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21 August 2017
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ACI presented at the ICAO DGCA-APAC/54 held in Mongolia, 7 to 11 August 2017
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ACI Asia-Pacific Presented at Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Spies (ROUTES) Round Table Meeting Alibaba Global Managing Director to Speak at Trinity Forum - plus some of the world’s leading travel retail and airport commercial executives Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Available at the 13th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly, Conference & Exhibition Welcoming New Staff Onboard
Industry News Australia Adelaide Airport Adelaide Airport welcomes Jetstar direct flights to Hobart Brisbane Airport BNE welcomes Singapore Airlines’ A350 Trifecta for Brisbane Sydney Airport MCA and Sydney Airport partnership to showcase new contemporary Australian art
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Erbil International Airport EIA signs up Lufthansa Consulting to support Airport Development
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Airports Abu Dhabi Airports receives UAE’s first Aerodrome Flight Information Services Certification
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ACI presented at the ICAO DGCA-APAC/54 held in Mongolia, 7 to 11 August 2017 ACI attended the 54th Conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation, Asia and Pacific Region held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 7-11 August 2017. ACI Director General, Ms. Angela Gittens was invited to join a Panel discussion moderated by Dr. Fang Liu, Secretary General of ICAO amongst other distinguished industry leaders namely Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the ICAO Council, Mr. Michael P. Huerta, Administrator of Federal Aviation Administration, Mr. Bambang Susantono, Vice 3
President (Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development), Asian Development Bank and Ms. Aireen Omar, CEO Air Asia. Ms. Gittens shared her views on the topic “Asia Pacific at the cross roads: Breaking Barriers and Navigating the Future” and highlighted the challenge to airports on capacity constraint and the notion of Airport Networks.
The DGCA conference is the annual summit of civil aviation regulators of the 38 States of the Asia-Pacific Region and ACI attended to represent airports’ interests together with other industry partners such as IATA, CANSO, IFALPA, IBAC etc. The summit discussed the five ICAO strategic objectives: safety, security & facilitation, navigation capacity efficiency, environmental protection and air transport economics. ACI Regional Office was also invited to make two presentations on “SMART SECURITY: An IATA and ACI initiative to enhance security, facilitation and operational efficiency” and “ACI’s Capacity Building Efforts in Security” during the conference.
ACI Asia-Pacific Presented at Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Spies (ROUTES) Round Table Meeting
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species (ROUTES) round table meeting took place in Bangkok on 2-3 August, 2017. Representatives from Malaysia, Qatar, Kenya, Thai Airways and NGOs on wildlife trafficking attended the meeting. The meeting aimed to: •
Identify the key roles within the aviation industry that are most commonly exposed to wildlife crime; 4
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Create specific competency criteria for these roles; Gain a better understanding on how various companies and agencies within the industry train their staff and measure competency and knowledge retention; and Establish guidelines for ROUTES to best capture key validation data from training efforts within the industry.
ACI Asia-Pacific was invited to present at the meeting on ACI’s initiative in combatting Wildlife Trafficking and some examples implemented at Hong Kong International Airport. For further information about ACI’s initiative on Wildlife Trafficking, please visit ACI’s website at: http://www.aci.aero/Services/Member-tools-to-combat-Human-and-Wildlife-Trafficking/Wildlife-Trafficking
Alibaba Global Managing Director to Speak at Trinity Forum plus some of the world’s leading travel retail and airport commercial executives
We are delighted to announce that K. Guru Gowrappan, Global Managing Director, Alibaba, is the latest speaker to join the stellar programme for The Trinity Forum 2017 to be held in Bangkok on 1-3 November. Alibaba, founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, is the giant of Chinese and global e-commerce. The company enables hundreds of millions of commercial and social interactions between consumers and businesses every day. Gowrappan joins a long list of confirmed speakers such as: Robbie Gill, Director, The Design Solution; Doug Bagley, CEO, CIDF; Gary Clarke, General Manager, Mars International Travel Retail; Ian McLernon, International Director, Travel Retail for Europe & Americas, Rémy Cointreau Global Travel Retail; Gerry Munday, Global Travel Retail Director, Furla; and Ivo Knuesel, Head of Category Planning, Mondelez World Travel Retail. For additional information on the Trinity Forum please see the event website and be sure to register now. Thank you to all our Platinum partners: Mars International Travel Retail, L’Oréal Travel Retail, Dufry and Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail; Gold partner: Shiseido Travel Retail; Silver partner: Dubai Duty Free; Opening Cocktail partner: SSP; Lunch partners: Furla and Perricone MD; and our additional partners: Godiva, EMCAT, Nestlé International Travel 5
Retail, Marshall Arts, Travel Food Services, Lacoste, Oettinger Davidoff, Ricola and Yaok Shopping. We look forward to welcoming you all to Bangkok, Thailand in November!
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities Available at the 13th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly, Conference & Exhibition
The 13th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly, Conference and Exhibition hosted by Narita International Airport will take place in Narita, Japan from April 23-25, 2018. Sponsorship and Exhibition opportunities are now available, don't miss this golden opportunity to showcase your organization to high level representatives from airports and industry partners, including airlines, regulators and suppliers from all over the world! Take advantage of one of our sponsorship and exhibition opportunities! For further information about these opportunities and the event, please visit the event website at: www.aci-apaa2018.com.
Welcoming New Staff Onboard
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The ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Office is pleased to welcome Ms. Cindy Chee, the new Manager - Events, who joined us in August! Cindy will be responsible for all events related matters and also the World Business Partners Programme. Cindy has gained over 10 years of extensive experience from events conceptualization to planning and operation execution through her working experience with the Woolmark Company, an Australian not-for-profit company organizing events and trainings for the association and Messe Frankfurt, a German trade exhibition and conference organizer. Cindy has obtained a bachelor degree majoring in Hospitality and Tourism Management specializing on meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) in Canada. Cindy can be reached at cindy@aci-asiapac.aero.
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