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SUSTAINABLE AVIATION INDUSTRY AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION • June 2019 02 aviation sector fuels Development of asustainable 13 for plan CORACNew flight 11 aviation industry for coordinated support Investment multi-year, Plan: French government’s Big 10 CORSIA takes off 08 INDUSTRY SUSTAINABLE AVIATION the editor’s discretion. Modeler: Gandil. 75720 Paris Cedex 15.Tel.: (switchboard) desk: 01 58094427-Fax: 0158094321-Editorial 0158093864-http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Patrick of Director publication: Aviation of Civile, theDGAC apublication généraledel’Aviation (Direction -French Aviation civile Civil Authority), delaTransition ministère et écologique solidaire, 50,rueHenry-Farman,

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• June 2019 03 ENCOUNTERS • June 2019 04 ENCOUNTERS and European aeronautical industry;italso underlines leading role demonstrates theperformance oftheFrench International joint venture withGeneral Electric. This and medium-haulenginesthrough the CFM 100-seat andover aircraft andSafran 70 percent ofshort Airbus currently produces abouthalfoftheworld’s reduce theenvironmental impactofairtransport. cycles ofnew aircraft to accelerate fleet renewal and industrial competitiveness to reduce thedevelopment of more autonomous aircraft; and,finally, improving for greater aircraft connectivity andthedevelopment the ground (CO environmental impactofaircraft, bothinflight andon lie ahead:energy transition to significantly reduce the industrial groups, to respond to themajorchanges that of theentire industry, from SMEsandmid-caps to major CORAC plays acentral role incoordinating theefforts and energy transition. requirements, particularlywithregards to ecological generation ofaircraft whichwillhave to meetmore aims to designtechnologies that are essential for thenext Civil Aviation Research(CORAC) meeting.Thiswork projects are reviewed at aspecialFrench Council for French government where research anddevelopment It isalso akey event for bothmanufacturers andthe technology. of ourexpertise whichisat theforefront ofglobal balance, andtheParis AirShow isanexcellent showcase sector for ourcountry isthetop contributor to ourtrade the players intheaeronautical industry. Thisstrategic Show, whichisanexceptional opportunity to meetall I amdelighted to participate inthisyear’s Paris Air industry Coordinate the efforts of the entire Coordinate theeffortsofentire 2 emissions, noise); digitaltransformation to respond to the major changes to respondthemajorchanges that lieahead É LISABETH BORNE Minister for Transport

supported by theFrench government. aeronautical research, thecreation ofwhichisfully the future European public-private partnership for technological demonstrations that willbepart of in France isintended to prepare thelarge-scale Europe, which willbeginin2021.Thework undertaken Programme for Research andInnovation, Horizon This actionnaturally extends to theFramework Plan). under theGrand Pland’Investissement (BigInvestment allocating anadditionalbudget of€135millionperyear managed by theFrench CivilAviation Authority, by aeronautical research supportpolicy, historically As such,in2018, theGovernment stepped upits the French government needsto assist. hybrid aircraft, etc.) that thechanges aheadwillrequire, for technological breakthroughs (energy efficiency, unprecedented research efforts, particularly to prepare research inrecent years, and,intheface of position by investing nearlyabillioneuros ayear in French manufacturers have achieved thisleadership the constructionoftomorrow’s aircraft. its responsibility ininnovation andchoicesfor •

