Aviation Business - Nov 2009

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BUSINESSTHE MAGAZINE FOR AVIATION EXECUTIVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST | NOVEMBER 2009

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Park lifeADAC prepares to take the logistics industry by storm

STANDINGSTRONGSheikh Ahmed refl ects on the challenges of the past year

AVIATION CEOS

The infl uential

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25 suppliersThe companies to know at this year’s Dubai Airshow

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NOVEMBER 2009VOLUME 08ISSUE 11 CONTENTS

With the Dubai Airshow just two weeks away, we take you on a tour of the show’s highlights for 2009. We also provide you with the need-to-know facts on aviation in the Middle East and profi le the 10 people you should meet at the event. In addition, to help you make the most of your time, we provide a round-up of 25 suppliers you should know during your visit to the airshow, proving that the order book may close lighter this year, but there is still plenty to see.

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With a multi-billion dollar investment to develop its warehousing and transportation parks in the UAE, Abu Dhabi Airports Company is preparing to take the logistics industry by storm.

PROJECT PROFILE

During the week of the Dubai Airshow the winners of the Aviation Business Awards 2009 will be announced.

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As Emirates Airline begins its 25th year of operations, chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum tells Aviation Business about the challenges of the past year. Not only that, he explains the facts behind the rumour of a merger with Etihad Airways, and tackles the speculation that has surrounded the tail strike crash at Melbourne airport, which occurred earlier in the year.

SHEIKH AHMED

Lufthansa German Airlines has been monopolising the travel headlines around the world recently as it continues on its path to aviation domination. But we wanted to fi nd out what the mergers and buy-outs would mean for the Middle East. Not only that, but a lack of competition on SAS’ Middle East routes means the Scandinavian airline is brimming with confi dence for the future.

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Boeing reports that fi nancial market activity is a sign of encouragement for the aviation sector. Unfortunately, IATA’s CEO is not feeling quite as buoyant and has warned that the industry’s growth has not translated into profi tability. Meanwhile, Adel Ali injects a dose of optimism arguing that regional budget carriers are good enough to compete on a global level, and reaffi rming this statement, fl ydubai’s fl eet gets bigger.

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BUSINESS

Boeing told Middle East bankers and fi n-anciers that new entrants coming into the regional aircraft fi nancing sector are pro-viding a renewed confi dence in the avia-tion market.

Speaking to Aviation Business at the plane manufacturer’s fi fth annual Fin-anciers and Investors Conference for the Middle East and Africa region, held in Dubai on October 1, 2009, Boe-ing Capital Corporation (BCC) managing director for the Mid-dle East and Africa John Mat-thews said he was hopeful that the return of the good times would continue.

“We are encouraged by what we see happening in the market. There are new entrants, not only from the Gulf, but elsewhere in the world.

“Pricing is improving, the cost of fi nanc-ing is decreasing and the capital markets have reopened, in the US in particular.”

During the conference, Matthews told more than 80 Middle East bankers and fi nanciers that air travel in the region was stronger than in most global regions, creat-ing good opportunities for investors inter-ested in aircraft fi nancing.

“Aircraft are good assets. There is not as much competition [in the market] as there used to be, so for people in the Middle East this is a good time to invest.”

Boeing’s latest market outlook predicts that regional airlines will order $300 billion worth of planes over the next two decades, which translates into an expected need for 1710 commercial jets.

Boeing sees signs of recoveryNew entrants to aircraft fi nancing sector are providing renewed buoyancy

BCC managing director of capital mar-kets development Kostya Zolotusky said that the industry’s problems had stemmed from the banking institutions.

“Aircraft portfolios and aircraft banking have done phenomenally well during the downturn. The problem was with the banks themselves, as their access to liquidity and to capital was greatly constrained, and there was nothing we could do about it.

“Looking forward, we have been helping to evolve a very broad

base of banking that is about to enter this space, that will prepare investors for the eco-nomic upturn.”

The International Bureau of Aviation commercial direc-

tor Owen Geach was cautiously in agreement.

“We have certainly seen a number of new leasing companies emerge in the last six months however these lessors will be chasing the same sources of debt as the established lessors and airlines taking new deliveries. Despite concerns a year ago as to how all the 2009 and 2010 order would be fi nanced, to date there has not been any real issues.”

However, Geach added that further airline bankruptcies were to be expected during the next six months and this could temper lender enthusiasm.

Boeing estimated that it would need to provide about US$1 billion in customer fi nancing this year, but added that it does not expect to have to assist any Middle East carriers. Matthews said the company was maintaining a strong relationship with

the US Export-Import Bank, as well as Is-lamic banks.

In 2008, as the international fi nancial sector was going through a time of extreme liquidity distress, Emirates Airline fi -nanced two Boeing 777s through an agree-ment with Noor Islamic Bank and Etihad Airways secured fi nance lease deals with Al Hilal Bank, amongst others.

“Regional carriers are defi nitely inter-ested in Islamic fi nance and it could be-come a very prevalent and large source of fi nancing [in the region]. It is relatively un-tapped and there is signifi cant liquidity in that segment of the market. Islamic fi nanc-ing has to be asset based and aircraft are ideal assets suitable to the Islamic fi nanc-ing structure,” Matthews said.

Going forward, the IBA Group said it expects to see more Middle East and Chi-nese banks getting actively involved in aircraft fi nance as has been recently wit-nessed with the DVB/National Bank of Abu Dhabi aviation fund announcement, and prior to this the emergence of HNA Group with Hong Kong Aviation.

Zolotusky added that it had only been over the last three to four months that the market had begun to improve.

“Last year, the magnitude of surprises was so large that we didn’t know what was coming, but we recognise now what needs to be worked on. There is a higher degree of certainty and a better understanding of the problems in hand. We will continue to weather the storm, keep our fi ngers crossed and see what the winter brings. It is safe to say, we defi nitely have it better than we had it last year,” he added.

$300billion - total value of planes

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Source: Boeing

John Matthews says he is encouragedby the latest resurgence in market activity

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BUSINESS

Despite growing passenger de-mand, capacity increases made by Middle East-ern carriers have resulted in a lack of profi tability for the region’s aviation in-dustry, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Arab Air Carriers Organisation in Jed-dah, Saudi Arabia, the IATA director general and CEO Gio-vanni Bisignani said that a rise in capacity had placed airlines’ profi ts in the red.

“The Middle East is an oa-sis of some good news for this industry. Over the fi rst eight months of the year passenger demand expanded by 8%, but was outstripped by a capacity increase of 13%. Growth has not yet translated into profi t-ability. Growth without profi t is not sustainable.”

Regional carriers grow but aren’t profi table

LCC sector is ‘coming of age’: Ali

Bisignani focused his re-marks on four key areas: safety;

cost control; liberalisation; and environment.

The outspoken chief noted the need for cost control to be an industry com-mitment. A build-

operate - t ransfer agreement with AIG

to build a new terminal at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, brought special mention.

“I am surprised that the government of Jordan, which has always had a progressive vision for avia-tion, has ignored the ICAO princi-ple of user consul-tation. This must be changed.”

B i s i g n a n i added that the biggest challenge the industry faced

in the future was the environ-ment. “How we deal with cli-mate change will shape our industry’s future.”

In 2009, IATA’s work in the MENA region has helped six airlines implement best prac-tices in fuel effi ciency, saving

US$80 million on fuel costs; opti-

mised seven routes and implemented performance based naviga-

tion at seven airports.

Adel Ali says the region’s budget

carriers are seen as global brands

BUSINESS

The global expansion of MENA-based low-cost carri-ers is heralding the coming of age of the LCC sector.

That was the message coming from Air Arabia CEO Adel Ali as he addressed more than 100 senior executives at the World Low-Cost Airline (WLCA) Congress in Barcelo-na, Spain on October 6, 2009.

“As low-cost carriers such as Air Arabia continue to or-ganically grow their fl eets and geographic footprints – reach-ing out across the Middle East and throughout Asia, Africa and Europe – it is clear that we are now competing on a global platform,” Ali said, pointing out that such “regional cham-

Growth without profi t is not sustainable, says Bisignani

FLEET

fl ydubai fl ew its fi rst GCC route last month using a new Boeing 737-800NG aircraft.

Dubai’s fi rst low-cost airline received the aircraft on Octo-ber 16 – its fi fth aircraft in fi ve months – as part of the historic order of 50 aircraft that fl ydu-bai placed at the Farnborough Airshow last year.

The new aircraft was put into service on fl ydubai’s route to Doha, from October 18.

The twice-daily service to Doha is the fi rst direct service between Dubai and Qatar to be operated by a low-cost airline. Doha brings the total number of fl ydubai routes to seven, the others being Beirut, Amman, Damascus and Aleppo, Alex-andria and Djibouti.

Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of fl ydubai, said: “In general, this is a diffi cult time for the aviation industry, but we are extremely happy with the progress fl ydu-bai has made since we became operational at the beginning of June.

“Taking an airline from a theory on a piece of paper to being fully operational and car-rying thousands of passengers every week has been a huge challenge and it is tremendous-ly satisfying to see it working so well.

“fl ydubai is delivering on the promise to ensure people in this region have access to simple, uncomplicated, low fare travel and more people really are travelling to more destinations more often.”

He added that a number of route announcements are planned for the near future.

fl ydubai’s fl eet gets bigger

pions” are now increasingly recognised as global brands.

“Despite the extremely challenging conditions facing the aviation sector worldwide, LCCs in the Middle East and North Africa region, with their revived focus on commercial sustainability, are seizing the opportunity to grow their glo-bal market share,” Ali said.

“Importantly, this is hap-pening at a time of increased regional competition – and rapid deregulation of our skies. Over the past several years, and especially since Air Arabia pioneered the regional low-cost model in 2003, we have also seen a rapid corporatisation of the aviation sector in the Mid-dle East and North Africa.”

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Qatar Airways fl ies on natural gasTECHNOLOGY

A Qatar Airways aircraft has completed the world’s fi rst commercial passenger fl ight powered by a fuel made from natural gas.

The fl ight from London Gatwick to Doha took more than six hours and was oper-ated with an Airbus A340-600 aircraft using Rolls-Royce Trent 556 engines.

Shell developed and pro-duced the 50-50 blend of syn-thetic gas to liquids (GTL) kerosene and conventional oil-based kerosene fuel. Qatar is set to become the world’s lead-ing producer of GTL kerosene when it is put into commercial production from 2012.

The blend of conventional kerosene and GTL kerosene will be known as GTL Jet Fuel. The fl ight was the latest step in more than two years of scientifi c work carried out by

a consortium consisting of Air-bus, Qatar Airways, Qatar Pe-troleum, Qatar Science & Tech-nology Park, Rolls-Royce, Shell and WOQOD into the benefi ts of using GTL Jet Fuel to power commercial aircraft. Much of the work is being undertaken at the Qatar Science & Tech-nology Park in Doha.

Data from the fl ight will be used to further quantify GTL Jet Fuel use benefi ts.

Boeing forms renewable jet fuel consortiumSTRATEGY

Boeing is to join with Honeywell to commis-sion a study on the sustainability of us-ing saltwater-based plants for renewable jet fuel.

