. For his efforts, his friendship and his<br />
leadership, we will always be grateful He will<br />
surely be missed.”<br />
ACI Director General Robert J. Aaronson said<br />
“George was among the first in the United States<br />
to see the need for a strong, cohesive world<br />
airport organization. He was one of the founding<br />
fathers of the Airport Associations Coordinating<br />
presentations by experts coming from BIAC<br />
Brussels, Aena Madrid, ADP Paris, ATDI / IATA<br />
Montreal and ONDA During the afternoons, the<br />
participants broke into four working groups, and<br />
worked on a case study related aimed at enhancing<br />
non-aeronautical revenues at Casablanca airport.<br />
Each group prepared a report which was submitted<br />
to the “jury” of experts, who expressed satisfaction<br />
for the high quality of the presentations. ■<br />
Airport pioneer George Bean Dies at Age 79<br />
<strong>Council</strong> in the 1970’s and the <strong>Airports</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> in 1991 and was Chairman of these<br />
organizations in 1978 and 1991. Throughout his<br />
career he displayed the qualities of a quick,<br />
honest, resourceful and courteous diplomat. He<br />
was instrumental in bringing people together,<br />
defusing tensions, reconciling differences and<br />
cultures which ultimately resulted in today’s ACI,<br />
one of the three pillars of the international civil<br />
aviation, with ICAO and IATA.”<br />
Mr. Bean was also past president of the<br />
Airport Operators <strong>Council</strong> <strong>International</strong> (now ACI-<br />
NA) and of the American Association of Airport<br />
Executives and, in 1976, he received the AAAE<br />
President’s Award for outstanding contributions to<br />
the airport management profession. He was<br />
executive director, Hillsborough County Aviation<br />
Authority, which operates four airports in<br />
Hillsborough County, including Tampa<br />
<strong>International</strong> Airport, from 1965 through July<br />
1996. He died June 8, at age 79. ■
MAY/JUNE 2004 - 4 WORLD R EPORT<br />
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M eeting<br />
in Toulouse from May 26 to 28,<br />
2004, the ACI World Technical/Safety<br />
Standing Committee was granted the rare<br />
privilege of visiting the brand new Airbus A380<br />
production facilities. Airbus representatives<br />
accompanied the committee members on an<br />
inspiring tour of the A380 mock-up followed by a<br />
visit to the production line, where the assembly of<br />
the first aircraft was being completed and the<br />
fuselage of the second A380 had just arrived.<br />
Unfortunately, photography was not allowed!<br />
Over the next two days the Technical/Safety<br />
Committee discussed various aspects of the<br />
deployment of the A380 and the impact it will have<br />
on the airport community. Airbus sent several<br />
representatives to the meeting who briefed<br />
committee members on various studies, such as<br />
taxiway deviation and runway edge light frangibility,<br />
and also gave an overview of the operational issues<br />
related to the A380 including ground handling. The<br />
committee members all left Toulouse with a wealth<br />
of first hand knowledge on the technical and<br />
M eeting<br />
in Montreux, Switzerland on May 18-<br />
20, 2004, the ACI World Environment<br />
Standing Committee had a day long session of the<br />
ACI Group on Aviation Environmental Protection<br />
(CAEP) that discussed and analyzed its involvement<br />
and representation in ICAO CAEP. It was decided<br />
unanimously that participation in CAEP is vital<br />
because of continuous worldwide environmental<br />
concerns. Furthermore, increased participation in the<br />
activities of CAEP by ACI would mean that the<br />
ACI World Environment Committee in Montreux<br />
Technical/Safety Standing Committee<br />
sees first completed Airbus A380<br />
ACI World Technical/Safety Committee meets in Toulouse<br />
operational issues related to this aircraft and have<br />
committed themselves to help airports around the<br />
globe to be prepared to receive the A380.<br />
Environment Standing Committee to<br />
devote more resources to CAEP<br />
position and issues related to airports would be<br />
represented to the ICAO commettee.<br />
Over the next two days much of the committee<br />
session was dedicated to the restructuring of the<br />
committee work program and development of a<br />
committee business plan complete with a mission<br />
statement, future goals and objectives and redefined<br />
work procedures. ■<br />
The committee also held a strategy session in<br />
which it defined priority tasks to be proposed to the<br />
ACI Board in October. Each task will be elaborated<br />
into a brief for the board. ■<br />
S an<br />
San Francisco<br />
<strong>International</strong> Airport<br />
wins Eagle Award<br />
Francisco <strong>International</strong> Airport was<br />
awarded an Eagle Award by the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Air Transport Association (IATA) in<br />
recognition of outstanding performance in<br />
providing value for money, continuous<br />
improvement, and a high level of airline customer<br />
satisfaction. The award was presented at IATA’s<br />
60th Annual General Meeting and World Air<br />
Summit in Singapore on 7 June 2004. ■<br />
Leo Fermin, Deputy Airport Director, San Francisco<br />
<strong>International</strong> Airport receives Eagle Award<br />
from IATA Director General Giovanni Bisignani as<br />
Dr. C.K. Cheong, Chairman of the Eagle Award Panel,<br />
looks on.
