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ICJOURNALAO VOLUME 61 NUMBER 5, 2006 Annual Review of Civil Aviation 2005 $716 NQRZV $IULFD 75$,1,1* 96$7 $'9$1&(' $,5 75$)),& 6<67(06 WLW DW ORRN \RX ZD\ :KLFKHYHU 5HVSRQVLEOH IRU DSSUR[LPDWHO\ RI WKH ZRUOG¶V DLUVSDFH $716 SURXGO\ PDQDJHV PRUH WKDQ KDOI D PLOOLRQ DUULYDO DQG GHSDUWXUH PRYHPHQWV HYHU\ \HDU DQG LV PDNLQJ &DSH WR &DLUR VDWHOOLWH FRPPXQLFDWLRQV D UHDOLW\ $716 WUDLQV LQWHUQDWLRQDO DYLDWLRQ SURIHVVLRQDOV PDLQWDLQV ,62 DFFUHGLWDWLRQ DQG VXEVFULEHV WR ,&$2 6WDQGDUGV DQG 5HFRPPHQGHG 3UDFWLFHV 0,5$+ %5$'7 &20081,&$7,216 ICAO Journal The magazine of the International Civil Aviation Organization THE ICAO VOL. 61, NO. 5 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 COUNCIL SPECIAL REPORT • ANNUAL REVIEW OF CIVIL AVIATION President ROBERTO KOBEH GONZÁLEZ ICAO’s review of air transport developments in 2005, as well as traffic 1st Vice-President and financial trends and forecasts until 2008, begins on page 6. L. A. DUPUIS 7 Traffic Results: Total scheduled traffic rose by 6 percent to more 2nd Vice-President than 487 billion tonne-kilometres performed S. RHEE 3rd Vice-President 10 Financial Results: Scheduled airlines posted an operating profit A. SUAZO MORAZÁN despite the high cost of fuel Secretary 15 Trends and Forecasts: Passenger traffic is expected to continue Dr. TAÏEB CHÉRIF to grow strongly during 2006-08 Secretary General 18 Air Carriers: The industry ordered a substantial number of new aircraft valued at some $160 billion Argentina – D. O. Valente Australia – S. Clegg 20 General Aviation: Aeroplane manufacturers enjoyed a banner year, Austria – S. Gehrer producing over 3,500 units worldwide Brazil – P. Bittencourt de Almeida 22 Safety and Security: The number of fatal accidents and fatalities Cameroon – T. Tekou rose significantly, sparking a call for safety enhancement Canada – L. A. Dupuis Chile – G. Miranda Aguirre 27 Environmental Protection: ICAO adopted more stringent standards for emissions of nitrogen oxides China –T.Ma Colombia – J. E. Ortiz Cuenca 28 Economic Regulation: The number of “open skies” bilateral Egypt – S. Elazab air services agreements continues to grow Ethiopia – M. Belayneh 30 Technical Cooperation: ICAO carried out 277 projects in Finland – L. Lövkvist 105 countries under a programme valued at $146 million France – J.-C. Chouvet Germany – Dr. K. Kammann-Klippstein 41 Air Navigation: The organization was in the midst of updating Ghana – K. Kwakwa the Global Air Navigation Plan Honduras – A. Suazo Morazán ANNUAL REPORT TABLES Hungary – Dr. A. Sipos Traffic on scheduled services, 2004-05 ............................................10 India – Dr. N. Zaidi Growth of traffic by region, 2004-05 ..............................................11 Italy – Tonne-km and passenger-km performed by country, 2005 ...................12 Japan – H. Kono Freight tonne-km performed by country, 2005 .................................13 Lebanon – H. Chaouk Airline operating and net financial results, 1996-2005 ........................15 Mexico – Variance analysis of changes in revenues/expenses, 2004-05 ................16 Mozambique – D. de Deus Economic growth (GDP), 2004-08 .................................................21 Nigeria – Dr. O. B. Aliu Scheduled traffic growth forecast, 2006-08 ......................................22 Pakistan – M. Rauhullah Status of certain international air law instruments ............................31 Peru – J. Muñoz-Deacon Republic Of Korea – S. Rhee ICAO UPDATE Russian Federation – I. M. Lysenko 36 Security experts study threat raised by thwarted terrorist plot Saint Lucia – H. A. Wilson Saudi Arabia – S. A. R. Hashem COVER (photo by Bill Brooks/Masterfile) Singapore – K. P. Bong As highlighted by our annual review of civil aviation, the world’s scheduled South Africa – M. D. T. Peege airlines last year transported more than two billion people for the first time, Spain – L. Adrover while also posting a combined operating profit of 1 percent of operating Tunisia – M. Chérif revenues — despite a substantial increase in the cost of jet fuel. Included United Kingdom – M. Rossell in the special report beginning on page 6 is a commentary on the correct method for calculating air carrier capacity (see box, page 18). United States – D. T. Bliss WWW.ICAO.INT Promoting the Development of International Civil Aviation ICAO Journal The International Civil Aviation Organization, created in 1944 to promote the safe and orderly development of civil Editor: Eric MacBurnie Production Clerk: Arlene Barnes aviation worldwide, is a specialized agency of Editorial Assistant: Regina Zorman Design Consultant: François-B. Tremblay the United Nations. 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