The study is be-ing commissioned as part of the Sustain-able Aviation Fuel Us-ers Group consortium.

The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi will lead the study, which will examine the overall poten-tial for sustainable, large-scale production of biofuels made from salicornia bigelovii and saltwater mangroves – plants known as halophytes.

Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental

Studies and UOP will also participate in the analy-

sis, which will include an assessment of the

totals carbon lifecycle of biofuels.

Halophytes can be highly produc-tive sources of biomass energy,

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FLEET

Gulf Air has taken delivery of a new Airbus A320 aircraft, marking the start of the air-line’s refl eeting programme.

From now until April 2010, Gulf Air will receive one A320 air-craft per month and an additional two A320s in Decem-ber 2010, completing the delivery of its fi rst batch of A320 aircraft on order.

Gulf Air chairman Talal Al Zain and CEO Samer Majali were both present when the air-craft arrived on the apron at Ba-harain International Airport.

“This is a proud moment for Gulf Air as we take another step forward in our mission to deliv-er a national airline that we can

Gulf Air starts re-fl eeting programmeall be proud of, and a dynamic and focused business that sup-ports the national economy,” said Al Zain. “By investing in our fl eet now, we are securing

the future of Gulf Air. With a modern, more

effi cient fl eet we can lower our costs and at the same time de-liver a better service

to our customers.”“These are exciting

times for Gulf Air,” Majali added. “The start of our fl eet renewal is another milestone for us and is extremely timely as we continue to shape our new strategic direction.

“This new A320 aircraft to-gether with the nine others that will follow between now and the end of 2010 will be used to replace our older narrow body

aircraft which are less fuel ef-fi cient and becoming more ex-pensive to maintain. They will also be used to grow our Middle East network on important strategic and high yielding routes such as our expansion into Iraq.”

Gulf Air has a total of 13 narrow-body aircraft: nine A320s; two A319s; and two A321s. It plans to phase in 10 new A320s by the end of 2010 and phase out fi ve narrow-body planes.

Powered by CFM56 engines, Gulf Air’s new A320 aircraft will carry 136 passengers in a two-class con-fi guration with 16 business class and

120 economy class seats. “The arrival of the new aircraft is an important milestone for the air-

line and the King-dom of Bahrain as it works to-wards becom-ing an effi cient and sustain-able busi-ness,” Majali added.

Saudia takes delivery of fi rst A320

FLEET

Saudi Arabian Airlines has become the newest operator of the Airbus A320.

The aircraft was acquired under a long-term lease agree-ment with ALAFCO and will be deployed on routes in the re-gion, as well as to Europe and the Indian subcontinent.

Depending on confi guration, the A320-200 can seat between 120 and 132 passengers in both economy and business class and is powered by CFM56 engines.

Saudi Arabian Airlines director general Khalid Al Molhem said the new aircraft

forms part of the airline’s fl eet modernisation programme.

“The aircraft combines op-erational effi ciency as well as cabin comfort for our custom-ers, and will enable Saudia to meet the rising passenger de-mands and expectations.”

The aircraft is the fi rst to be equipped with a high band-width, in-fl ight entertainment system, allowing passengers to access high speed interactive services such as full audio and video on demand.

The A320 is the fi rst of 13 entering into Saudi Arabia’s fl eet on operating lease.

Emirates may not be main carrier at DWCBUSINESS

Emirates Airline could miss out on the opportunity to be the main carrier to operate from the new giant airport at Dubai World Central.

Speaking at a press confer-ence during the World Routes Development Forum in Beijing last month, the owner and op-erator of Al Maktoum Interna-tional Airport, Dubai Airports, said it was open to attracting Asian or European airlines.

“It doesn’t have to be one of our home-grown carriers, it could be an Asian or Eu-ropean airline that feels that Dubai would be a good base to operate from,” said Dubai Air-ports vice president marketing and communications Anita Mehra Homayoun.

While no airlines have yet signed up to operate from Al Maktoum International Air-port, Homayoun remained con-

fi dent that this would happen during the next few months.

“We are offering a variety of incentives to the airlines. It is an ideal airport for point-to-point services to places in the Middle East, East Africa, In-dian subcontinent and the CIS.

“We do not expect the legacy carriers to move immediately, given the fact that connectivity will not initially be there; we expect that to change by 2014.”

Saudia’s A320 comes equipped with high speed interactive passenger services

To date, no airlines have signed up to

operate from Al Maktoum International

Samer Majali says the aircraft

delivery is an important milestone for Gulf Air

10A320s to be added to Gulf Air’s fl eet by the

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STRATEGY

Two new terminals are to be opened within four years as part of a BD1.8 billion (US$4.7 billion) expansion of Bahrain International Airport.

The expansion, planned over the next 30 years, will triple the passenger capacity to 27 million a year, Gulf News reported.

Terminal 2 will be commis-sioned by 2012 and Terminal

Bahrain airport toexpand terminal operations

New terminals to be opened as part of US$4.7 billion expansion

DAFZ relaunches its website

STRATEGY

The Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZ) has overhauled and re-launched its website.

The relaunch forms part of the major rebranding effort which began during the summer.

The free zone’s manage-ment is aiming to raise stand-ards in the area and used the technology show, Gitex, which was held in Dubai in October, to make the announcement.DAFZ director of marketing

1A will become operational a year later, Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) chief execu-tive offi cer Dr Osama Alali told the paper.

“The two new terminals will make the BIA one of the most modern and futuristic in the world,” he said.

“All modern facilities, includ-ing recreation and leisure areas, shopping centres, hotels and an-

Ibrahim Ahli said: “The ob-jective of our new website is to create and provide access to a leading business to business online platform for the interna-tional business community and media, whilst maximising op-portunities for communication and marketing.

“This is an integral part of our brand strategy as the web-site is very often the fi rst ‘touch point’ for potential clients and stakeholders alike.”

ything else that a modern trav-eller needs, will be incorporated in the new development.”

Artists’ designs even include a swimming pool, he added.

The existing terminal build-ing will be demolished in 2014 and replaced with a brand new state-of-the-art structure with-in a few years, said Alali.

“Piling work on the Termi-nal 2 construction will begin

early in 2010 and construction will go on at a rapid pace there-after,” he added.

In other news, the the Dil-mun Lounge at Bahrain airport has won the lounge of the year award for the Middle East and Africa region. It is the fourth year running that the airport’s operator, BAS, has scooped the accolade at the Priority Pass Lounge of the Year Awards.

Saudi plans ‘airport cities’STRATEGY

Saudi Arabia’s three main in-ternational airports in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam will be turned into ‘airport cities’, of-fi cials have said.

The kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) is already looking at proposals by up to 30 private aviation fi rms to develop the three airports and the land around them, the Saudi Ga-zette reported.

“We have had a lot of in-terest from airport operators and developers throughout the world; we have also contracted world-class operators from Frankfurt airport, Fraport, and Singapore Airport to sup-port the operation and further development of international gateway airports in Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam.

“They will work with lo-cal management teams for six

years,” GACA president Abdul-lah Noor Rahimi told the paper. The process is underway; we have plans for huge commercial offi ces, malls, hotels, and con-ference halls to be established inside the airport,” he said.

“Each airport will be a sepa-rate city where people can live, shop, study and attend interna-tional conferences, in addition to enjoying many other services.”

As well as the new airport cities, offi cials anticipate the kingdom’s economic cities will boost air travel to the country.

“Accessibility is vital for these cities, and the size of the kingdom means that surface transport is not a viable option for business travellers seeking to invest in new cities. There-fore, we are upgrading or con-tracting for the establishment of airports which will serve each of the economic cities,” Rahimi told the paper.

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BUSINESS

Environmental compliance, plus effi ciency of design and operation, are going to infl uence aircraft buyers’ decisions in the business aviation industry in a way never seen before, according to a report in Flight International magazine.

Speaking at a Honeywell press conference in Orlando, USA, recently, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and chief executive operator Pete Bunce agreed with the prediction made by Honeywell that future business aircraft buyers are going to take into account equipment operating cost and

effi ciency, even in the oil-rich countries of the Middle East.

Meanwhile, according to Honeywell’s business aviation outlook, an increasing amount of market value will be taken up by larger-cabin types. Asked whether this is a result of the business sector poaching passengers from the airlines, Honeywell replied that it looked more as if businesses, particularly in Europe but also in other regions outside the Americas, were simply becoming more aware of the value of business aviation as a tool in driving regional trade.

In fact, air charter major Chapman Freeborn has

Operating costs will dictate aircraft buyers’ decisions

indicated that demand for its specialist services from the oil and gas sector to Iraq had increased (see page 13), while Air Charter Service director, Middle East Dmitriy Korshunov said ad-hoc charter sales had risen also, as owners looked to cut costs.

“When the fuel price dropped it was cheap to charter fl ights when compared to commercial fl ights. Now, those who considered owning aircraft have dropped their assets but still use private air travel, so they will consider chartering.”

Dmitriy Korshunov says charter sales have

improved as aircraft sales have declined

Sales of ad-hoc charters are on the rise as owners drop assets

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Royal Jet gears up for F1 eventBUSINESS

Royal Jet has been busy preparing for the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix.

The international executive fl ight services company has its VIP terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Royal Jet president and CEO Shane O’Hare explained that to cope with the expected traffi c demand and the number of visiting aircraft, Royal Jet has

temporarily expanded facilities at the terminal to complement its own VIP facilities, thereby offering an additional three VIP lounges for the duration of the F1 event.

“Taking the examples of the Grand Prix held in Bahrain, Istanbul and Monaco as typical of the type of numbers likely to fl y in on private jets, we are expecting around 200 to 250 aircraft movements during the three-day event with additional numbers using our VIP terminal in the previous week. That equates to around 750 to 1000 guests who will pass through our facilities during the race days themselves,” he said.

“We have taken on additional manpower for the ground handling and lounge services to cope with this high demand. Royal Jet staff will take over the lounge hospitality services to ensure quality service.”

ME charter demand fuelled by Iraqi marketBUSINESS

A sharp increase in demand for passenger charter fl ights for the oil & gas industry in Iraq over the past six months, has been reported by charter operator, Chapman Freeborn.

The aircraft charter specialist, based in Dubai, said requests for tailored charter fl ights to places such as Basra, Baghdad and Najaf had increased month-on-month in 2009 as the reconstruction efforts have been stepped up.

In addition, a recent executive fl ight operation covered a multi-leg tour of the region’s southern oil fi elds on behalf of a large Middle East-based energy company.

Chapman Freeborn charter specialist James Coak said: “Iraq’s oil & gas industry is

becoming a signifi cant source of new charter business in the Middle East. Like anywhere else, face to face business is crucial in this part of the world – and many of our clients value the ability to visit multiple locations in a short space of time.

“Added to this are the safety benefi ts of travelling as a single party and having a fully audited aircraft waiting on stand-by.

“Unlike scheduled carriers we are able to work directly with clients’ own security details, as well as expediting immigration procedures in many instances,” Coak added.

Chapman Freeborn has also noted an increase in cargo charters in and out of Iraq as reconstruction projects in the country continue.