© Dassault Aviation X. Béjot production intheindustryof thefuture. Iwould like to point autonomous aircraft, andnew methodsfor development and defined: theoptimised-energy aircraft, theconnected and this new roadmap, three broad lines ofresearch have been come into service between 2025 and2030beyond. With SMEs) to prepare for thenext generation ofaircraft, dueto manufacturers, system manufacturers, laboratories and of theindustry(aircraft manufacturers, engine is strategic. Itsnew roadmap aimsto synchronise theefforts in whichtheDGAC isamajorstakeholder alongside GIFAS, The French Council for CivilAviation Research(CORAC), of of activity CORAC? What conclusions GIFAS can draw from the10years competitiveness, includinginternationally. entire industryto remain vigilant withregard to its and SMEs, thetrend isglobally positive, butitisupto the is therefore anasset.Concerning equipment manufacturers demonstrating great stability. Beingadualindustrialchannel is stillat acrossroads, andasfor thedefence sector, itis helicopters whichisagain showing encouraging signs. Space remains fairly unlike stagnant, themarket for military aviation showed aslight upturn.Thecivilhelicopters market Concerning thetrends ontheothermarkets, business supply chain,from thecontracting clients to the SMEs. ramp-up. Thisistherefore oneoftheconcernsentire civil aviation industry, inparticularterms ofproduction does nonetheless set acertainnumber ofchallenges for the passenger numbers are set to doubleby 2037. Thisgrowth continuing strong air-traffic growth: up 6.5%. What ismore, as awhole.Thisperformance was driven inparticularby 2018 was anexcellent year for theFrench aerospace industry theSMEs? and major corporate manufacturers clients, theequipment What trends2018for were resultsand in the themain dynamic andmutually-supportiveindustry an efficient, Aerospace inFrance:anefficient,

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apprentices over 10 years. Lastly, the53 that in2020we willhave doubledourheadcount of This represents a7%increase inoneyear, andwe estimate apprenticeship contracts currently inplaceourindustry. job training, withmore than7,300 professional training and embarked uponinthe regions. Thesame appliesto on-the- of training, therefore, we shallbepursuing in2019theefforts in certaintrades oremployment catchment areas. Interms of trades andtraining, asthere are recruitment difficulties need to pursue the actionsofGIFAS for enhancingtheappeal the necessary These talent. figures shouldnot obscure the up, sinceourindustryneedsto invest innew skillsandattract around 15,000 new recruits. Thetrend isonceagain onthe 2018 was onceagain apositive year interms ofjobs, with recruitment? in difficulties aretherethe prospects, and still theindustry, jobsin Concerning what are helicopter andtheLeapengine. of theAirbusA350-1000, theA320neo, theAirbusH160 conclusive, with majorcontributions to theperformance the industry. Lastly, theresults from CORAC are highly demonstrates clearlytherobustness andsolidarity of research programmes. Thisisremarkable, andit More than300of themare today stakeholders intheCORAC of themid-tiercompaniesandSMEshasincreased 2.5-fold. for allthose concernedsince,over thisperiod,theactivity the companiesthemselves. CORAC hashadaknock-on effect business peryear, two-thirds ofwhichare self-funded by industry, representing today more than€900millionof of industrialresearch hasincreased by 80%across theentire sincethecreationout that, ofCORAC, thevolume teachers. operation aimed at young people, theirparents and offers theopportunity to repeat the“L’Avion des Métiers”

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Henri Cormier from regional right up to European level.” comprehensive and coherent support policy a implementing and designing to conducive aframework also is It impacts. of readability and clarity the and implementation, project of quality the synchronisation of research the industry’s efforts, of Government support, the continuity and the entire aviation industry, based on the visibility Plan sets in circle, motion a virtuous benefiting Investment Big the of framework demanding The Viewpoint Big Investment Plan supports CORAC’s efficiency ofoperations, industrial excellence, etc., the Ferry). Environmental performance, improved safety, (Rapporteur ontheBigInvestment Plan,Jean Pisani- acterised bylengthy cycles andcapital-intensive projects” industry, France’s leading export sector, which is char of 675 millioneuros over five years willaccompany “this responsibility offers some leeway to initiate effective national supportpolicyfor theaviation industry. This Authority) key role indefiningandimplementing the areas andconfirms DGAC’s (French CivilAviation A OF THE DTA THE OF AVIATIONTHE DEPARTMENT INDUSTRY AT OFFICE POLICY RESEARCH OF HEAD LOUBENS, DE AYMERIC in late 2017 can be summed up. A total Plan presented by thePrimeMinister provided under the Big Investment industry is how the public support breath offresh airfor theaviation

