EUROPEAN UNION- AFRICA CONFERENCE ON AVIATION Windhoek, Namibia, 2 – 3 April 2009 AIRAIR TRANSPORTTRANSPORT LIBERALIZATIONLIBERALIZATION ININ WESTWEST AFRICAAFRICA Presented by Dr P.A.M. GANEMTORE Project Director Air Transport ECOWAS Commission COR AC D G L U R J O N U A P B B.A.G. CONTENTCONTENT AVIATIONAVIATION ININ ECOWASECOWAS SPACESPACE MISSIONMISSION && OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES ACHIEVEMENTSACHIEVEMENTS WAYWAY FORWARDFORWARD AVIATIONAVIATION ININ ECOWASECOWAS SPACESPACE COR AC D G L U R J O N U A P B B.A.G. 15 ECOWAS Member States Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinee, Guinee Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone & Togo AIRAIR TRANSPORTTRANSPORT POLICYPOLICY Chicago Convention 7 December 1944 ¾ Develop Civil Aviation in a Safe and Orderly Manner - Equality of Opportunity and Operated Soundly and Economically ¾ ICAO SARPs and International Air Law Instruments Yamoussoukro Declaration 7 October 1988 ¾ Cooperation between African States against protectionism ¾ Integration of African airlines: joint venture, mergers ¾ Pooling: fleet, maintenance, CRS, tariffs, spare parts, training Yamoussoukro Decision 14 November 1999 ¾ Liberalization of access to air transport markets in Africa ¾ Free exercise of traffic rights, free tariff fixing, no limitation of capacity or frequencies, multiple designation of eligible airlines ¾ Compliance with ICAO SARPs: Aviation Security & Safety Africa Union, AFCAC, AFRAA, NEPAD & Millenium Development Goals ¾ Support the Yamoussoukro Decision in order to establish safe, efficient airports & airlines in Africa, Guidelines for external policy ¾ Public/Private Partnership projects to achieve good results 1010 FLIGHTFLIGHT INFORMATIONSINFORMATIONS REGIONSREGIONS (FIR)(FIR) 360,000360,000 overflightsoverflights perper yearyear AIR TRANSPORT DATA Airports: 60 ranging from 2400m to 4000m ¾ Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Bamako, Banjul, Bissau, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Lagos, Lome, Ouagadougou, Niamey, Praia, Sal, Yamoussoukro….. Passengers: 20 Millions per year Freight: 300,000 Tonnes per year Airlines: 60 small size ¾ Virgin Nigeria, Belview, Arik Air, Air Burkina, Air Ivoire, Air Senegal, Ghana International, AeroContractors, CAM........ Aircrafts: 300 in majority aging and low maintenance Pilots: 1800 Maintenance Centres: 29 notably for A, B, C checks Aviation safety: high rate of accident : 4% world traffic but 25% world accident MISSIONSMISSIONS && OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES OFOF THETHE ECOWASECOWAS COR AC D G L U R J O N U A P B B.A.G. MISSIONMISSION MISSION Article 32 ECOWAS Treaty ¾ Cooperation and integration in order to establish an Economic and Monetary Union ECOWAS COMMISSION MANDATE ¾ Assist Member States to meet their commitments in international civil aviation ¾ Coordinate & harmonize implementation of the Yamoussoukro Decision for Liberalization of Air Transport Markets ¾ Monitoring the COSCAP programme for Safety Oversight transition to creation of Regional Agencies for Aviation Safety & Security ¾ Mobilize funds and promote technical cooperation OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES OVERALL OBJECTIVE ¾ Develop a safe, reliable, efficient & affordable air transport system in West Africa SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ¾ Harmonize national legislations & regulations ¾ Enhance aviation security & safety in compliance with ICAO SARPs ¾ Facilitate creation of a Regional Airline ¾ Promote private sector ¾ Cooperate with aviation organizations ACHIEVEMENTSACHIEVEMENTS COR AC D G L U R J O N U A P B B.A.G. INSTITUTIONALINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKFRAMEWORK OFOF THETHE MoUMoU 2323 countriescountries ofof WesternWestern && CentralCentral AfricaAfrica COMMONCOMMON ECONOMICECONOMIC REGULATIONSREGULATIONS ECONOMIC REGULATIONS 