Royal Jet expects to make some 200

aircraft movements during the F1

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Fans manufactured by UK-based Elta Fans have been installed in the new Royal (Amiri) Terminal complex for VVIP fl ights at Kuwait Inter-national Airport.

The terminal will be for the use of the Amir and his guests when travelling abroad and will receive visiting heads of state.

Construction of the termi-nal was overseen by main con-tractor, Ahmadiah Contract-ing & Trading Company.

Fans worth a total of US$180,000 were supplied to Kharafi National, the MEP sub-contractor on the project, through Elta’s lo-cal distributor, Kazema Traders Company.

British fans keep Kuwaiti VIPs cool

TECHNOLOGY

SITA has announced that 12 airline members of the Arab Air Carriers Organisation (AACO) will be the fi rst to deploy its Aircraft Emissions Manager, the world’s only monitoring, reporting and verifi cation (MRV) software tool designed to measure ac-curately carbon emissions as per new EU requirements.

The air transport IT spe-cialist will deploy the software to participating airlines this

month to assist them with monitoring plans for carbon dioxide emissions required by EU authorities in compliance with new regulations on Emis-sions Trading Schemes (ETS) for the aviation industry.

SITA head of environ-ment programme Frederic Falise said: “The Aircraft Emissions Manager will help these airlines to be compliant with the EU-ETS require-ment with a minimum of ad-ditional administrative cost.”

In addition, all 12 air-lines now have an ETS project owner working with cross-functional teams.

“We are convinced that the community approach adopted by AACO is a good strategy for facing an uncertain future when it comes to ETS regu-lation. There are signs that other parts of the world may adopt a similar approach,” Falise added.

Sebastian Gallehr, CEO of consulting company GALLE-

SITA’s software tool is helping 12 airlines accurately measure carbon emissions

Middle East carriersdeploy world’sfi rst aircraftemissions manager

The Ahmadiah company is the main contractor on the new Amiri terminal

MRO

Royal Jordanian and JorAMCohave signed an agreement that will see the MRO provider servicing RJ’s fl eet of Airbus and Embraer aircraft.

RJ owns 20% of JorAMCo and the UAE’s Abraj Capital owns 80%. JorAMCo has a long history of working with RJ as it was the airline’s engineering and maintenance department prior to privatisation in 2000.

RJ CEO Hussein Dabbas and JorAMCo CEO Bashir Ab-del Hadi signed the agreement.

Dabbas said that the airline had enjoyed a reputable, clean record of fl ight safety in the world’s aviation industry, an indicator of the effi cient main-

Royal Jordanian renews agreement with JorAMCo

tenance and overhaul services. He added that the partnership satisfi ed the main needs of RJ, through JorAMCo’s quality, safety and turnaround time.

JorAMCo will service RJ’s fl eet of aircraft out of its hang-ars based at Queen Alia Inter-national Airport.

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Asscom Middle East, a subsidi-ary of the Hamburg, Germany based Asscom aeronautic sup-port services GmbH has opened a state-of-the-art avionics and electronics repair shop at the Airbus Material and Logistics Centre in the Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZ).

Apart from the repair facil-ity the Asscom offi ce includes warehouse facilities for the storage of aviation and systems manufacturers’ spare parts.

The service centre is GCAA and EASA certifi ed and start-ed its operation on June 1, 2009. All aspects of OEM product support needs, from parts dis-tribution and 24/7 emergency spare parts supply to war-ranty and commercial repairs are handled.

Asscom joins Airbus logistics centre in Dubai

MRO

The UAE General Civil Avia-tion Authority has chosen Q-Pulse software from Scottish company Gael to help with overseeing safety and security in two separate divisions.

Last month, the GCAA split its aviation security and safety department into two separate entities and subse-quently found that it needed a compliance management solu-tion to help with communica-tion between both divisions.

“As the fi rst regulator in the world to adopt this approach, the GCAA has taken a truly proactive stance in maintain-ing and improving safety and security oversight,” said GCAA director general Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi.

“This will assist the GCAA in establishing a strong infra-structure to formulate the ba-sis for their safety and secu-

GCAA fi nds a ‘pulse’

Asscom managing director Peter Wiggers said: “We are happy and enthusiastic to be on board here at DAFZ. For Asscom, it is a great oppor-tunity to provide our services from Dubai.”

“With our new service station we are able to provide outstand-

ing customer support services on-site, to both airline custom-ers and OEMs in the Middle East, Africa and India.”

Present during the inau-guration were representatives from airlines, equipment man-ufacturers and authorities from the Dubai Airport Free Zone.

rity resolutions and enforce-ment action.”

Gael managing director Donald Maciver said: ‘This project is poised to bridge the gap between the regulated and the regulator that has been such a source of frustration within the aviation industry worldwide. Gael is an experienced provider of aviation safety solutions, and Q-Pulse is without doubt the so-lution of choice within the avia-tion community.”

Representatives at Asscom’s opening at the Dubai Airport Free Zone included Airbus

ME senior director, material logistics and suppliers Joerg Helmerichs (r)

MRO

Gulf Air has opened a new com-prehensive line maintenance facility in Bahrain.

The facility is three times larger than the old one and maintains all Gulf Air aircraft and other third party aircraft transiting Bahrain.

It is equipped with a control centre, ramp management of-fi ces, operations room, techni-cal library and ramp stores to stock aircraft spares.

Mohamed Redha Jahrami, a senior aircraft technician opened the facility.

Gulf Air opensnew MRO facility

The GCAA’s Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi

and Donald Maciver from Q-Pulse

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BUSINESS

An investigation has been launched after a Russian cargo plane declared an emergency landing at Sharjah Interna-tional Airport on October 25, after a fi re in one of its engines.

The General Civil Aviation Authority confi rmed that the aircraft, a Boeing 747, had been grounded, pending a probe into reported technical problems.

The drama came just days after a cargo plane, belonging to Azza Transport, crashed near Sharjah airport, killing all six crew members onboard.

The GCAA has temporar-ily banned the carrier from operating in the UAE until the investigations into the rea-sons why Azza’s Boeing 707 crashed shortly after take-off, are complete.

GCAA director general Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi said the ban was a preventive measure.

“The ban is a normal proce-dure carried out to ensure that the aircraft of the company involved in the incident are in good condition,” he said.

According to newspaper reports, the GCAA had sent

the plane’s black box, an en-gine and fl ight data recorder to the UK to see if the crash was caused by mechanical failure, human error or by sub-stand-ard aircraft maintenance.

Al Suwaidi said the overall maintenance of the aircraft was the full responsibility of the com-pany which registered them.

Two representatives from the Sudan Civil Aviation have arrived in the UAE to be part of the investigation committee.

Three days following the crash, it emerged that approxi-mately two minutes after take-

off, the engine separated from the airframe and fell on to the runway. Eyewitnesses said that the nose of the plane would not lift and that the pilot appeared to pick his spot on the ground in order to avoid crashing into a heavily populated area.

The GCAA has stated that it would be “premature to an-nounce the cause of the acci-dent before the investigation is concluded”, but it has ruled out any possibility that operations at Sharjah International Air-port contributed to the tragedy.

Cargo plane makes emergency landing at Sharjah

Incident follows an aircraft crash in Sharjah, killing all six crew members onboard

Dubai cargo fi gures continue to climbDATA

Cargo growth at Dubai Inter-national Airport remained stable in September, according to the latest fi gures released by its owner and operator, Dubai Airports.

With a modest increase of 2.8%, Dubai Airports’ cargo division han-dled 168,334 tonnes of freight in Septem-ber 2009, compared to 163,836 tonnes during the same period last year.

Year-to-date cargo vol-umes totalled 1,366,880 tonnes compared to 1,361,358 tonnes in 2008, a marginal increase of 0.4%.

The Airports Council International ranks

Dubai Airports’ cargo division as the world’s fi fth busiest hub for internation-

al freight.In terms of passen-

ger traffi c, Dubai Interna-tional recorded an increase of 19.5% in September, the high-

2.8%rise in cargo

movements at Dubai International in

September

est monthly growth rate since October 2007.

The airport remains the only one among the top ten airports worldwide in terms of international passengers, to show positive growth in every quarter this year.

Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffi ths put the visi-tor increase down to Dubai’s warm weather, as well as cheap airfares and tumbling ho-tel rates.

Paul Griffi ths says rising traffi c fi gures

are boosted by Dubai’s warm weather

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Emirates SkyCargo has launched direct services to the South African city of Durban, its third destination in the country and 17th in Africa.

The inaugural fl ight car-ried 14 tonnes of cargo in the belly of an Airbus A330-200 passenger aircraft.

“There is a variety of com-modities moving out of Dur-ban – car parts, pay channel decoders, electronic parking meters, aluminium, electron-ics, tools, perishables such as pineapples, and textiles – to markets as far afi eld as Europe, the Middle East, the US and Australia,” said senior vice president, cargo commercial operations Peter Sedgley.

“We have ap-pointed a great team with more than half a century of com-bined experience in

Emirates SkyCargo launches direct Durban service

BUSINESS

Maximus Air Cargo has safely delivered 30 of the British Household Cavalry’s priceless horses to Abu Dhabi.

The horses performed in the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition and it

was the fi rst time the horses had travelled beyond Europe.

Maximus Air Cargo trans-ported the animals from Lon-don Stansted Airport to Abu Dhabi.

The horses, which were in-vited to the UAE by the Abu

Maximus delivers all the Queen’s horses

the Durban cargo industry who are geared up to take Emirates to the next level.”

In the 12-month period be-tween August 2008 and

July 2009, Emirates SkyCargo’s uplift of South African exports increased nearly four-fold over the previous 12

Emirates SkyCargo manager Nathan Padayachy and his team in Durban

months to more than 50 mil-lion kilograms.

The growth is attributed to the introduction of the Cape Town service in March 2008 and the addition of the third daily fl ight to Johannesburg.

Further growth is expected with nearly 100 tonnes of ad-ditional capacity each week out of Durban.

Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), are part of the British Army’s elite equine display team, known as ‘The Ride’.

“This was a very special ar-rangement as it was the fi rst time in history that these horses had performed beyond Europe. We’re delighted that Maximus was chosen and that this his-toric journey was fl awless from end to end,” said Maximus Air Cargo president and CEO

Fathi Buhazza.Maximus Air Cargo was

established in 2005 to pro-vide tailored solutions for moving unusual cargo. It operates a fl eet of eight all-

cargo Antonov AN-124-100, Airbus A300-600F, Ily-

ushin IL-76TD, and Lockheed Hercules L382G aircraft.

BUSINESS

British Airways World Cargo has received Qualifi ed En-virotainer Provider (QEP) accreditation for one of its key temperature-controlled distribution services.

BA received the accredita-tion for Constant Climate, a service launched in 2006 for the transportation of temperature-sensitive drugs and vaccines.

Freight delivered using Constant Climate is kept at a constant temperature through-out the journey in contain-ers supplied by Envirotainer, which are considered an indus-try standard.

The QEP accreditation re-assures pharma companies that the service provider is capable of managing shipments using Envirotainer containers.

Five British Airways World Cargo Constant Climate sta-tions are now accredited un-der the QEP programme, with plans for all 60 to receive the tick.

QEP accreditation is award-ed after an audit by Enviro-tainer and demonstrates that a provider meets the rules as de-fi ned in guidance documents.