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1. French Council for CivilAviation Research. try are also at stake. tion anddevelopment ofskilledjobs withintheindus- behind these competitiveness issues, thepreserva- meet theindustry’s growing research needs, because, the majortechnological changes inprogress andto of development. These are allassets to better address in non-aeronautical areas whichare at anearlystage dustry’s actioninEurope andmakes itmore efficient mental governance also gives more weight to thein- rials, andartificialintelligence. Thisinter-depart- such asbatteries, electronic components, new mate- aviation industrywithabroader visiononissues, istries incharge ofresearch andindustry provides the side theDGAC, ofthecompetent services ofthemin- departmental framework. Theinvolvement, along- aviation industry’s supportpolicy inaninter- Investment Planoffers theadvantage ofplacingthe of thevarious stakeholders through CORAC, theBig In additionto theDGAC’s coordination oftheefforts Europeanand influencing research programmes.” seeking effect amultiplier on regional economic policies, basis for stepping upinteraction with other sectors, Beyond that,implementation. this action provides asolid impact criteria andrigorously monitored throughout projects for the industry, selected according to strict very programme consisting of acoherent set of priority torate). department oftheDTA (French AirTransport Direc- of Research policyoffice at theAviation industry aeronautics action”, stresses Aymeric deLoubens, Head role is to maximise the effects of the Big Investment Plan’s of clear and measurable impacts in return. “TheDGAC’s actions in an industry-wide vision while imposing proof

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t was inside the fuselage of an Air- in the order of 15% per annum. Lastly, a new gener- bus A300B that the French Minis- ation of turbojets was offering a 20% reduction in ter of Transport, Jean Chamant, and fuel consumption. Although the British government the German Minister of Economy decided to withdraw from the agreement in spring I and Finance, Karl Schiller, signed 1969, when a Rolls-Royce engine was rejected in the intergovernmental agreement on the production favour of the CF6-50 from General Electric, a British of the first Airbus, on 29 May 1969 at the Paris Air industrial partner, HSA (Hawker Siddeley Aviation), Show. It was as yet only a fuselage mockup, but the remained on board in a private capacity, alongside speed with which the agreement was drafted and Sud-Aviation for France and Deutsche Airbus for

signed, in the space of two months, demonstrated Germany. With “A” for Airbus, 3 for the number of 27 that the political and industrial will was really there. partners, and 300 for the number of seats originally envisaged, the A300 drew its name from these char- A PEACEFUL RAPPROCHEMENT acteristics. The “B” was added in summer 1968 when an alternative 250-seater aircraft was required to match the actual capacity of the engines. The adventure began three years earlier, in May 1966, when the French and British transport ministers FROM FIRST FLIGHTS TO FIRST ORDERS expressed their intention to launch an aeronautical industry cooperation programme. Germany joined the duo several months later, and in September 1967 In December 1970, the Airbus Industrie consortium, the protocol combining responsible for the prime contracting and commer- the technical, eco- cialisation of the future aircraft, was created. Rep- AIRBUS nomic, financial and resentatives of the industry, present from the start, DATES: commercial elements of were placed at the helm: Henri Ziegler, CEO of the the project constituted new Aérospatiale (SNIAS) entity, its first managing • 20 September 1967: signing the first foundation director; Roger Béteille (Aérospatiale), for technical of a tripartite protocol stone of the European management; and the German Felix Kracht (Deutsche between Germany, France aircraft. The time was Airbus), in charge of production, in particular. The and the UK, which officially ripe for this kind of first flight of the Airbus A300B1 took place two years launched the Airbus project challenge. Politically, later. Spain then joined the consortium. Air France definition phase. the EEC was gradually was the company that launched the aircraft, with the • 29 May 1969: Franco-German taking shape, and the first commercial flight on 23 May 1974, between Paris agreement on the production Elysée treaty of January and London. The 1974 crisis, which brought in its June 2019 of the Airbus A300B. 1963 underpinned the wake a drop in air traffic, marked an inauspicious • • 18 December 1970: joint desire of France start to the first commercial steps for Airbus. Yet the Creation of Airbus Industrie and Germany to work qualities of the aircraft and its technical lead in the (consortium). toward peacetime rap- medium-haul sector, compared to its main compet- • 28 October 1972: First flight prochement. In terms of itors, led by Boeing, would guarantee the success of of the Airbus A300B1. air transport, traffic the Airbus A300B and its successors (821 aircraft worldwide was growing manufactured). • • June 2019 28 AIR TRANSPORT improvement toward partnering Vision”): (“Security Sûreté » « Vision trials. Herearethedetails. with theimplementationoffresh is todayenteringitssecondphase, of thefirstphase,programme Following thepositiveoutcome launched in2014bytheDGAC. Sûreté the objectiveofnational« system whilecontrollingcosts:thisis the consistencyandefficiencyof security proceduressoastoensure Improving -overhaulingeventhe BY