3 approved by the Council of Ministers responsible for civil aviation in Libreville 2 December 2004 ¾ Rules of Compensations for Denial to Embark Passengers, ¾ Ground Handling Market Access, ¾ Rules for Slot Allocation 4 approved by the Council of Ministers responsible for civil aviation, Accra, Ghana, 7 November 2008 ¾ Approval of Air Carrier ¾ Market Access ¾ Tariffs ¾ Air Carrier’s Liability in Case of Accident Scheduled for 2009 ¾ Competition Rules and Exemptions ¾ Mechanism for Settlement of Disputes ¾ Common External Policy ¾ Common Aviation Security Regulation AVIATION SAFETY & SECURITY 28 Feb. 2003 Lome Action Plan & World Bank support ¾ 3 COSCAP projects: BAG, UEMOA + Mauritania, CEMAC + Sao Tome 13 Sept. 2004: Request by ECOWAS for ADB support 19 May 2005: Signature in Abuja of the ADF Grant by CEMAC/ECOWAS/UEMOA with ADB Objectives ¾ Capacity Building for regional safety oversight: practical, cost effective & satisfactory ¾ Bringing States to comply with ICAO SARPs Annexes of Chicago Convention: 1-Personnel Licensing, 6-Flight Operations, 8- Airworthiness Certification & 14-Airports Certification Financing ¾ Multi-donors: Member States, BAG, CEMAC, UEMOA, ECOWAS, ICAO, European Union, French Cooperation, USTDA, Boeing, Airbus ¾ 2005 ADB Grant 4,6 Millions UC: 1,72 ECOWAS, 1,58 CEMAC and 1,3 UEMOA Expected results ¾ Autonomous & capacity building enhanced for Civil Aviation Directions ¾ Accident rate reduced ¾ Regional Agencies for Aviation Safety Oversight established PRIVATEPRIVATE SECTORSECTOR PROMOTIONPROMOTION 20042004--20082008 ENCOURAGE AIRLINES COOPERATION ¾ interline agreement, codeshare, leasing, technical cooperation, partnership …. ¾ Expected results: Economy of scales for airlines and Seamless travel & lower fares for passengers PROMOTE CREATION OF A PRIVATE REGIONAL AIRLINE Support creation of a regional airline in Central Africa: Air CEMAC, Equatorian Airlines….. Support private initiatives (BOAD,EBID) in West Africa ECOAIR, ECOAIRLINES & RAPC ¾ RAPC created on 2005 by EBID, BOAD, ECOBANK and private investors, transformed on January 2008 as new Regional Airline called ASKY COR AC D G L U R J O N U A P B B.A.G. BANJUL ACCORD GROUP (BAG) Cabo Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinée, Liberia, Nigeria. & Sierra Leone UEMOAUEMOA MEMBERMEMBER STATESSTATES Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinée Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sénégal & Togo WAYWAY FORWARDFORWARD COR AC D G L U R J O N U A P B B.A.G. 2009 Work Programme Meeting of the Ministers responsibl of civil aviation and CEO of West african airlines, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 18-22 May 2009 ¾ Full liberalization of air transport to open-up ECOWAS air space ¾ Enhancing aviation security & safety ¾ Cooperation among national airlines and regional airlines ASKY 10th Anniversary of the Yamoussoukro Decision: Meetng of the Ministers responsible for civil aviation in West and Central Africa, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, 20-24 October 2009 ¾ Assessment of the implementation of the YD in member States ¾ Review and approval of Competition Rules and Exemptions ¾ Commitment to remove all bottlenecks to full implementatin of the YD ¾ Action Plan for Aviation in West and Central Africa AERONAUTICALAERONAUTICAL COOPERATIONCOOPERATION ¾ICAO ¾African Union Commission ¾AFCAC ¾AFRAA ¾ADB ¾COMESA ¾ASECNA AERONAUTICALAERONAUTICAL COOPERATIONCOOPERATION EUROPEAN UNION ¾ 70% of international air links West & Central African with European continent ¾ 9 EDF GRANT 63 MILLIONS Euros for Regional Transport Facilitation to UEMOA and ECOWAS 800,000 € for aviation sector 9 Implementation of the Yamoussoukro Decision 9 Improvement of Aviation Safety and Security Way forward 9 Horizontal agreement in accordance with African Union guidelines 2008 9 Formal aeronautical cooperation ACCOR L D U J N G A R B O U P B .A.G..