BA World Cargo global product manager Stuart For-syth said: “Since we launched Constant Climate in July 2006, we have been committed to de-livering good distribution prac-tice and we are delighted to have now achieved QEP Accredita-tion. This has been achieved through a proven track record in handling temperature sensi-tive pharmaceuticals.”

BA cargo arm bags key accreditation

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$268MILLION

profi t for Emirates Airline, year ending

March, 2009

he chairman of Emirates Airline is in a good mood. He keeps clicking the mouse, bringing up the very latest load factors on the UAE carrier.

“Look,” he says, “things have stabilised. The numbers are okay. I think the worst is over.”

Not just thousands of Emirates staff, but millions in the global aviation industry will be hoping that His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is right. Last year he began his annual report by say-ing he agreed with forecasts that the global industry

would report a US$4.7 billion loss, and face total debts of $170 billion. Things were bad and getting worse.

For Emirates, the challenges couldn’t have been greater. It had ordered 58 of the new A380s, had known nothing other than record growth for 24 years, and had built up an incredible 91 destinations in 55 coun-tries and six continents. The doom mongers have been quick to suggest that as the airline begins its 25th year of operations this month, the only way is down. In May, the Emirates Group – which includes Dnata, an airport operations company, and other busi-nesses – reported a 72% slump in profi ts to $406 million.

But Sheikh Ahmed has never before looked like a man un-der pressure, and he isn’t about to start now.

“We had to hold our nerve. We thought, ‘okay, something has happened.’ In most businesses you can say, ‘something has happened today, so I can stop things happening tomorrow,’ but in airlines, it’s not the way. You have aircraft on order and you are committed,” he says, adding: “We looked at ways to iden-tify how long this will last; 2009, 10, 11? It is within those three years and everyone sees now it has stabilised. That gave us con-fi dence. You will see with Emirates we didn’t fi re anyone. We allowed people voluntarily to go on leave. So we limited it.”

But surely there were sleepless nights? “We did not get to the stage where you say, ‘I need to panic.’ We always try not to panic, stay calm, take it easy and do things where we can iden-tify costs that we can do without. We are a service company; we don’t want to do anything that will affect our service standard,” he says.

It’s worth noting that despite the slump, the results were the 21st consecutive year of profi t for the group. Emirates Airline it-self booked a $268 million profi t for the year to March 31, 2009. There has still been serious investment, through funding new aircraft orders, new construction projects to build a twin tower

hotel and staff accommodation, dividends paid to the com-pany’s owners, and massive product and service invest-

ments including the hundreds of millions of dollars invested to develop dedicated Emirates Lounges across the network. At the end of all this, the group still had a cash balance of $2.4 billion.

But Sheikh Ahmed is the fi rst to admit that the world has now changed – even if not everyone has

come to terms with the new fi nancial order.“For a lot of people it was a bit of a shock, it hap-

pened overnight. You could have seen it coming some time ago but I don’t think people believed it. Because the way

things were going in the years before, was really exceptional. So you think that if things drop, they will not drop to a large extent. And then suddenly it happened, and everyone panicked. People who had money thought, ‘let me do things differently.’ For some, they think we can keep our money and in a year or two we will buy things cheaper. I think many companies will end up being very rich.”

But he agrees there may have been too much greed in the past, saying: “When you are in business, whenever you do your budgets, your boss will always ask you to do better than last

STANDING

As Emirates Airline begins its 25th year of operations,chairman Sheikh Ahmed tells Anil Bhoyrul about the challenges

of the past year – and what the future holds

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year. Isn’t that the case? So your bench-mark is always this year here, next year there. I have to go higher and higher. But how far can you push it? And if you do, whatever project you are selling becomes too expensive.”

Nevertheless, Sheikh Ahmed is keen to stress the past is the past. And it has been some past: since the fi rst fl ight to India on 25 October 1985 (which he was on board), Emirates Airline has grown and grown.

The airline ranks amongst the top 10 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue and passenger kilometres, and has be-come the largest airline in the Middle East in terms of revenue, fl eet size, and passengers carried as of 2007. In 2009, the airline was the seventh-largest airline in the world in terms of international pas-sengers carried, and fourth-largest in the world in terms of scheduled international passenger-kilometres fl own.

Whichever way you look at the fi gures, they all point in the direction of success. Though not all his rivals see it that way. For many years, either privately or some-times even in public, there have been mut-terings that the airline’s success is entirely down to huge government subsidies. It is something that Emirates has always de-nied, and all these years later, it is still a subject that clearly riles Sheikh Ahmed.

“This is something that we always hear. They believe themselves that Emir-ates does well because the government is behind it, giving it money. It’s an argu-ment, but we can always prove it’s not the case. We lease aircraft and everyone knows exactly what we are doing and where the money is coming from. People who lease us aircraft – the fi nancial in-stitutions – they know how our account works, and those guys now say ‘oh yeah this is how they succeed.’”

He adds: “When it comes to me pay-ing my people bonuses, why would I pay them a bonus if they are not doing well? Do you think I take money from some-body else to give them a bonus? It is for something they have achieved. I couldn’t do this if it was a subsidised business.”

Sheikh Ahmed says that ultimate-ly, the sniping is borne out of both jealousy and surprise at the airline’s spectacular growth.

“When we are talking about the air-lines that make a fuss about it, they didn’t think that this small airline that started from a small place would become a gi-ant airline that would put them in serious competition. It has forced them to com-pete hard to gain their traffi c and they don’t want this. They will never accept it,

but I think deep inside they know we are big and capable and one of the top 10 air-lines in the world, so they have to accept it. Sometimes they don’t want to admit it, but the fact remains, we are a sizeable air-line with nearly 150 aircraft.”

Apart from rivals sniping, more routes, more planes and more profi t have led to more rumours. Sheikh Ahmed is used to hearing about an imminent alliance with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways. Can he once and for all categorically quash the rumour mill? “Yes. There is nothing like that [alliance]. There is always a lot of ru-mour. People will try and put things to-gether and they have the right to say what they think, but the problem is sometimes they believe it themselves. They come up with something and they believe that it is happening. There is no such plan,” he says.

While we are on the subject of rumours, Sheikh Ahmed tackles the remaining ones with clarity. Suggestions of pilot fatigue following the Melbourne incident? “We don’t have an issue with that. Sometimes airlines or the press, they try and shift a story in the direction they would like it to go.” A British Airways-style business-class-only product in the future? “We’re not looking into it.” And can he rule out fl oating the company? “Ruled out? It was never ruled in. It’s an idea people made up. A lot of reporters usually push that story.” So never? “Anything is possible. If you want to do an initial public offering (IPO) you have to fi nd the right time and the right price, but it is not something on my desk,” he says.

What are on his desk are the plans for the year ahead, in particular the celebra-tion of 25 years in the business. Sheikh Ahmed has been here since day one, work-ing in a make-shift offi ce with a handful of other staff. “His Highness Sheikh Mo-hammed said, ‘we have nine months to prepare’ – naming the airline, the livery, the uniform, the routes we would choose – I was then involved in leasing aircraft and bilateral negotiations. It was a big job. People think you buy a plane and fl y it where you like. It’s not that simple. I learnt a lot from day one.”

He clearly learned well, and is widely respected in the global industry as one of the most astute airline bosses in the busi-ness. Few experts doubt Emirates would be where it is today without him at the helm. But looking back, he says even he is surprised by how much has been achieved. “If you asked me in 1985, ‘did I think Emirates would be this big?’ the answer would be no.”

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2THEDUBAIFollow our comprehensive guide to this year’s Dubai Airshow for a full round-up of key highlights, top names and key companies

10 reasons to visitthe Dubai Airshow

10 fantastic industry facts

10 Middle East CEOs to meet

25 suppliers to know

Airshow fl oorplans

Aircraft listing

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In November 2007, the Dubai Air-show made headlines around the world. Over the fi ve-day show the order book mounted up to a record breaking US$155.5 billion. In 2007,

the airshow also achieved a 33% increase in trade visitors to a new record of 45,421, and some 140 aircraft jostled for space on the static park, creating one of the biggest aircraft displays in the world.

For 2009, the order book may close the show a little lighter than in 2007, but with the Middle East aviation industry still showing strong and steady growth, the Du-bai Airshow has become one of the most important events in the global aviation calendar. Taking place from 15-19 November at Airport Expo, the show promises to be a hotbed for local and foreign aviation in-vestors, so in case you have any doubts as to why you should go along, follow our 10 reasons to visit the Dubai Airshow 2009.

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TAKE OFFThe international aerospace exhibition has grown rapidly during the past 18 years. Here’s a breakdown of its development.

The fi rst Dubai Airshow was held, with 200 exhibitors in attendance. Some 25 aircraft were on display and 10,000 industry visitors turned up at the 7000 square metre exhibi-tion hall.

The organisers required an extra hangar to house the exhibition. With 400 compa-nies representing 40 nations, 20,000 square metres of space was needed. During the event, 67 aircraft were displayed.

Dubai Airshow’s organisers required further exhibition space to accommodate more visitors. Some 28,000 square metres was needed to house eight national pavilions and 450 exhibitors.

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1THE EMIRATES HALLNew for 2009 is an addi-

tional exhibition hall; the Emirates Hall. This is not the fi rst time the event has required further exhibition space, but it was even more nec-essary this year after it became evident that the show, which was meant to be have been held at the brand new Al Maktoum International Air-port in Jebel Ali, would in fact

remain at the Airport Expo site. The Emirates Hall – named after its

host and sponsor Emirates Air-line – provides an additional 5000 square metres of exhibi-tion space, an increased press centre and an extra registra-

tion building to accommodate trade visitor traffi c.

2SOURCE SUPPLIERSWith an estimated 50,000

aviation professionals gath-ering in one place, an

abundance of product and services suppli-ers have signed up to exhibit their latest of-ferings to the Middle East aviation market.

The event is expected to attract 10% more exhibi-

tors than in 2007, taking the total number of exhibitors to

more than 900. From aircraft inte-riors to training and simulation systems to airplane engines, the depth and breadth of exhibitors is exactly why the Airshow has become one of the world’s leading aero-space events. Some of the biggest names to visit include Airbus, Boeing, Dubai Aero-space Enterprise and Emirates. For an in-depth look at who will be exhibiting, see our ‘25 suppliers to know’ listing.


What to expect from the most important event in the Middle East aviation calendar

Reasonsto visit theDubai Airshow

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Some 500 companies from 24 countries took part, with seven national pavilions established. The event had 104 aircraft on display and 25,000 industry visitors.

The event attracted 500 com-panies from some 31 countries.

The Dubai Airshow moved to Airport Expo, which had two exhibition halls covering 25,000 square metres. Some 500 exhibitors from 37 coun-tries were present, as well as 30,000 visitors.

The event opened with 450 ex-hibitors from 33 countries and 10 national pavilions. Some 40 aircraft were on display, 13 of which took part in displays. The aerobatic squad included Italy’s Frecce Tricori.