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LOUIS BAKIENON, AIR NAVIGATION OPERATIONS DIRECTOR AT ASECNA

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL Remarkable involvement of all stakeholders

What challenges face ASECNA in its plans for a Single Sky for Africa? The Single Sky for Africa targets a more secure and efficient use of the airspace concerned. The objective is to offer airlines greater flexibility to optimise their flight altitudes and take more advantageous routes and flight paths so as to make substantial fuel savings. All this is to be done while

© iStock preserving the environment and reducing delays in vast regions comprising forests, deserts and The “Single Sky” team must firstly conduct hard-to-access zones. It addresses an operational the project feasibility study, draw up its roadmap, need to absorb air-traffic growth and permanently and convince all the stakeholders of its rationale. improve the efficiency, performance and Steered by Louis Bakienon, air navigation oper- competitiveness of service providers, and it ations director of ASECNA, the team is made up contributes to the establishment of a single

32 of three people: Apollin Komguem Magni, Yous- air transport market in Africa. souf Tidjani and Michel Aréno, of the DGAC In Africa, the average and continuous growth international cooperation mission. The latter, of traffic is in the order of 4% per year. Air-traffic familiar with Africa and ASECNA, is working control must permanently keep up-to-date to exclusively on this programme. absorb this rapid growth. The integration and interoperability of the systems, the modernisation The anticipated benefits of the “Single Sky” proof the infrastructures, the constant revision ject include the capacity to take account of safe of the methods and the pooling of procedures levels of traffic growth, the reduction in aircraft are the keys to success; hence the implementation journey times, fuel savings and, by extension, of a uniform sky across the whole of Africa. reduced greenhouse gas emissions, along with ASECNA aims to set itself up as the go-to supplier fewer “pilot-ATC” radio exchanges and better of air navigation services within this scenario. civil/military coordination. These are all illus- trations of beneficial spin-offs from the estab- What purpose does DGAC support serve lishment of the “Single Sky for Africa”. Therefore, in the framework of cooperation with in order to guarantee its implementation, ASECNA ASECNA for this programme? will have to make sure that all its associated The DGAC and ASECNA have a long history projects, both current and future, meet the of bilateral cooperation, manifesting the desire requirements of the “Single Sky” programme. It to act in tandem for better service to users. may be noted that some of these projects are France is a member of ASECNA. Hence the already underway, such as for performance-based interest of support from the DGAC, whose navigation procedures, or for navigation and contribution to the creation of a Single Sky will surveillance procedures using satellite technol- involve participation in studies, training actions June 2019 ogies (SBAS, ADS-B). and exchanges of experts, but above all the lessons • This ambitious “Single Sky for Africa” programme learnt from the various European Single Sky will consolidate ASECNA’s position as leader in projects. Let us also recall that France and the provision of air navigation services on the ASECNA are partners in the flight procedures in African continent.• Africa programme established by ICAO, which sets precise objectives for performance-based 1.Agence pour la sécurité de la navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar (Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and navigation. Madagascar). PR

France keeps “Starting from practically on with its nothing, Kosovo developed all competency requirements cooperation with thanks to the training provided by French experts, technical Eastern Europe personnel and air-traffic COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL controllers in the early 2000’s.” and the Balkans BY JACQUES WEYANT, SENIOR COOPERATION OFFICER FOR EUROPE, CIS AND JAPAN INTERNATIONAL WITHIN THE DTA.

