ACI World Report June 2011
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ACI World Report June 2011 20YEARS Message from the Director General Airports Council International Dear Colleagues, Symposium,1991-2011 attended by some 500 members of government and industry from around the As we forecasted in world. Airports were well represented and we last month’s issue May have committed to airports taking a leadership was a busy month for role in convening runway safety teams at working on our priority their airports. We thank Montreal, Toronto and issues with ICAO. Vancouver Airports for their presentations at the Symposium. The runway safety focus is ACI participated in two ICAO events in May. well encompassed within the Airport Excellence The first was an informal briefing to the ICAO (APEX) in Safety8 programme ACI has Council on the economic state of the global launched. The particulars of the Symposium civil aviation industry. Along with ACI, the other conclusions and recommendations are provided organizations providing briefings were IATA, later in this edition but it was recognized that the Civil Air Navigation Service Organization solutions need to come from both a global, top (CANSO), Bombardier and the World Tourism down framework, as well as a local, bottom up, Organization (WTO). Although coming from context. ACI and other industry organizations different perspectives, all of the presentations will sponsor regional workshops to promote echoed common themes stressing the need best practice actions to improve runway safety for governments to recognize that commercial around the world. aviation is a vital economic driver for developed and developing economies around the world and Finally, ACI has been invited to sit on the ICAO their vested interest in supporting the capacity Future Aviation Challenge Team, which will meet demands and facilitation logistics of the industry. in Montreal on 27 June. This is ICAO’s follow Our preliminary discussions suggest that the through on calls to harmonize the outcomes organizations may be interested in developing a of the US-based NextGen and European-based commonly agreed agenda to work on together. SESAR air traffic modernization programmes. Our experience with industry collaboration on The Challenge Team’s purpose is to review the environmental mitigation tells us that we are work of the Technical Team that was established strongest when working jointly. to gain global interoperability. Top officials from the U.S. and Europe as well as industry Another arena which has profited from broad organizations will comprise the Challenge Team collaboration is aviation safety, the subject of the and we are pleased by the recognition of the second ICAO event, the Global Runway Safety airport role. ACI North America and ACI Europe Message from Director General | at ICAO | Standing Committees | Press Releases | Arrivals and Departures | Working with Partners | ASQ | Flash Traffic Data | Magazines | ACI WAGA | Events | Global Training 2 ACI World Report - June 2011 have been involved in the industry teams for the respective modernization programmes so ACI World we will call upon their knowledge to assure that at ICAO airport interests are accounted for. Looking forward to our 2st World Annual ICAO Global Runway Safety General Assembly, Conference and Exhibition, Symposium we are able to confirm that Morocco will be our David Gamper host. The opening ceremony is 3 October. See you there! ACI took a leading role in the ICAO Global Runway Safety Symposium, held in Montreal from 24 to 26 May. Director General Angela Gittens spoke in both the Opening and Closing Panels, alongside representatives of other international aviation organizations, who strongly agreed that Angela Gittens a collaborative approach to runway safety would Director General, ACI World produce the best results. ACI also provided speakers on Emergency Response (Ms Deane Johanis, Manager, Emergency Management PLEASE NOTE: Systems, Greater Toronto Airports Authority) The ACI World Geneva Office will be closed and FOD and Wildlife Control (Brett Patterson, permanently on 20 June 2011. Director, Airside Operations, Vancouver Airport Authority). Please visit the ACI Staff page on our website www.aci.aero8 with contact details of all our ACI was a platinum sponsor of the event and current staff. obtained a large and well placed booth where presentations were shown on the ACI APEX in ACI World Safety programme, and ACI work on runway Tel: +1 514 373 1200 safety. ACI staff were on hand throughout to Fax: + 54 373 20 promote and explain ACI’s work including safety aci@aci.aero * training courses and safety publications. Mailing address: Angela Gittens stated that improving runway PO Box 302 safety requires relentless pursuit of an increasing 800 Rue du Square