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4 MEET NEWTOMARKET COMPANIESDubai Airshow organiser F & E

Aerospace admits that the number of re-turning exhibitors has dropped com-pared to previous years, but a number of new customers have signed up after witnessing the growth of passenger traffi c in the Middle East. Abu Dhabi is playing a major role in this year’s event. A key new exhibi-tor is the Abu Dhabi Airports Com-pany (ADAC), which is using the Airshow as a platform to introduce itself to the international market; a sector in which the company is still young and largely unknown. Additionally, the Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Development Company, although an exhibitor at the 2007 event, will have a much bigger presence at this year’s show as the host sponsor, signify-ing that the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government is quickly establishing itself as a key player in the regional aero-space industry.

5 NETWORK AND SOCIALISEWith conferences, dinners, receptions

and award ceremonies aplenty it is impor-tant to make the most of your time.

The highlight of the Dubai Air-show networking calendar is the gala dinner on November 17. Attendance is by invitation only, but the 3000 guests that are lucky enough to receive an

invite to the luxurious Emirates Golf Club will be treated to a star

performance. Previous years have seen singers Rod Stewart, Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder wowing the crowd and this year’s performer will be blues legend, George Benson. Arguably less glamorous, but equally as en-tertaining is the MEBAA cocktail reception on November 15 and the Aviation Business Awards on November 16. In addition, a golf tournament takes place on Novem-ber 18. The visitor lounge at Airport Expo allows time for a breather.

6 OUTDOOR STATIC DISPLAYSome 107 aircraft will feature on

the outdoor static display this year. This is a signifi cant drop from last year’s 140 aircraft, and indicative of the fi nancial impact felt by the aviation industry over the last few months. However, Airbus will be bringing its superjumbo A380, which, some would say, leaves little room for much else. So it could be just as well that all of the other aircraft are somewhat smaller in size. Bombardier will be show-ing off its Learjet 60 XR and the Ces-

sna Aircraft Company will be making its presence

felt with a minimum of seven aircraft on display. Boeing will also be participat-ing with a number of aircraft types and in terms of

cargo carriers, check out Midex and Max-

imus’ offerings.


BE ENTERTAINEDVisiting one of the 114

chalets will ensure that you receive a welcome that is brimming

with hospitality. The chalets serve as hives of corporate entertainment and for

2009, 11 double-storey versions have been added. A total of 325,513 square metres have been given over to entertain guests,

host lunches and hold meetings, all while overlooking the static park

and views of the afternoon fl ying displays.

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Involved 550 exhibitors from 36 countries. 27,000 guests from 106 countries attended the event.

Over 700 exhibitors from 46 countries, 15 national pavilions and more than 100 aircraft. Dubai’s government built a central hall, adding an extra 10,000 square metres to the Airport Expo site.

The last event was the most successful to date, with 850 exhibitors from 50 countries. US$155.5 billion worth of deals were announced at the show and 540 aircraft were sold. 45,000 trade visitors attended.

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8BACK TO BUSINESSThe Middle East region is a hotbed of

opportunity for business jet suppliers and the Dubai Airshow always hosts a large number of business aircraft provid-ers. Eurocopter will bring a full-scale mock-up of its 16-seater civilian helicopter, the EC-175, while Aerion is showing a full-scale mock-up of its supersonic business jet.

9MAKE HISTORYWe know it was said in

2007, but this really is likely to be the last time the Dubai Air-

show is held on the site of Airport Expo. In 2011, it is expected to de-

camp to the giant airport in Jebel Ali, where it can spread its wings,

so to speak. The event’s director Ali-son Weller revealed that the move would open up opportunities for the show to welcome the public after the trade days were concluded. This

would be in-keeping with the tra-ditional format of other inter-

national airshows and would do much for Dubai’s tourism fi gures. However, Weller did not confi rm when this move would be introduced.

10 CLOSE THE DEALAt the end of the day, the Airshow

is about making money and although it will be hard to beat the US$155.5 bil-

lion worth of deals an-nounced in 2007, the

organiser is hop-ing a number of

big deals will be struck. No one expects the order book to break

records this year, but as we

head into 2010, the Middle East avi-

ation industry remains in a buoyant state, so expect some big an-nouncements to be made.

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MILITARY TALKCivil aviation is always

the fi rst to hit headlines dur-ing any global airshow, but at the Dubai Airshow, the military sector

is a key aspect, making up 40% of the total number of exhibits displayed.

Take a trip outside to see a full-scale replica of the Eurofi ghter, and at-

tend the Air Chief’s conference on Saturday for unmissable

key military insight.

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US$155.5 BILLION VALUE OF DEALS SIGNED AT DUBAI AIRSHOW IN 2007. AMONG THEM, AIRBUS WON ITS

LARGEST EVER ORDER IN TERMS OF VALUE FOR 70 A350 XWBS AND 11 A380S FROM EMIRATES.

Year on year increase in passenger traffi c at Dubai International Airport in September 2009. It was the highest monthly growth rate since October 2007, when numbers jumped 25.9%.

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n Number of passengers that Dubai International and the new airport – Al Maktoum International Airport – at Dubai World Central are expected to handle in 2010. Once completed, Al Maktoum International willbe the world’s largest passenger and cargo hub, capable of handling more than 12 million tonnes of cargo a year and some 120 million passengers a year. The fi rst passenger terminal to be complete will cater to low-cost, regional and charter airlines.

US$11 BILLIONEstimated development budget of New Doha International Airport, due for completion in 2015. The project is largely driven by the continued success of Qatar Airways.

Number of new Boeingand Airbus planes that Saudi Arabian Airlines has on order. In fact, its fi rst new Airbus A320 arrived on September 30. The airline ordered 22 Airbus aircraft at the last Airshow.

Year on year increase in cargo tonnage at Abu Dhabi International Airport in August 2009. The increase was put down to new services by Maximus and China Airlines. Passenger movements grew by 2.5% in the same month, while aircraft movements rose by 12.4%.

6.2%

US$251 millionLow-cost pioneer Air Arabia’s turnover in fi rst half of 2009 (ending June 30), showing the impressive rise of the region’s LCCs during the recession.

13.6%Projected increase in visitor numbers to Dubai in 2010. Billed as the desert’s most exciting city.

22.44 millionNumber of passengers carried by Emirates Airline in 2008, making it the seventh largest international airline.

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Facts to remind us why the regional aviation industry matters so much.

Sources: F&E, IATA, Dubai Airports, Saudia,Abu Dhabi Airports Council, Airarabia.com

US$6.8 billionOffi cial cost of the ongoing re-development of Abu Dhabi International Airport. The new terminal will be able to handle 50 million passengers a year.

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Here are 10 senior executives you should try to meet at this year’s Airshow

AviationCEOs to know

TIM CLARK President, Emirates Airline

As one of the most infl uential fi gures in the Middle East in-

dustry, Tim Clark should be on everyone’s list of people to meet. Clark has been in-strumental in deciding some

of the largest aircraft orders in history, including the larg-est order for the A380 of 58 units. He has been in the civil aviation business since

1972 and in 1985 became a member of the founding team of Emirates as head of airline planning. Until March, 2008 he was on the management team of SriLankan Airlines, and his

leadership resulted in Emirates’ acquisition in April 1998 of a ma-

jor stake in the airline. Clark is an economics graduate from London

University and a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

JAMES HOGANCEO, Etihad AirwaysIn 2008, James Hogan signed one of the largest aircraft orders in commercial avia-tion history for up to 205 aircraft worth some US$43 billion. This alone makes him someone worth meeting in our round-up, but then in June 2009, Etihad’s CEO closed the biggest engine deal in commer-cial aviation history worth some $14 bil-lion. Hogan took up his current position just three years ago, but he brings to the Abu Dhabi-based airline more than 30 years of travel industry experience, hold-ing senior positions with bmi, Hertz, Forte Hotels and Gulf Air.

AKBAR AL BAKER

CEO, Qatar AirwaysNot only has Qatar Airways CEO

driven the ambitious expansion of the airline, but he has also nurtured a profi ta-ble group of companies that includes Doha International Airport. Throughout 2008-9 the CEO launched a number of long-haul routes, including Australian and US des-

tinations and this development runs alongside the ongoing multi-billion

dollar project to complete the New Doha International

Airport.

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KHALID ABDULLAH ALMOLHEMDirector general, Saudi Arabian AirlinesRanking high in the list of top 100 Saudi Arabian companies, Saudi Arabian Air-lines, or Saudia as it is better known, has been led to success, in large part, by its director general Khalid Abdullah Almol-hem. Almolhem joined Saudi Arabian Air-lines in 2006. Since then, he has carried the airline through the privatisation process and has overseen a siginifi cant leap in performance and service qual-ity. The airline continues to up-date its fl eet despite the global drop in air traffi c with the or-dering of 50 Airbus A320s, 12 Boeing 787s and eight wide-bodied Airbus A330s.

ADEL ALIGroup CEO, Air ArabiaPrior to Air Arabia’s start-up in 2003, Adel Ali held positions at Gulf Air and British Airways where he won a number of awards, but it is as a pioneer of the MENA low-cost sector that has earned him his notoriety and Ali has made some signifi -cant developments to the Sharjah-based airline since the beginning of 2008. New routes have included Athens and Goa and a second hub in Casablanca saw the launch of Air Arabia Maroc in May 2009. The airline is also embarking on a new joint venture with TravcoGroup to launch an Egyp-tian LCC.

GHAITH AL GHAITHCEO, fl ydubaiFollowing on from his position as Emir-ates’ executive vice president commercial

operations worldwide, Ghaith Al Ghaith was charged with

the task of launching Du-bai’s fi rst low-cost carrier, which took to the skies in June 2009. As CEO of fl ydubai, Al Ghaith has carefully selected

destinations best-suited to the needs of no-frills travellers in the UAE, as well as making fi nan-cial decisions to steer the

start-up carrier safely through the eco-noic turmoil.

PETER HILLCEO, Oman AirPeter Hill arrived at Oman Air hav-ing served as former Sri Lankan Airlines’ chief. On his arrival in

2008, the airline had already quickly developed, and since then he has redesigned the product with upgraded aircraft interiors and modern-looking uniforms. Some would argue it is

fast-becoming a rising international airline and in three years time, Hill

hopes it will be a “world-class one”.

SAMER MAJALICEO, Gulf AirUnder his leadership, Samer Majali car-ried Royal Jordanian through turbulent fi nancial times and the determined CEO has been drafted in as chief of Gulf Air in the hope that he can do the same for the struggling Bahraini carrier. New aircraft, new routes and a new positive attitude have all been ap-plied to the airline over the last three months, but only time will tell if Majali’s tactics are the right ones needed to pull Gulf Air out of the red once and for all.

KHALIFA MOHAMEDAL MAZROUEIChairman and managing director, ADACIn January 2009, Khalifa Mohamed Al Mazrouei was appointed as general man-ager of the Municipality of Abu Dhabi.

Through this role, he plays an inte-gral part in Abu Dhabi’s growth

and development, which in-cludes modernising the city’s airport, and as chairman and managing director of Abu Dhabi Airports Com-pany (ADAC), Al Mazrouei spearheads the US$6.8 bil-

lion expansion project that is currently underway at Abu

Dhabi International Airport.