The DGAC has already been helping for several decades East European and Balkans countries to converge to the training provided by French experts, technical personnel and air-traffic controllers in the early towards European and international 2000’s,” recalls Jacques Weyant, Senior cooperation standards with regard to air transport officer for Europe, CIS and Japan international within safety and security. Other countries the DTA. are eager to take advantage from this bilateral support, with the financial aid STRONG ACTION IN TAJIKISTAN of the European Union. In recent years, the Mission of International Cooper- 33 BY Olivier Constant ation (MCI) has extended its scope of action to Central Asian countries, where the needs are great. A particular example of this is Tajikistan. Having used the stablished after the fall of the Berlin airport at Dushanbe during its intervention in Afghan- Wall to help the newly-independent istan, the French Air Force provided the funding to East European and Balkans States build a new control tower. Its construction, nearly create their own civil aviation completed, was carried out by the DGAC’s National E authorities, the international coop- Aeronautical Engineering Service (SNIA). Under eration activities have developed bilaterally or under MCI’s initiative, the DGAC has already decided to back the aegis of the European Union. It is the EU which up this French presence with a cooperation programme came up with, and partially financed, specific pro- together with the Tajik civil aviation authority. This grammes for transferring competences via twinning is another example of the bilateral support the DGAC projects between the civil aviation authorities of the can provide through MCI, despite limited financial Member State and their newly-created counterparts. resources. Those projects started with the Southern Balkans One particular focal point in this is on training Mac- (Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Albania), The focus was recently, for example, on training while East European countries such as Georgia, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Bosnian and Serbian Ukraine, Moldova took a little longer to take advan- experts in airport certification and PBN1 procedures tage of them. design. The MCI works in conjunction with DSAC2 South and ENAC 3 to welcome these experts for that ADOPTING BEST PRACTICES purpose. These exchanges, which contribute to aviation safety June 2019 and the dissemination of French aeronautical culture, • Through bilateral exchanges of experts, these coun- could in the future help prop up France’s positions tries have been able progressively to adopt ICAO within ICAO or the European Civil Aviation Confer- standards in air transport safety and security, to ence (ECAC). name two main areas of civil aviation. • One of the most notable actions was to the benefit of 1. Performance-based navigation. 2. Direction de la sécurité de l’Aviation civile (French civil aviation safety Kosovo: “Starting from practically nothing, this directorate). country developed all competency requirements thanks 3. École nationale de l’aviation civile (Civil Aviation National University). • June 2019 34 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION an assetan presented for theapplication by theMCI. that wascounterpart, renewed 2017. in constitutes link This agreement between theDGAC itsLebanese and by way of acooperation particular in France Lebanon, and forAsia manager theMCI.Long-term exist links between stressesUnion,” Karim Bekkouche, South East and Middle gateway constituting adirect to theEuropean airport withBeirut project, topics twinning of this are themain knowledge for of “Safety thebenefit Lebanon. security and atransfer to enable designed of competences and France’s for application a two-year programme twinning A DGAC to May present Beirut early delegation visited in twinning projectwithLebanon France’s candidacyfora international standards. in theirconvergencetowards supports theEUneighbouringcountries the caseinTunisia.Thiscooperation twinning policy,asitwasrecently involved intheEuropeanUnion Cooperation (MCI),theDGACisactively Via theMissionofInternational toola to promote convergence European twinning: Application BY

Frédéric Magnan the objective remains to foster development toward toward development foster to remains objective the “beneficiary” countries. For the European Union, Union, European the For countries. “beneficiary” the and EU of the States Member the between programmes twinning years for several lished K European Commission has estab has Commission European the (EASA), Agency Safety Aviation European of the regulations and standards international the adopt to EU’s “neighbours” the help to een