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PAGE 4<br />
T he<br />
World Facilitation and Services Standing<br />
Committee and the European Facilitation and<br />
Customer Service Committee held a joint meeting on<br />
10 May in Geneva. Discussions centered on such<br />
topics as the outcome of the ICAO Facilitation<br />
Division meeting, Biometrics, Common Use Self-<br />
Service (CUSS) and Advance Passenger Information<br />
(API). A good portion of the discussion was focused<br />
on the implementation of a Biometrics Task Force<br />
under the purview of the World Facilitation and<br />
Services Committee. This Task Force is to study<br />
issues related to biometrics from all points of view;<br />
technological, political, economic, and security, in<br />
order to ensure that regulators take a uniform<br />
approach to biometrics and its implementation –<br />
particularly the practical aspects of installing such<br />
systems at airports.<br />
The meeting also discussed the impact of the<br />
European Union moving from 15 to 25 members on<br />
T he<br />
World and European Facilitation and Services Committees<br />
meet in Geneva, discuss biometrics, European enlargement<br />
ACI DG Aaronson with Deva Thancanamootoo<br />
(Mauritius) and Hubert Andrade (ADP)<br />
Operational Safety Sub-committee<br />
discusses runway incursion issues<br />
Operational Safety Subcommittee,<br />
generously hosted by Aeroporti di Roma,<br />
held its 24th meeting in Rome on June 1-3 2004.<br />
The subcommittee concentrated its efforts on<br />
two “hot topics”: runway incursions, and the<br />
operational aspects of New Large Aircraft (NLA).<br />
Both of these topics are high on the list of<br />
priorities, due to the advent of the A380 and<br />
instances of fatal runway incursions, such as the<br />
Milano Linate tragedy in October 2001. Chairman,<br />
Andrew Badham of BAA, and sub-committee<br />
members are working pro-actively to reduce the<br />
number of runway incursions. Together with ACI<br />
Europe, members have participated in the<br />
drafting of the European Action Plan for the<br />
Operational Safety Sub-committee at work in Rome<br />
Prevention of Runway Incursions, published by<br />
Eurocontrol.<br />
The Sub-committee also revisited the Apron<br />
Safety Survey and has stated that this is a valuable<br />
ACI publication. It was widely agreed that this survey<br />
would continue to be offered to all members and that<br />
it potentially could move to a web-based system.<br />
The Sub-committee will also provide comment<br />
on the draft ICAO Manual on Safety Management for<br />
Aerodrome Operators, and will also begin drafting<br />
an ACI Manual on Safety Management Systems,<br />
which will highlight practical measures that airport<br />
operators should take. ■<br />
1 May 2004. The main impact on airports will be felt<br />
when the new members join the Schengen<br />
agreement on free movement. Another major<br />
change is the EU regulation 23/20, which requires<br />
passengers arriving from non EU countries and<br />
transferring to another flight to be security screened<br />
on arrival.<br />
The World Facilitation and Services Standing<br />
Committee also met separately from the European<br />
committee and discussed the committee and<br />
subcommittees strategy and work program for the<br />
next year. It was briefed on the ACI Strategic Plan,<br />
the progress of the AETRA Customer Service<br />
Measurement Program, the WHO <strong>International</strong><br />
Health Regulations and the IATA Schedule<br />
Procedures Committee. ■<br />
McGill University’s Institute of Air & Space<br />
Law<br />
in cooperation with<br />
the <strong>International</strong> Civil Aviation Organization,<br />
and in association with<br />
<strong>Airports</strong> <strong>Council</strong> <strong>International</strong>,<br />
the <strong>International</strong> Air Transport Association,<br />
Concordia University<br />
and the Canadian Bar Association<br />
presents a<br />
WORLDWIDE<br />
CONFERENCE ON<br />
CURRENT CHALLENGES<br />
IN INTERNATIONAL<br />
