AIRTRANSPORTANNUALREPORT2012 - Archive
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GlobalAviaonStrategySummit(Berlin,Germany,2—4October2011)<br />
As in previous years ICAO, the World Bank,<br />
and Routes jointly held the Global Aviaon<br />
Strategy Summit (GASS) in Berlin, Germany<br />
between2Octoberand4October2011.This<br />
annual event serves as a plaorm for ex<br />
changebetweentheBank,ICAOandtheavi<br />
aon community including airlines, airports<br />
and service providers. The conference, the<br />
seventhofitskind,wascolocatedwiththe<br />
17th World Route Development Forum at<br />
theMesseBerlin.Inaseriesofpaneldiscus<br />
sions the industry’s most prominent issues<br />
werediscussingincludingtopicssuchasthe<br />
aviaon industry today, the environmental<br />
challengesandopportuniesfortheaviaon<br />
industry, aviaon as an economic develop<br />
mentcatalyst,andtheroleofalliancesand<br />
new aircra in the development of airport<br />
infrastructure.Thesuccessfulevent,moder<br />
ated by BBC reporter Aaron Heslehurst, re<br />
sulted in dynamic interacons between the<br />
speakers,industryleaders,andotherparci<br />
pants. As last year a report was prepared<br />
highlighngthemainconclusionsandtrends<br />
(see hp://legacy.icao.int/WRDSS2011/<br />
SummaryDiscussions.pdf)<br />
CharlesSchlumbergermoderatedthepanels<br />
“Constraints to growth and sustainability:<br />
Analysingtheimpactofpolicyonthedevel<br />
opment of the aviaon industry” and“Air<br />
transportpolicies–lessonslearntinliberali<br />
zaonandopenskiesandthepotenalchal<br />
lengesthatmayarise.“<br />
The next GASS took place during the 18th<br />
World Route Development Forum in Abu<br />
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on September<br />
30—October2,2012.<br />
EXTERNALRELATIONS<br />
ChinaCivilAviaonDevelopmentForum(Beijing,China,23–24May2012)<br />
Charles Schlumberger parcipated as<br />
speakerrepresenngtheWBGintheChina<br />
Civil Aviaon Development Forum 2012 in<br />
Beijing, presenng "Air Transportaon: Im<br />
portant Foundaon of Naonal Compe<br />
veness”. The presentaon focused on air<br />
connecvity and explained the Bank's re<br />
cent publicaon of the Air Connecvity In<br />
dexwhereChinawasranked46among211<br />
countriesandterritoriesexamined.Charles<br />
Schlumberger concluded that the develop<br />
mentofairservicesandtheirnecessaryin<br />
frastructure was of great importance for<br />
China's economic development. He also<br />
menonedtheBank'sfirstairportprojectin<br />
Shagroa,JiangxiProvince,asanexampleof<br />
asmallinfrastructureproject,whichfocus<br />
ses on becoming a "green airport".<br />
Thehighlevelconferencefurtherdiscussed<br />
several key topics on China's future air<br />
transport development agenda, which in<br />
cluded (i) CAAC plans for invesng for de<br />
velopmentinthenext5years,(ii)Futureof<br />
ATC System and Airspace modernizaon,<br />
(iii)Chineseairlineleadersonfuturedirec<br />
ons,(iv)Chineseairportleadersonfuture<br />
direcons(v)ShanghaiIntegratedTranspor<br />
taon Hub as a model for future develop<br />
ment,(vi)Increasingsystemsafety,capaci<br />
ty, and eciency (vii) General Aviaon de<br />
velopmentandfuturegrowth,(viii)Interna<br />
onal cooperaon, and (ix) Cooperaon<br />
with Chinese provincial and city govern<br />
ments<br />
ContactpersonisCharlesE.Schlumbergeratcschlumberger@worldbank.org<br />
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