- DGAC’s MCI, an entity of DTA (French Air Trans Air of DTA (French entity an DGAC’s MCI, (ICAO). Organisation Aviation Civil International of the ards stand international the with accordance in levels, security and safety optimum guaranteeing while - -“open skies” transport of air liberalisation the at extending the exchanges between experts.” experts.” between exchanges the extending at aimed counterpart Tunisian its with agreement ation cooper abilateral signed has DGAC 2017. Besides, December in Tunisia and UE between agreement sky open of an signature the following EU of the support the with continue will regulations European “Tunisia’s transition towards Germain: Sophie authority. Tunisian the by made progress the assess will ICAO audit an 2019, spring In France. in job training on-the- and visits technical as well as University), Aviation Civil (the French ENAC at and locally both conducted courses training in resulted This implemented. was plan action an Authority, sian Tuni of the competences and handbooks of the as well as procedures, the and organisation ment of the assess an Following project. twinning of this topics work all were these & rescue: search protection, environmental rights, passenger management, air-traffic access, market security, Safety, MCI. of the manager Africa Germain, Sophie explains country,” beneficiary the with links lasting and deep establishes that tool structuring and fruitful a is “Twinning contract. of the duration out the through locally Adviser Twinning one Resident and DTA, the from 15 including experts, DGAC 44 than nofewer mobilised MCI, the by coordinated project, twinning The months. additional for four extended finally it was months, for 24 scheduled initially and funds EU by entirely Financed 2018. August to 2016 April from ran which Tunisia, and France between initiative twinning of the background the was This behind”. left country “No ICAO’s initiative: in part its play to of France commitment the ing for address required tools the has Directorate), port STRUCTURING TWINNING PROGRAMME TWINNING STRUCTURING FRANCE “Yet the story does not end there,” end not does “Yet story the - TUNISIA: A FRUITFUL AND AFRUITFUL TUNISIA: • says says

------The Indian Ocean rises to the security Jobs challenge An open door to training “In terms of training, we have put in place a ‘Trades’ Forum’ to which we INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL Air transport is a major development issue for have invited our counterparts in the the States of the Indian Ocean. The regional area,” says Lionel Montocchio, Direc- stakeholders are working on obtaining tor of the Indian Ocean DSAC. “Last regulatory convergence with the European year, the decision was made to create Union, with expert help from the DGAC and an aviation industry branch for its representatives in La Reunion. France and the Indian Ocean, which

BY Frédéric Magnan should be set up in 2019.” For its part, the Indian Ocean Air Navigation Service is sharing, within the zone, its skills in the field of search & rescue, by proposing its training to the regional bodies. “We are also orga- nising, in collaboration with the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA), FIR (Flight Information Region) mee- tings with the adjacent regions,”

he skies over La Reunion, Mauritius, earlier, in August 2014, a Civil Aviation Committee Madagascar, Seychelles and Como- had been created, in which the DGAC was immedi- ros constitute a major backdrop for ately involved. “The cooperation programme was put the economic development of these in place with the support of the MCI and the funding T States of the western Indian Ocean. of the European Aviation Safety Agency,” explains While certain links are already fairly busy - more Lionel Montocchio, Director of civil aviation safety than 500,000 passengers per year fly between Mau- for the Indian Ocean, in Saint Denis. “The convergence ritius and La Reunion - the fragmentation of the programme, in which Madagascar plays a leading role, offering between the various national carriers and aims to get the States to update their own regulations. poor connectivity with the rest of the world, in par- It must also facilitate the development of local part- ticular, are restricting growth in the sector. Under nerships, such as the exchange of inspectors, for the banner of a “Commission of the Indian Ocean example,” says Sophie Germain. An initial phase of States”, in which France - through La Reunion - is the programme, over the first six months of 2017, involved, the countries in the area are committed to consisted in assessing the transition work. The a process of regulatory convergence. The objective convergence work proper then began, each country is to improve regional air services as well as the having its own schedule of actions, involving topics connections with the major international routes. concerning the regulation and management of air- “France has a role to play in the region, thanks to its craft navigability, the management of maintenance experience, in providing assistance to and sharing workshops, and aviation mechanic licences. “It will June 2019 best practices with the other stakeholders in the area,” take between three and four years to complete the • explains Sophie Germain, Africa manager for the process,” estimates Lionel Montocchio. Yet the ambi- Mission of International Cooperation (MCI) of the tion is already taking shape to develop a “second DGAC. Already, in 2016, the national airline of Mad- circle” of the DGAC’s sphere of influence out of agascar could be withdrawn from the “blacklist” La Reunion, linked to the African States this time, (Annex B) of the European Union as a result of to participate in particular in creating a network of cooperative work with the DGAC. Some months regional inspectors. • • June 2019 36 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BY strategic projects. a keycontributiontosupport located inChina,RussiaandJapan: French aerospacemanufacturers the DGACactivelysupports Through dedicatedworkinggroups, for industrialexports Flawless support

