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21 March 2016 Feature Airport Members Bahrain Airport
Highlights ACI Asia-Pacific Announces Human Resources Excellence Recognition 2016 Results - Adelaide Airport Limited Takes Top Honors with Gold Recognition
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Industry News •
Australia – Gold Coast Airport officially opens new commercial building Gold Coast Airport
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Australia – Sydney Airport welcomes Qatar Airways Sydney Airport
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Hong Kong – HKIA Sees Steady Growth in Passenger Volume and Flight Movements in February Airport Authority Hong Kong
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India – Hyderabad Airport maintains its Top 3 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) ranking for the 7th year in a row Hyderabad Airport
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India – IGI Airport, Delhi retains World’s No.1 position for 2nd consecutive year in 25- 40 Million Passengers Per Annum category IGI Airport
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Jordan – Queen Alia International Airport Named ‘Best Airport by Region Middle East’ for Second Consecutive Year Airport International Group
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Singapore – Early check-in made easy for passengers at Singapore Changi Airport Changi Airport
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United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi Airports signs agreement with Aéroports de Paris Abu Dhabi Airports Company
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United Arab Emiates – DXB starts 2016 with record 7.3 million passengers in January Dubai Airports
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ACI Asia-Pacific Executive Board
President Dennis Chant
Feature Stories ACI Asia-Pacific Announces Human Resources Excellence Recognition 2016 Results - Adelaide Airport Limited Takes Top Honors with Gold Recognition
First Vice President Seow Hiang Lee
ACI Asia-Pacific is pleased to announce the results of ACI AsiaPacific Human Resources Excellence Recognition 2016 which recognizes airports’ outstanding achievements in HR management. Adelaide Airport Limited takes top honors with Gold Recognition. The HR Excellence Recognition is a program initiated by the region in 2013. The objective of the program is to promote professional excellence in airport HR management. The results of the HR Excellence Recognition 2016 are: • • •
Gold – Adelaide Airport Limited Silver - GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited Bronze – Yangon Aerodrome Company Limited
Second Vice President Kerrie Mather
Ms. Kerrie Mather, Chairperson of the Panel of Judges and Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Airport said, “The submissions received this year demonstrated excellent best practices in HR management and presented many very innovative HR projects which are driving airport business sustainability. The Panel of Judges was impressed by the submission presented by Adelaide Airport Limited. It showed proven contribution to the airport business by the HR function which clearly met the objectives of this program.” Recognized airports will be invited to the award presentation ceremony to be held on 19 April 2016 at the ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly Meeting in the Gold Coast, Australia. The recognized airports’ submissions are available on ACI Asia-Pacific website here. >> Back to Top
6th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Environment Committee Meeting Concluded in New Delhi The 6th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Environment Committee (REC) meeting, kindly hosted by Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd was held from 10-11 March 2016 in New Delhi, India.
Second Vice President PS Nair
Secretary Treasurer Emmanuel Menanteau
On the first day, airport environmental best practices sharing session was expanded to a seminar covering three topics, namely, “Energy, Carbon Management, Renewable energy”, “Aircraft Noise at Airports” and “Water/Wastewater Management” with presentation from respective airport experts and consultants from the Asia-Pacific Region. This seminar attracted about 40 participants, including members from REC and environmental experts from Indian airports and other sectors. Mr. I. Prabhakara Rao, CEO - Delhi International Airport (P) Limited and Mr. J.S. Rawat, Joint Director General - Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) were invited to deliver the welcome and inaugural address, both emphasized the importance of sharing of airport environmental best practices to overcome environmental challenges in India and in Asia-Pacific as a whole while we are facing the challenge of dramatic traffic growth.
Immediate Past President Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid
The seminar included presentations from Adelaide Airport, Airport Authority Hong Kong, Airports of Thailand, Bangalore International Airport Limited, Brisbane Airport Corporation PTY Limited, Brüel & Kjaer, Cochin International Airport (P) Ltd, Delhi International Airport (P) Limited, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. Kaohsiung International Airport, CAA, Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd., Narita International Airport Corp., and New Kansai International Airport Company, Ltd. On the second day of the meeting, Capt. Sam Thomas, representative from International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) was invited to discuss Environmental Initiatives between Airports, Airlines and Pilots. The benefits and barriers of Reduced Engine Taxiing and other green taxi initiatives were the main focus of the session and the meeting agreed to continue to promote and raise awareness of Reduced Engine Taxiing and other green taxi technologies for the benefit of environment and efficiency. The Committee reviewed the preliminary results of the Environmental Survey 2015 and agreed to continue the exercise bi-annually, it also reviewed the relevant sections of the ACI Asia-Pacific Business Plan 2015-2017 and agreed to provide inputs for the future plans, especially in the environmental and sustainability sections. The meeting also looked at emerging airport environmental matters such as renewable energy, PFOS and illegal wildlife trade prevention. During the airport tour arranged by Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd., members were able to see the Solar Power generation facilities next to the runway at Indira Gandhi International Airport and its Sewage treatment plant.