PAUL GRIFFITHS

CEO, Dubai AirportsJust a year into his post as CEO of Dubai Airports, Paul Griffi ths

orchestrated the launch of Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport in October, 2008. He is also charged with the awe-

some task of operating and developing Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central when it opens next June.

Prior to moving to Dubai, Griffi ths was managing director of Lon-

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CESSNAAIRCRAFT COMPANY

Stand A7, A8With a number of products that have proved to be popular with

regional buyers, US company Cessna will be bringing a number of aircraft

to park on the outdoor display. Venture out into the Dubai sun to

see its Citation, Skyhawk and Grand Caravan types.

1DUBAI AEROSPACE ENTERPRISEStand P5

Headed up by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Dubai Aerospace En-terprise (DAE) incorporates a number of divisions including DAE Airports, DAE Capital and DAE Engineering amongst others. The company continues to support Dubai’s continued emergence as a global aerospace centre.

Portuguese company, TAP Maintenance & Engineering is looking to establish itself in the Middle East market in 2010. Its COO Jorge Sobral says that the fi rm is currently

working to build a specifi c strategy in order to ap-

proach the region’s low-cost carriers with a competitive MRO service.

3 HAWKER BEECHCRAFTStand A9

The Hawker 4000 recently arrived in the GCC when Empire Aviation Group took delivery of the super-midsize business jet. Take some time to visit Hawker Beechcraft’s stand to fi nd out more about the US company’s newest model, which is made from advanced composite materials. The aircraft is lighter in weight than other

eight-seater jets, offering lower op-erating costs to owners.

2 DNATAStand 38, 39

For 50 years, ground handling operator, Dnata has provided passenger, cargo ramp and technical support services to airlines at Dubai airport. Its portfolio of services will be displayed at the Airshow.

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4 TAP MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERINGStand A239


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AIRBUSStand A140

Airbus, a division of EADS will be bringing an

A380 aircraft to park on the outdoor static display. The

giant double-decker aircraft will also take part in the

daily outdoor fl ying displays.

7 THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETYStand W172

The Royal Aeronautical Society has a branch in Dubai and it will use the Airshow

as a platform to underline to visitors, particularly those

from the Gulf region, the benefi ts they can gain from professional and corporate membership to the society. “The RAS is committed to

the promotion of global best practice in the indus-

try and provides an independ-ent forum for debate across all aspects of the aerospace community,” said CEO Keith Mans. Special introductory rates will be available for visitors to the show.

8 TREVIRAStand A97

Offering safety textiles for aircraft interi-ors, Trevira will exhibit its latest hygienic and fl ame retardant materials suitable for use on aircraft seating. The mate-rial can be washed rather than dry-cleaned, helping airlines to cut mainte-nance costs and the company promises that the colour brilliance of the fabric holds throughout its entire lifetime.

9 FLIR SYSTEMSStand C500

UK company FLIR Systems will be ex-hibiting its range of thermal imaging cameras, particularly suitable for use on board military aircraft. Long-range cam-era systems such as the Star SAFIRE se-ries can be installed on a number of dif-ferent types of helicopter and fi xed wing aircraft, while compact systems such as the Talon series offer multi-sensor sys-tems providing high-performance in a small, light-weight package.

11ABU DHABI AIRPORTS COMPANY ADAC

Stand A320, A60 A61As a newcomer to the Dubai Airshow, the Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) will be a familiar face to regional visi-tors, but relative unknowns to international delegates. The two-year-old compa-ny, led by chairman and managing director Khali-fa Mohamed Al Mazrouei, is charged with operating Abu Dhabi International Airport, Al Ain International and the new private jet facili-ty at Al Bateen Airport. It has a number of large-scale projects underway that are well worth fi nding out about.

10 AJA PRIVATE JETSStand A2

AJA Private Jets began fl ying in March 2009, offering VIP charter services from Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Upon delivery of 21 aircraft on order from Airbus and Em-

braer, AJA will have one of the biggest

charter fl eets in the world.

Visit AJA’s stand to fi nd out more about the services

it currently has on offer.

12 EADSStand A140

EADS will exhibit a full scale mock-up of the new Airbus A350 cabin. It features a theatre system, which will show audio-vis-ual presentations during the show. EADS will also show the full scale mock-up of the civilian 16-seater Eurocopter EC-175.

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BAE SYSTEMS

Stand A28, A29Visitors to the Airshow will get

a glimpse of BAE Systems’ Mantis and HERTI next-generation autono-

mous systems. The Mantis system will demonstrate how technology is shaping

future unmanned aircraft system capabil-ity. In addition, BAE will be displaying

its combat aircraft Typhoon. Simon Keith, managing director Middle

East, Africa and Asia Pacifi c will be present throughout

the show.

17 LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AGStand A220

Lufthansa Technik’s biggest regional news of the year so far was securing a C-check deal with Qatar Airways,

which will see the company carrying out a maintenance programme expected to take more than two years to complete. Lufthansa Technik senior vice presi-

dent sales and marketing Wal-ter Heerdt is a familiar face in the industry and under-stands the commercial needs for aircraft.

16 ABU DHABI AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGIES ADAT

Stand A56Find out more about the facilities on offer from Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies, which is located in a building adjacent to Terminal 3. The company offers an ex-tensive range of component and engine overhaul and repair workshops, test labo-ratories and bonded storage, as well as a 100,000lb thrust engine test cell, totalling 64,000m2 of facilities.

13 MAXIMUS AIR CARGOStand C200

As the largest UAE-based air cargo solu-tions provider, Maximus Air Cargo will be profi ling a range of services to Airshow visitors. Recently the company safely delivered 30 of the British Queen’s horses to Abu Dhabi to perform in an exhibition and just fi ve days later carried relief aid to Indone-sia in response to the devastating 7.6 mag-nitude earthquake.

14 PRATT & WHITNEYStand A22, A23

Specialising in the design and manufac-ture of engines for both commercial and military aircraft, Pratt & Whitney will be expecting a high number of enquiries at its stand this year. To date, the company has installed more than 16,000 large commer-cial engines and logged more than 1 billion fl ight hours from across its fl eet of com-mercial engines.

15 SPOT AIRStand E740

Spot Air is making its debut at the show and is highlighting the services and opera-tions it can offer to the airlines, business jet operators and business executives of the Gulf region. In the support services

sector, Spot Air works with many inter-national airlines, transferring tourist passengers to and from Egypt, regu-larly fl ying more than 5000 hours per year and han-dling more than 8000

passengers. In the busi-

ness jet arena Spot Air has car-ried out more than 150 VIP fl ights using its Hawker 850XP.

Walter Heerdtunderstands the commercial needs for aircraft

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BOEINGStand C300

As in previous years, Boeing will have a strong presence at the Dubai

Airshow with a large stand housing all the latest products on offer from the US

plane manufacturer, including information on the 787 and 777F. Boeing president for the Middle East region Paul Kinscherff

will be in attendance throughout the show, while outside on the static dis-

play, Boeing will participate with military aircraft including

the C-17.

23 ELITE JETSStand C110

Elite Jets has recently added a Falcon Jet 900DX to its fl eet and it plans to make fur-ther fl eet expansions before the end of the year, making it a key player in the busi-ness jet arena. The operator has been led to success over the last fi ve years by its CEO Am-mar Balkar.

22 AERIONStand E548

US company Aerion is exhibiting a scale model of its supersonic busi-ness jet, which although still in the development stage, is expect-ed to attract a number of key business aviation buyers,

the number of which will deter-

mine whether or not the jet makes it onto the

production line.

21MTU AERO ENGINESStand W210

MTU Aero Engines CEO Egon Behle leads a worldwide workforce of some 7500 employees and the German company has built up a strong reputation in the develop-ment, manufacturing and repair of com-mercial and military engines, both nation-ally and internationally.

20 JORAMCOStand E220

In an interview with Avia-tion Business earlier in the year, JorAM-Co admitted it had seen a downturn in business as airlines felt the pinch from the struggling economy, but the Jordanian aircraft maintenance company is still going strong and includes Dubai’s fi rst low-cost airline, fl ydubai amongst its new clients for 2009. JorAMCo CEO Bashir Abdel Hadi (pic-tured) has also positioned the company in the Indian aviation market this year.

24 MUBADALA DEVELOPMENT COStand C510, P4

The Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Devel-opment Company is the investment arm of

the Abu Dhabi government. It has seen rapid growth since it last attended the Airshow in 2007 through funding projects and initiatives that continue to drive the economic development of the emirate.

25 ROYAL JETStand A57, A58

As the Middle East’s leading private jet operator, Royal Jet has weathered the economic down-turn admirably. By establishing rev-enue streams addi-tional to its charter business – such as

its new MRO facil-ity – the operator is anticipating its future success as the indus-try looks forward to a brighter year ahead.

Ammar Balkar headsbusiness jet operator Elite Jets

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The Dubai Air Show is the place to be: the golden door to a booming aerospace and defence market of high technology and capabilities

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The Dubai Airshow is the largest aviation event in the world’s fastest growing region, so it is appropriate that, as the market leader

in private aviation, we should maintain our visibility and presence in this fast growing industry

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The depth and breadth of exhibitor and the high quality of visitors attending this show, has helped establish the Dubai Airshow as one of the world’s leading aerospace events.

We will most certainly be attending the 2009 outing John Byers, CEO, Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies


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The time to recognise the indus-try’s leading players has al-most arrived. Within the next two weeks and for the third year running, the Aviation

Business Awards will be held in the UAE. Despite the challenges faced by the avia-tion industry over the past few months, many of you have seized the opportunity to vote for clients and colleagues in the 12 award categories designed to recognise those companies, organisations and indi-viduals that have achieved outstanding excellence in the Middle East.

The Aviation Business Awards cer-emony will be held at the Park Hyatt in Dubai on November 16, and we hope you will be able to join us for an evening that aims to help raise the profi le of the indus-try and recognise and reward those who have made signifi cant contributions to its development during the past year.

Organisations that have educated and excelled, plus individuals who have deliv-ered above and beyond the call of duty, will be among the award winners. Judg-ing by the region’s activity during the

past 12 months, several companies will be contesting the awards. Etihad Airways, Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways con-tinued their respective expansion plans, launching new routes and taking delivery of new aircraft.

Elsewhere, low-cost airlines have proved that the business model can suc-ceed in the Middle East. Air Arabia, led by CEO Adel Ali has fl ourished this year with the opening of its second hub in Morocco and the announcement that it is to begin operating from Egypt in March. Meanwhile, de-spite a change in leadership, Jazeera has reported winning new corporate contracts and sub-sequently its CEO Stefan Pichler has ambitious plans to move the airline away from the low-cost model it was built upon.

Away from airlines, Dubai’s aviation authorities have continued with plans to strengthen further the emirate’s aviation industry. Construction of a third con-course at Dubai International continues,

despite some contractor problems seen earlier in the year, while Al Maktoum In-ternational Airport at Dubai World Cen-tral is on track to open its fi rst phase in June 2010. The opening of the new airport could not come soon enough as Dubai In-ternational Airport continues to record a month-on-month double-digit increase in passenger traffi c.