Olivier Constant company UECSaturn as “exemplary”. “We are the only company, qualifies itscooperation withtheRussian Accordingly, theSafran Group, through itsPowerjet can onlyserve to reinforce ouralready robust positions. international cooperation officer with the DTA. This explains Jacques Weyant, Europe, CISandJapan body C929, willalso to beopen French companies,” for programmes, new such asthe Chinese-Russian wide- “The challenge is to ensure that the forthcoming RFPs (METI), theDGAC andAirbus. Japanese MinistryoftheEconomy, Trade andIndustry up withJapan inMarch 2017, bringingtogether the working groups can also betripartite, suchastheoneset taxes, just to nameoneof the most recent examples.” These This is particularly useful for questions linked to import for makingourvoice heard bythe Russian authorities. aircraft, agrees: “TheDGAC is aprecious intermediary Saturnand NPO to power theSukhoi SuperJet 100 venture created in2004between Safran Aircraft Engines by allstakeholders. Marc Sorel, CEOof thePowerjet joint cooperation. Thebenefitsofwhichare most welcome holding specific working groups dedicated to industrial working together inthisarea. Thissupportoccurs by and theAeronautic industrydepartment (SDC)are (DTA), theMission ofinternational cooperation (MCI) industry. Within theFrench AirTransport Directorate supporting role for exports for theFrench aerospace ation isallthestronger inasmuchastheDGAC plays a I INTENSIFYING COOPERATIONINTENSIFYING co-Russian cooperation. This cooper war years, as it is the case with Fran- In some cases, itdates backto thepost- Russia andJapan already hasahistory. ndustrial cooperation withChina,

- SPRING Technologies. of their local suppliers,” Airbus. Thelatter introduced indeed, have, usto some have already benefited from the help of Safran and penetrate more rapidly the Chinese market, ifwe even in collaboration with the DGAC. This wouldallow usto Production Software Group) wishes “…to beable to work SPRING Technologies (subsidiary of the Hexagon manufacturing usingnumerically controlled machines, eration. Specialised in innovative digital solutions for manufacturers are also interested inthistype of coop centre inTianjin, operational sincelate 2017. Other eration isthecreation ofanAirbusA330delivery Cooperation. The latest concrete example of this coop manager at theDGAC’s Department ofInternational explains ThibautLallemand,Asia-Pacific cooperation a balanced cooperation between our two countries,” privileged channel for high level exchanges. This fosters Thanks to the existing working group, weprovide a China’s request the cooperation hasbeen intensifying. French manufacturers are also expected “At in China. engine by CFMInternational. Russian industryshare inthe production oftheLEAP is also consideringthepossibility ofextending the maintenance activities(MRO)for theSaM146. Safran intensify withincreasing Russian participation inthe the delighted Powerjet boss. This cooperation will maintained along-term industrial cooperation,” says Western manufacturer engine to havesuccessfully CEO, POWERJET SOREL, MARC examples.” of themorerecent taxes, justtonameone questions linkedtoimport is particularlyusefulfor Russian authorities.This our voiceheardbythe intermediary formaking “The DGACisaprecious explains GillesBattier, CEOof •

- - worldwide French know-how from 50differentcountries. and morethanhalfofitsstudentsareinternationalstudents, around 80universitiesandhighereducationalestablishments, Its internationalreputationgoesbeforeit.Itispartneredwith service ofaeronauticalprofessionalsallaroundtheworld. - Frenchcivilaviationuniversity)placesitsknow-howatthe International bynature,ENAC(Écolenationaledel’aviationcivile Enac pursue part of their studies abroad - and in the in -and abroad studies of their part pursue to ENAC at students the -enabling universities or schools foreign with exchanges in ifested goals.” excellence our pursue way this in and world the in best the against ourselves match to us allows this nature, by “Furthermore, since air transport is international of ENAC. director-general Chansou, Olivier exclaims worldwide,” aviation civil of French tation BY

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