Regional Director Patti Chau
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ACI Safety Team Visits Bahrain A team of ACI safety experts visited Bahrain International Airport from 28 February to 3 March 2016. The purpose of the visit was to do an onsite safety review of the runway safety, aerodrome certification, wildlife hazard management, markings, signs and lighting, rescue and firefighting, obstacle management, maintenance of airfield facilities, training programme and training records and operational procedures of the airport. ACI was very impressed with a dedicated, experienced and knowledgeable Bahraini operations team and the well maintained facilities and equipment there. The newly written Safety Management System manual, essential for the systemic management of safety risks at the airport, has all the necessary elements of a recommended example. During the discussions with the Bahraini team, a number of possible enhancements to safety were identified and both sides happily agreed that these should be implemented at the airport and perhaps could be of useful too at others.
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The safety review is a free-of-charge service ACI provide to its members under the APEX in Safety Review program. The safety review team consists of airfield safety and operations managers drafted on a voluntary basis from other airports who, with a fresh pair of eyes, can often pinpoint issues that have become “part-of-the-furniture” for local operations people. Results of the safety review are kept strictly confidential and are only available to the client airport. ACI would like to take this opportunity to thank Bahrain Airport Company for their participation and applaud them for their openness in inviting fellow airports to review their safety situation. The good learning and safety cultures there are exemplary to other airports. ACI is also grateful to all the safety assessors who took a week from their busy schedule to work voluntarily at Bahrain and to contribute to this meaningful cause of helping others in improving safety. These truly altruistic safety heroes are Ashraf Ahmed Abu-Eshey (Saudi Arabia), Bandar Sayyad (Saudi Arabia), Dirk Geukens (Brussels), Haydn Beynon (Dubai), Ian Devine (Dublin), Michael Moschopoulos (Athens) and Ozan Karakış (Tibah, Medina).
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If you would like to invite ACI to conduct a safety review at your airport or work as safety assessor for ACI, please contact SL Wong, Head - Technical & Industry Affairs, at sl@aci-asiapac.aero.
ACI APEX in Safety Team in action at Bahrain International Airport. From left, 3rd Ian Devine (Dublin), 6th Ashraf Ahmed Abu-Eshey (Saudi Arabia), 9th Dirk Geukens (Brussels), 10th Bandar Sayyad (Saudi Arabia), 11th Michael Moschopoulos (Athens), 12th Haydn Beynon (Dubai) and 13th Ozan Karakış (Medina).
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ACI Asia-Pacific Supports the Youth Development in Advancing the Aviation Industry Aviation has always been appealing to the general public including a growing number of young students in Asia who want to be part of this fascinating industry. On 4 March 2016, ACI Asia-Pacific delivered a training session to a class of 30 students from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Air Transport Economics, led by Dr. Achim Czerny, in support of the region’s aviation, a fast growing business driven by the strong economic development in many countries in the region. The training, conducted by SL Wong, Head - Technical & Industry Affairs covered competition between airports, determinant factors of competition, forms of economic regulation for airports, airport concessions, and airport capacity planning and management. ACI believes in the importance of youth development in advancing the aviation industry and was pleased to see there was strong interest amongst the students in the topics and there was no hesitation in asking questions. This collaboration between ACI Asia-Pacific and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is part of the regional office’s effort in supporting the development of future generation of aviation professionals. Dr. Czerny said “University students sometimes express their concern about boring lectures in school and a lack of practically relevant class lessons. Remember our time as a student; we all had similar concerns. The students really appreciated this opportunity to visit ACI Asia-Pacific to learn new insights about the strong future growth of the industry, the trend of airport competition, privatization, and regulation among other topics from highly experienced and knowledgeable experts in the field. I wish to thank ACI AsiaPacific for their practitioner’s knowledge sharing with the students to enrich their learning
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experience and cultivate their interest in aviation industry. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University will launch a new programme BBA (Hons) in Aviation Management and Logistics in 2017. The success of this new programme in preparing the next generation of aviation professional to support the growth of aviation industry will largely depend on these sorts of collaborations.” Dr. Achim Czerny is the Associate Professor, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and currently serves as a board member in ACI Global Training Academic Advisory Board.
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Last-Minute Registration, ACI Global Training April/May 2016 Training Courses
April 17-21, Abu Dhabi, UAE
GSN 5 - Advanced Safety Management Systems
May 11 – 13, Accident and Incident Investigation Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 16 – 20, GSN 5 - Advanced Safety Management Systems Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia For further information about these training courses, please visit ACI Global Training
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