The Aviation Business Awards, organised by the region’s leading

trade magazine publisher ITP Business, is expected to attract more than 250 leading execu-tives and professionals from the aviation world. The event

was open to individuals compa-nies and organisations working in

the Middle East and nominations for the award categories ended September 30, with a prestigious panel of experts assess-ing and choosing a winner from the fi nal-ists for each accolade.

The accolades cover airline CEO of the year; business jet CEO of the year; MRO manager of the year and airport CEO of the year, amongst others.

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Airline CEO of the YearAwarded to the CEO of a Middle East airline (low-cost included) that has made a difference in managing the company’s business operations, whether by their management skills, innovative vision or simply by applying the extra effort need-ed to get the job done.

Business Jet CEO of the YearAwarded to the CEO that has consistent-ly delivered a world-class service within the regional business aviation sector dur-ing the past 12 months.

Airport CEO of the YearAwarded to the Middle East airport CEO that has consistently delivered a world-class service across the region during the past 12 months, while contributing to the growth of the regional aviation industry.

Sales & Marketing Manager of the YearAwarded to the manager that has sourced fresh, innovative and profi table markets to develop an airline’s economic enterprise.

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MRO Manager of the YearAwarded to the MRO manager that has developed a world-class maintenance, re-pair operations service and/or spares pro-vider for a Middle East airline during the past 12 months.

Duty Free Manager of the YearOperators are asked to provide evidence of exceptional performance, with exam-ples of business innovation, range of retail outlets, profi t fi gures, marketing cam-paigns and future growth plans.

Airport Security Manager of the YearAwarded to the airport security manager that has shown examples of identifying market-leading innovation and the ability to meet international security standards while implementing cutting-edge technology.

Airport Operations Manager of the YearEncompassing excellent ground han-dling and passenger facilities (including passenger checking, ticketing, lost and found, irregularity handling) the award will go to the manager that has consist-ently enabled an airport to deliver world-class services across the Middle East during the past 12 months.

Airline CFO of the YearLeasing and fi nance is the lifeblood of most airlines operating in the Middle East. This award honours the individual that has helped to cultivate successful fi nancial strategies that have carried the airline forward.

Aviation IT Manager of the YearAs the aviation industry becomes in-creasingly technological, this award recognises the individual that has iden-tifi ed the best technology solutions to help airlines and airports increase their effi ciencies. Examples include, but are not limited to, e-ticketing systems, secu-rity solutions, online reservation systems, check-in technology and departure con-trol systems.

Air Cargo Manager of the YearAwarded to the cargo division manager of a commercial airline that has delivered a consistent industry-leading service in the Middle East and throughout the world over the past 12 months. Examples of cost or time savings for end customers will be taken into account, as will technical inno-vations and responsible working practices.

Aviation Training/HR Managerof the YearThis award recognises the region’s lead-ing training and HR manager either within an airline, airport or as a train-ing provider. The winner will have sig-nifi cantly contributed to developing the skills of new recruits to the industry.



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2008 WINNERS

• Airline CEO of the YearHH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates

• Low-cost Carrier of the YearAir Arabia

• Aviation Technology Provider of the YearAmadeus

Tim ColehanWith 14 years experience in the aviation industry, Colehan holds the position of country manager Gulf & Kuwait for the International Air Transport Association (IATA). He is based in Sharjah, UAE.

Niko HerrmannA familiar face on the Aviation Business Awards judging panel, Herrmann is partner in aviation at Oliver Wyman, a leading international management consulting fi rm. He has 13 years of consulting experience in the US, Europe and Middle East.

Dr. Cedwyn FernandezHaving worked in the airline industry for more than 10 years, Dr Fernandez offers a blend of academic and senior corporate expertise. At present, he is the MBA programme coordinator at Middlesex University Dubai.

John EllisAs an experienced aviation specialist with over 25 years in airline related business, Ellis currently holds the position of business development director for the UK’s leading regional aerospace trade association, Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC).

JUDGING PANEL

• Airport of the YearDubai International Airport

• Airport Security Provider of the YearAbu Dhabi International Airport

• Airport Passenger Handling of the YearDnata Airport Operations

• MRO Company of the YearJorAMCo

• Ground Handling Provider of the YearDnata Airport Operations

• Aviation Training Academy of the YearEmirates Aviation College

• Duty Free of the YearAbu Dhabi Duty Free

• Aircraft Leasing and Finance ProviderGE Commercial Aviation Services

• Duty Free of the YearAbu Dhabi Duty Free

• Aircraft Spares and LogisticsProvider of the Year Airbus

• In-fl ight services of the YearQatar Airways

• Business Jet Provider of the YearExecuJet Aviation Group

• Aircraft Charter ServiceProvider of the YearAir Charter International

Like all regions worldwide, Euro-pean airlines have been hard hit by falling passenger traffi c fi g-ures during 2008/09. According to the International Air Trans-

port Association (IATA), European carriers are still seeing demand fall by nearly 3% compared to September 2008, although this is a small improvement on the fi gures recorded earlier in the year. Middle Eastern carriers, on the other hand, show year-on-year growth with demand increasing more than 10% in September.

Where European airlines become a driv-ing force however is within the airline con-solidation arena. Take Lufthansa German Airlines for example; a merger with both SWISS and Austrian Airlines and most re-

cently the purchase of a holding stake in

BMI, equips the carrier with the necessary tools to expand without lim-its. But how do moves such as these made

by large Euro-pean airlines affect the Mid-dle East’s air

travel market?Luf thansa’s

UAE general man-

ager and Gulf director Peter Pollak says that the airline is adopting a multi-brand and multi-hub approach. “While Lufthan-sa German Airlines concentrates on its hub airports in Frankfurt and Munich (Germany), SWISS operates via its hub in Zurich/Switzerland, Austrian Airlines via its Vienna hub and Brussels Airlines via its hub in the capital of Belgium. In ad-dition, BMI has a strong market position in London-Heathrow. This gives custom-ers maximum travel fl exibility and allows them to combine outbound travel via one hub and homebound travel via the other hub, whichever is more convenient to them. In the Middle East we continu-ously expand our schedule and the new partners allow us to offer an even more com-prehensive product.”

The end of October marked the switch to Lufthansa’s winter schedule, which meant a substantial capac-ity increase on its Dubai to Munich route. “This route will be upgraded to an Airbus A340-600 with 306 seats – eight seats in fi rst class, 60 seats in business class and 238 seats in economy class. Compared with to-day’s A340-300 – which seats 221 passen-gers – this is a capacity increase of 38%.

This year, Lufthansa also upgraded its offers from Bahrain, Muscat in Oman, and Riyadh and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, with all fl ights operating daily to Frankfurt. In

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addition, Abu Dhabi has been served non-stop since spring.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), the com-bined multi-national airline of Denmark, Sweden and Norway began operating fl ights to Dubai in 2007. The service con-tinues to run three times a week from Co-penhagen although SAS manager for the UAE Albert Henschel admits the airline has recorded a drop in passengers during the past season. “SAS had a drop for the past season compared to the fi rst, but this

was in line with the general down-wards trend that practically all

airlines are experiencing due to the global recession. For this coming third season, SAS expects to be able to perform better than last season and it is my personal ambition to

defi nitely increase sales here in the UAE.”Currently, SAS has no major

competitor on its route from Dubai to Scandinavia. Neither Emirates Airline nor Etihad Airways fl y to northern Europe. Instead, many Nordic expats use stopover fl ights belonging to Lufthansa or KLM, for example, to reach their home countries. Henschel is confi dent therefore that SAS – although it has a limited traffi c programme in Dubai – offers an interesting alternative to the market.

Pollak also recognises the growth con-straints affecting the market as passenger traffi c remains depressed. In response, Lufthansa has launched special fares from the UAE, Kuwait, Doha and Oman to over 40 destinations in Europe. A round-trip fl ight from the UAE to Europe, for example, can be booked for as little as AED990 (US$270).

When it comes to managing its capac-ity, Lufthansa is aided by the great fl ex-

3%drop in passenger demand seen by European carriers

in September 2009

It is my personal ambition to defi nitely

increase sales here in the UAEAlbert Henschel, UAE manager, SAS

November 2009

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ibility in its largely unencumbered fl eet. “Lufthansa is therefore equally prepared for a further drop in demand and for the opportunities which would arise if com-petitors left the market,” says Pollak.

In addition to the existing capacity and cost-cutting measures, Lufthansa has set up a new programme – CLIMB 2011 – to ensure its lasting competitiveness. “The goal of CLIMB 2011 is to achieve EUR1 billion ($1.5 billion) in sustainable earn-ings improvements by 2011 at the latest, by means of cost reductions.” explains Pollak. The process of which includes generating effi ciency gains in staffi ng and adminis-tration, and a review of the timetable for aircraft deliveries. “The concrete form this will take is to be developed successively over the coming weeks, but altogether the segment is expecting a sharp fall in rev-enue,” he adds.

Similarly, the SAS Group is currently implementing a new strategic approach.

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“Core SAS aims to secure a future prof-itable SAS,” explains Henschel. “The strategy includes cost initiatives of about US$680 million as well as a 20% reduction in capacity. The imple-mentation is well on track with an additional US$130 million cost savings initiated in Au-gust 2009.”

The savings aim for a sim-plifi ed organisational struc-ture with a clear customer-fo-cused corporate culture, Hen-schel adds. “Outsourcing of non-core units and staff reductions are the main contributors to the cost savings.”

Despite the dif-fi cult market con-ditions however, European carri-ers still believe there is a place

for them in the Middle East. “The Middle East is one of the most dynamic economic regions in the world and there is a natu-

ral and growing traffi c fl ow be-tween Europe and the region,” says Pollak.

SAS also recognises that the Middle East will grow more than other regions in the world. “SAS’s presence here in the UAE is important,” Henschel says. “However,

since the market continues to be unpredictable there are,

at present no concrete plans for ex-

pansion.”

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off er a comprehensive productPeter Pollak, USE general manager and Gulf director, Lufthansa


most of the major shipping lines, pre-dominantly from the Far East, with very short transit times from Hong Kong, mainland China, Indian subcontinent and South East Asia. In addition, Dubai offers simple customs formalities, which means seamless transport connections to ensure cargo can be custom-cleared from the seaport and delivered to airlines within fi ve or six hours. Sea-air transpor-tation is also supported by the airport.

The service providing company, Dna-ta, has seven docks dedicated to receiv-ing sea-air cargo. In addition, the airport is well connected, offer-ing a choice of over 100 export destinations on a weekly ba-sis. It’s quite right to credit Emirates Airlines in this re-spect, because it has played a vital role in the development of sea-air cargo, with its continu-ously growing fl eet and plenitude of di-rect services to Europe, Africa and more recently to the US.

Sharjah airport has played an in-creasingly vital role in augmenting the movement of sea-air cargo through the Middle East region. Many airlines of-fer direct scheduled freight capacities from Sharjah International Airport to Europe. Sharjah is also one of the lead-ing sea-air hubs in Asia and has shown

a growth rate of over 50% in the past couple of years.

Subsequently, the future of this industry remains over-whelmingly positive. Regional

airlines such as Emirates and Etihad Airways, which operate at the major Middle Eastern airports, are offering a high fl ight frequency and growing airfreight capacity. Also, looking at the developments currently underway in the region, this trend continues to re-main positive.

