RASG-MID/7 Seventh Meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group-Middle East
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MIDANPIRG/17 Seventeenth Meeting of the Middle East Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group & RASG-MID/7 Seventh Meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group-Middle East Cairo, Egypt, 15-18 April 2019 MIDANPIRG/17 & RASG-MID/7-REPORT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION Report of the Seventeenth Meeting of The Middle East Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group and Seventh Meeting of The Regional Aviation Safety Group-Middle East MIDANPIRG/17 & RASG-MID/7 (Cairo, Egypt, 15 – 18 April 2019) The views expressed in this Report should be taken as those of the Regional Planning and Implementation Group and not of the Organization. This Report will, however, be submitted to the ICAO Council and any formal action taken will be published in due course as a Supplement to the Report Approved by the Meeting and published by authority of the Secretary General The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of ICAO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontier or boundaries. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I - HISTORY OF THE MEETING 1. Place and Duration ........................................................................................................ 1 2. Opening ......................................................................................................................... 1 3. Attendance ..................................................................................................................... 2 4. Officers and Secretariat ................................................................................................. 2 5. Language ....................................................................................................................... 3 6. Agenda ....................................................................................................................... 3-4 7. Conclusions and Decisions – Definition ....................................................................... 4 8. List of Conclusions and Decisions ............................................................................. 4-7 PART II - REPORT ON AGENDA ITEMS Report on Agenda Item 1 ........................................................................................... 1-1 Report on Agenda Item 2 ..................................................................................... 2-1/2-2 Report on Agenda Item 3 ..................................................................................... 3-1/3-5 Report on Agenda Item 4 .................................................................................... 4-1/4-6 Report on Agenda Item 5.1 ............................................................................ 5.1-1/5.1-7 Report on Agenda Item 5.2 ............................................................................ 5.2-1/5.2-2 Report on Agenda Item 6.1 ..................................................................................... 6.1-1 Report on Agenda Item 6.2 .......................................................................... 6.2-1/6.2-26 Report on Agenda Item 6.3 ............................................................................ 6.3-1/6.3-2 Report on Agenda Item 6.4 ............................................................................ 6.4-1/6.4-3 Report on Agenda Item 7 ........................................................................................... 7-1 Report on Agenda Item 8 ..................................................................................... 8-1/8-2 APPENDICES Appendices 4A – 4E Appendices 5.1A – 5.1L Appendix 5.2A Appendices 6.1A & 6.1B Appendices 6.2A – 6.2Z Appendices 6.3A & 6.3B Appendix 6.4A ATTACHMENT List of Participants ................................................................................................. Attachment A -------------------- MIDANPIRG/17 & RASG-MID/7-REPORT - 1 - PART I - HISTORY OF THE MEETING 1. PLACE AND DURATION 1.1 The Seventeenth Meeting of the Middle East Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group and the Seventh Meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group-Middle East (MIDANPIRG/17 & RASG-MID/7) was held in the Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Hotel, Cairo, Egypt, from 15 to 18 April 2019. 