AVIATION<br />
September 24-26, 2004<br />
Delta Hotel Centre-Ville<br />
777University St.<br />
Montreal, Canada<br />
Register before July 31st<br />
to take advantage of early-bird rates at:<br />
http://www.iasl.mcgill.ca/conferences<br />
or telephone at (514) 398-5095
MAY/JUNE 2004 - 4 WORLD R EPORT<br />
PAGE 5<br />
ICAO Manual updated by ICAO Expert Panel (ANSEP)<br />
T<br />
he ICAO Air Navigation Services Economics<br />
Panel (ANSEP) met in Montreal from 3-7 May,<br />
attended by 38 participants from 15 States and six<br />
international organizations. ACI was represented by<br />
Rod Heitmeyer, Director of ACI’s ICAO Bureau.<br />
The main work carried out concerned the<br />
updating and revision of the Manual on Air<br />
Navigation Services Economics (Doc 9161). The<br />
objective of the Manual is to provide guidance to<br />
States, service providers and charging authorities on<br />
the efficient management of air navigation services<br />
and interpretation of ICAO’s policies on charges (Doc<br />
9082). The revised Manual will include guidance on<br />
economic oversight, performance measuring, cost<br />
recovery of security measures, cost allocation<br />
Guidelines for<br />
members on electronic<br />
copies of ACI traffic<br />
statistics<br />
T he<br />
ACI monthly traffic reports are now being<br />
transmitted electronically to all members and<br />
World Business Partners (WBPs) who had completed<br />
the questionnaires sent out early this year. This<br />
practice commenced in January 2004. The report in<br />
PDF format is free to all regular members and WBPs.<br />
Members and WBP’s not currently receiving<br />
their free copy of ACI monthly statistics should send<br />
an email to: stat@aci.aero with “traffic report opt in”<br />
in the subject line. ■<br />
Mark your calendar<br />
ACI World Conference<br />
Lisbon, Portugal, 13-15<br />
October 2004<br />
Hosted by ANA-Aeroportos de<br />
Portugal, SA<br />
Rod Heitmeyer, Director, ICAO Bureau Montreal,<br />
talks with <strong>Council</strong> Member during ANSEP Panel<br />
between different phases of flight, economic pricing<br />
principles and collection of charges. In view of<br />
changes in the way air traffic services are provided in<br />
certain regions, new alternative categories of service<br />
were developed for charging purposes.<br />
More work is planned for the Panel in assisting<br />
the Secretariat in monitoring the process of<br />
commercialization of airports and air navigation<br />
services, and developing appropriate guidance,<br />
including guidance on GNSS cost allocation.<br />
The new versions of the Manuals on Air<br />
Navigation Services and Airport Economics (also<br />
updated) are expected to be published by the end of<br />
2004 and made available on the ICAO website. ■<br />
Monthly Worldwide Airport Traffic - March 2004<br />
Strong rebound in traffic continues<br />
M arch<br />
2004 results from over 800 airports worldwide show total passenger traffic rising 10 percent,<br />
cargo 9 percent and movements 4 percent compared to March <strong>2003</strong>. For the first quarter 2004,<br />
passenger traffic and cargo were up 8 percent each and movement 3 percent.<br />
In March 2004, double-digit<br />
growth rates in passenger<br />
traffic were registred in the<br />
Middle East (+34 percent).<br />
Africa, Asia/Pacific and<br />
Europe (+10 percent each).<br />
Robust increases were also<br />
registred in Latin<br />
America/Caribbean and<br />
North America (+9 percent<br />
each).<br />
March aircraft movements<br />
rose in the Middle East (+9<br />
percent), Asia/Pacific (+8<br />
percent), Latin<br />
America/Caribbean (+6<br />
percent), Africa (+5 percent),<br />
North America (+4 percent).<br />
They remained practically<br />
unchanged in Europe.<br />
Cargo volume handled rose<br />
in Asia/Pacific (+13 percent),<br />
the Middle East(+12 percent),<br />
Latin America/Caribbean<br />
(+11 percent), Europe and<br />
North America (+7 percent<br />
each). It contracted in Africa<br />
slightly.
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