Victoria level of safety, and that this strategic objective Montreal, Quebec H4Z G8 requires enhanced collaboration amongst all Canada parties involved. To meet that objective, ACI proposed a new paradigm where the airport Courier address: takes the lead in coordinating all activities on Suite 1810 its site, including all the relevant safety issues 800 Rue du Square Victoria from aprons through the manoeuvring area, and Montreal, Quebec H4Z G8 especially the runway, where the big risks lie. Canada Thus the airport should take responsibility for establishing and heading up local runway safety www.aci.aero 8 teams covering runways, taxiways and aprons, Message from Director General | at ICAO | Standing Committees | Press Releases | Arrivals and Departures | Working with Partners | ASQ | Flash Traffic Data | Magazines | ACI WAGA | Events | Global Training ACI World Report - June 2011 3 Gittens says, “As ICAO statistics indicate, runway excursions are both the most frequent and the most deadly type of runway accidents that occur. APEX provides a platform to assist our member airports in that goal. “But to drive down the number and severity of incidents, all those involved in safety at the airport must work together to meet that objective – including airports, airlines, pilots, air traffic controllers and the many people on the ground who contribute to delivering safe travel. This close collaboration is critical in order to reduce the potential for accidents and improve airport response in case L - R: Angela Gittens, Director General ACI World; Graham Lake, Director General CANSO; Guenther Matschnigg, of an incident. APEX programme components Senior Vice President IATA; Nancy Graham, Director Air (www.aci.aero8) build on ICAO principles of Navigation Bureau ICAO; Paul McCarthy, Representative to ICAO IFALPA; Tao Ma, First Vice President of the ICAO airport certification in line with Annex 14 and Council. Safety Management Systems (SMS), as well as information transparency. To learn from which form an integral part of the airport’s experience, an APEX database for incident overall Safety Management System. She also information sharing will be based on a non- stated that safety training and best practice punitive, ‘just culture’ environment. ACI will sharing are key elements of a successful runway facilitate a ‘Safety Partners’ network to promote safety improvement strategy. ACI believes that mutual assistance. Gittens says, “Our good incidents and accidents must be investigated fortune in the airport business is that airports fully and lessons learned, and that safety team come in all shapes and sizes…literally. By pairing should assess all actual and potential risks and and partnering within the airport community, causal factors, and provide defenses against we share strengths and knowledge and speed them. The airport operator must be committed progress on operational and safety management to this strategy as the management of the safety targets.” team can be quite an onerous activity in staff time. Angela Gittens unveiled the new programme At the end of the Symposium the following developed by ACI Airport Excellence (or APEX) issues were agreed: in Safety. The International organizations represented ACI Press Release on Airport Excellence in Safety (“Runway Safety Programme partners”) ACI World Director General Angela Gittens, committed to work together to compile and speaking this week at the ICAO Global Runway promote proven solutions and endorse best Safety Symposium in Montreal, announced a practices, and that: new global safety programme called Airport Excellence in Safety (APEX) designed to help • Runway Safety Teams should be airports worldwide to identify and address safety established locally and hosted by the vulnerabilities. airports; this important role for the airport operator was agreed Click HERE for full Press Release8 Message from Director General | at ICAO | Standing Committees | Press Releases | Arrivals and Departures | Working with Partners | ASQ | Flash Traffic Data | Magazines | ACI WAGA | Events | Global Training 4 ACI World Report - June 2011 • Runway excursions and incursions result in action plans to create runway safety are the main issues but other aspects teams and provide support to those already in such as Bird Strike, FOD should not be place. overlooked • Runway Safety definitions, taxonomies For more information, please contact David and reporting of runway conditions Gamper, ACI World Director Administration and and other safety indicators should be Safety, at dgamper@aci.aero * harmonized • Communication procedures should be standardized and improved • ICAO should ensure that its Standards and Guidance material are fit for purpose • The implementation of ICAO Standards will be monitored through the Continuous Monitoring