2. OPENING 2.1 Mr. Mohamed K. Rahma, Regional Director, ICAO Middle East (MID) Regional Office opened the meeting. He welcomed all the participants to Cairo to attend the Seventeenth Meeting of the Middle East Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group (MIDANPIRG 17) and the Seventh Meeting of the Regional Aviation Safety Group-Middle East (RASG-MID 7), organized concurrently for the first time. Mr. Rahma highlighted that this is in line with the directives from the ICAO Council regarding PIRGs and RASGs arrangements. Mr. Rahma welcomed, in particular, His Excellency, Mr. Ali Khalil Ibrahim, the Director General of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority, and thanked him for his participation as a guest of honor. 2.2 Mr. Rahma recalled that the last MIDANPIRG meeting hosted by the ICAO MID Office was MIDANPIRG/9 held in April 2005; he highlighted also that no RASG-MID meeting had been hosted by the ICAO MID Office. In this respect, he expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the States that provided the resources to support the organisation of the meeting outside of the ICAO MID Office premises, namely the Civil Aviation Authority of Qatar, the General Authority of Civil Aviation -Saudi Arabia and the General Civil Aviation Authority -UAE. Mr. Rahma extended his thanks to the Exhibitors, EMPIC and United ATS, that participated also in the sponsorship of the meeting. 2.3 Mr. Rahma provided an overview of the state of air transport at the global and regional levels; and underlined that the continuing growth of traffic in the MID Region placed increased demand on airspace capacity, which necessitates an optimum utilization of the available airspace and Airports. He highlighted that the changes and developments in the civil aviation world happen very rapidly and frequently and stated that we need to keep pace with these developments. In this respect, he referred to the 13th Air Navigation Conference, which was held in ICAO HQ in Montreal, in October 2018 and to the upcoming ICAO 40th Assembly, which will be held in ICAO HQ, in Montreal from 24 September to 4 October 2019; as well as to the DGCA-MID/5 meeting, which will be held in Kuwait, 4-6 November 2019. 2.4 Mr. Rahma highlighted the main MID Region achievements during the past period and confirmed that these achievements would not have happened without the cooperation and dedication of all stakeholders. He listed also some of the challenges the MID Region is facing and emphasized on the necessary commitment and cooperation of all stakeholders to overcome these challenges and achieve the agreed performance targets, in line with the MID Region NCLB Strategy. Finally, Mr. Rahma thanked all participants for their presence wishing them successful and productive meeting. 2.5 His Excellency, Mr. Ali Khalil Ibrahim, the Director General of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority, addressed the meeting. He welcome all the participants and underlined that, the main objective of his presence is to demonstrate Iraq’s high-level commitment to improve the civil aviation system and support the MIDANPIRG and RASG-MID activities. He wihed the meeting all the success. MIDANPIRG/17 & RASG-MID/7-REPORT - 2 - 2.6 Mr. Ismaeil Mohammed Al Blooshi, Chairman of RASG-MID thanked all delegates for their attendance. He highlighted the need for effective participation of all stakeholders within the framework of RASG-MID and MIDANPIRG, in order to achieve the desired objectives and goals. 2.7 Mr. Ahmed Al Jallaf, First Vice-Chairman of MIDANPIRG, welcomed also all participants to Cairo. He recalled that, after the MIDANPIRG/16 and MSG/6, he is honoured again to chair the MIDANPIRG/17 meeting, in the absence of the Chairman, Mr. Adel S. Boresli. Mr. Al Jallaf highlighted that the MSG/6 meeting held in Cairo, Egypt, 3 – 5 December 2018 addressed many important subjects and took decision on them on behalf of MIDANPIRG; yet the MIDANPIRG/17 agenda is very busy. He thanked all States and International Organizations that submitted WPs, IPs and/or PPTs to the meeting. He stated at the end that the MIDANPIRG/17 and RASG-MID/7 meetings are organised for the first time concurrently with a common agenda, some sessions in plenary and other agenda items addressed separately (parallel tracks); this would be a trial and at the end of the meeting, it would be decided if we should continue with the same setting, or some adjustements would be needed. 3. ATTENDANCE 3.1 The meeting was attended by a total of Ninety Eight (98) participants, which included experts from fourteen (14) States (Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAE, UK, USA and Yemen) and nine (9) International Organizations/Agencies (ACAO, AIRBUS, CANSO, EUROCONTROL, IATA, IFAIMA, IFALPA, IFATCA and MIDRMA). The list of participants is at Attachment A. OFFICERS AND SECRETARIAT 3.2 In the absence of the MIDANPIRG Chairman, Mr. Adel S. Boresli, the First-Vice Chairman, Mr. Ahmed Al Jallaf, Assistant Director General Air Navigation, General Civil Aviation Authority, UAE, and Mr. Ismaeil Mohammed Al Blooshi, Chairman of the RASG-MID, Assistant Director General,