The new airport currently being constructed in Jebel Ali, as part of the newly launched Dubai Logistics City, is a truly integrated logistics platform, which will further boost Dubai’s posi-

tion in the sea-air marketplace. It will feature over 16 cargo

terminals, some of which are exclusively dedicated to sea-air transportation, with an emphasis on single handling.

This means the freight for-warder will be allowed to build

their own pallets and deliver them directly to the airlines.

I believe the Middle East’s sea-air market will compete well with other regions around the world. The Middle East has become a very strong contend-er in the international logistics industry and its position continues to strengthen every year. For example, the regional transportation infrastructure is very effi cient and well developed, matching world-class standards. This is a major bonus for the logistics industry in terms of speed and cost effectiveness. It also directly impacts the movement of sea-air cargo out of the UAE, especially via Dubai and Sharjah.

T he sea-air model is essentially an integration of two differ-ent transportation modes. The cargo is initially transported

by seafreight and later by airfreight. This combination offers a drastic sav-ing in transit time compared to pure seafreight, whilst offering a maximum cost saving of 50% compared to pure airfreight. It’s basically the best of both worlds.

Sea-air transportation plays a very important role for the Middle East lo-gistics industry. For example, Dubai has become one of the top seven lead-ing sea-air transport hubs in the world. The emirate’s capacity for sea-air cargo has been growing in leaps and bounds - it’s now the most sought-after transit point over the North Pacifi c route.

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EDITOR’S COMMENTIATA’s days of doomR eading the monthly industry

updates from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is a surefi re way to

dampen your mood. During the last few months there has been little good news to report and IATA has been more than upfront with telling us exactly how it is.

With each month that has passed in 2009, the association’s director general and CEO Giovanni Bisignani has painted an increasingly gloomy picture of the international aviation industry. He is a fan of words such as ‘bleak’, ‘weak’ and ‘volatile’, and while it easy to see that the data cannot lie, sometimes it would be nice to have our market reports dressed up with a small amount of optimism, wouldn’t it?

Fortunately, Middle Eastern carriers are providing that much needed ray of light in a market that is seemingly fi t to burst with stormy clouds. Words such as ‘year-on-year growth’, ‘expanding demand’ and ‘winning market share’ provide that air of optimism that has

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been sorely lacking from the global aviation sector in 2009.

We are fully aware that the Middle East is not immune from the global economic crisis. There have been many low points since the fi nal quarter of last year – most notably the demise of the once lucrative premium traffi c sector – but this month the region will be fl ying high as the global aviation industry descends on Dubai for the Airshow.

Its organiser F & E Aerospace says the event is an indication of how well the aviation sector has weathered the economic crash of 2008/09, and as we make our way through what IATA describes as a ‘diffi cult fourth quarter’, let’s not forget that the region continues to act as a beacon of hope.

Bahrain airport expansionWe are proud of the people of Bahrain, especially in terms of how they have attracted millions of passengers from all over the world. It shows that a small, tiny island with loyal, active and educated people can do more. Thank you, it is our favourite airport.AlkhobaR, Saudi Arabia

Qatar Airways’ natural gas projectGreat step towards reducing carbon emission and integrating the aviation sector into the global green supply chain.Munzir, Sudan

Dubai airport bucks downturnA reported 19.5% increase in passenger traffi c in September? How much is outgoing, never to return, I wonder.David J, France

LCC sector is ‘coming of age’Indeed, what Adel Ali (Air Arabia CEO) says is so true. Low-cost fares have attracted many to travel by air when it comes so close to the cost of travelling by land, so not only has Air Arabia taken passengers from other airlines, but also from other modes of transport.Manal Ghandour, UAE

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Through our website www.arabiansupplychain.com, we have been keeping you up-to-date on the progress of Gulf Air as it embarks on the road to recovery. Here are just a few of your comments

The snowball eff ectSamer Majali was a great CEO while he was with Royal Jordanian, but joining Gulf Air will be one of the greatest challenges that he will face during the coming few years. As an ex-Gulf Air employee I believe that Gulf Air can become one of the leading airlines in the region, but it will have to go through many critical steps and not be affected by Bahrain’s parliament members or the media. The middle management of any organisation is considered to be its backbone, and the effectiveness and professionalism of Gulf Air’s middle management will determine how well it performs. This is the unrealised problem of Gulf Air. The Bahrain government thinks that the CEOs who were leading the company were not good enough or qualifi ed to take it to profi table levels, but this is not true. Many day-to-day decisions made by poor middle management have accumulated and had fi nancial impact upon the company, but these CEOs simply reached their positions by personal relationship, rather than their skills. It is time for the Board members to make strong decisions and employ a younger, smarter generation that can lead the company to success. I am 100% sure that Gulf Air can make a comeback as a leading company, but only with the

right people in the right positions.Osama Alkoohiji, Bahrain

Praise too far?After reading ‘Gulf Air starts its refl eeting programme’ (October 12) I feel that the statements made by its chairman Talal Al Zain and CEO Samer Majali can only be judged as the highest compliment for Bjorn Naf who was fi red earlier this year. It was his good judgment that resulted in the related aircraft order some two years ago … He got fi red, and Majali is getting the credit.Anonymous

Too pricey for BahrainI know they keep saying that Gulf Air will return to profi t, but that doesn’t take away the reality; Bahrain is not an oil rich nation. It might have been the fi rst to discover it, but in 2009, there’s not much left. How do you think Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways survived all these years? Good performance? Naah! … It is the billions of cash injections from their respective governments. Trust me, pour a glass of US$10 billion into this company and Gulf Air will become the region’s airline king of tomorrow. Currently, privatisation is the best option.J. Smith, Dubai

The right approachAs an ex-Royal Jordanian employee, I strongly believe Samer Majali can bring Gulf Air back into the black. Majali’s innovative strategies and many years of experience, complemented by his sincere approach, will bring about sea changes in Gulf Air.Paul Chacko, Abu Dhabi

The way outGulf Air can depend on many good things, but Samer Majali should respond to the complaints made by passengers; word of mouth is a key player in the Middle East. The airline should cater to the middle and lower classes of the Middle East and increase its cargo business to cover costs. It is going to need the right people in the right positions; it is life or death now for Gulf Air.Emad Alfaris, Amman

Low-cost is the answerGulf Air needs a total new business plan and the right business model is to become a low-cost carrier (LCC). As a full-service carrier, the situation will only worsen with the existing competition. Return to basics and revive the past glory of a great carrier that will be the envy of the Gulf.Sunil Kallyat, Mumbai

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Emirates Airline has refuted press reports published in an Australian newspaper regarding the airline’s management of fatigue risk, following claims that pilot

fatigue was the cause of the tail strike incident at Melbourne Airport, Australia in March 2009.

According to Australian newspaper reports, the pilot of the Emirates Airline fl ight EK407 that nearly crashed at Melbourne Airport in March with 225 passengers on board had almost no sleep the previous day, and was almost at the threshold of the number of hours he was legally able to fl y – Emirates pilots are permitted to fl y a maximum 100 hours each 28 days.

In a statement, Emirates divisional senior vice president, commercial operations worldwide Richard Vaughan said the airline was “surprised” that objective data was not included, and one-sided articles had been published based on statements from anonymous persons. “Emirates is a world leader in the management

of pilot fatigue and alertness. Our Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) continuously monitors pilot alertness across a broad spectrum of international destinations, varying crew confi gurations and regulatory requirements. The system meets the regulatory requirements, and was the fi rst to employ a scientifi c advisor on sleep research. Dr. Mark Rosekind, president of alertness solutions, is an ex-NASA scientist and researcher in fatigue mitigation, and his

advice is a part of every FRMS study.”Vaughan added that Emirates had supplied adequate layover time for the pilot and crew to rest and it was up to the individuals to take advantage of it.“Responsibility for preventing the onset of fatigue rests both on the operator and

crew. The crew of EK 407 (Melbourne-Dubai, 20 March) were allocated a 24-hour

layover in Melbourne – a suffi cient time period to use the rest facilities provided. The Australian Transport & Safety Bureau has not found any evidence to suggest fatigue was a causal factor.”

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TECH TALKHow is SkyChain benefi ting the region’s cargo business?Earlier in the year, we held a Cargo Fo-rum in association with IATA. The main theme of the conference was IATA’s e-freight initiative which aims to drive paper out of the supply chain. Dubai is the only e-freight compliant cargo hub in the Middle East. This is a very strate-gic move for Emirates SkyCargo, Dnata Cargo, Dubai Customs, all airlines using Dubai and ultimately for the Dubai econ-omy. Passengers can make a connecting fl ight in Dubai within 45 minutes of land-ing. Cargo consignments, however, can

take up to six hours due to the paperwork involved.

Remove the time-con-suming paper process-es and send advanced electronic versions and customs can be pre-cleared and con-nections made a great

deal faster. As the economy recovers and many industries look

for fast re-stocking

and just-in-time delivery, operating in an effi cient connecting cargo hub will be a competitive advantage. SkyChain is de-livering that advantage today.

How have Mercator’s passenger solutions helped airlines?We also recently held a passenger services conference again in association with IATA. More than 80 delegates from 30 airlines came to Dubai to discuss and see examples of fast travel initiatives. These comprise a set of airport-related IT solutions that improve the passenger experience. These include self service check-in, use of 2D barcodes, self document scanning such as passports, self check-in of bags and self reporting of lost baggage. Mercator has an excellent scorecard in its delivery of ‘fast travel’ which can be witnessed at Emir-ates’ Terminal 3.

How easy is it to switch systems over from legacy systems to Mercator systems?For the cargo users it requires a mindset that there is going to be a change in work-ing practices. The technology is the easy part. People having to adapt to changing processes is normally the sticking point. However, with good training and induc-tion the effi ciencies of the new systems

speak for themselves.

How long after system implementation do you have to work with a client?It varies. For our revenue accounting and ERP solutions some customers

specifi cally book our staff for a number of months to ‘be there’ at month end clos-ing. Other airlines become confi dent with their system relatively quickly and our staff are quickly offsite.

How has the aviation IT market been af-fected by the economic downturn?A number of industry surveys have shown that IT spend has been reducing. We have not seen that. We are witnessing two trends both related to cost reduction. First, airlines are looking to increase the amount they outsource. For example we see low-cost air-lines moving into new forms of distribution and commercial relationships. The second trend is airlines looking for new answers to their cost base or ways to enhance revenue. This might involve the implementation of a new system on a ‘rented’ application basis. Many airlines are seeking to reduce costs of distribution and Mercator is teaming up with FareLogix to provide a cheaper means of distribution of their product to key travel agents. We also have a new partnership with Calidris, which provides revenue integrity tools that are integrated with our core passenger services platform Jupiter. We are also seeing a rising demand for CRM and loyalty solutions which not only improve customer relations but can also generate revenue.

Will Mercator be making any acquisitions in the future?Yes, but we are not in a position to reveal more details at the present time.

Is Mercator continuing to invest money in new products?We are funding areas where we see de-mand, such as e-freight compliance and new warehouse management in the cargo arena. For passenger solutions we have launched a new value proposition, Jupi-ter, which enables airlines to buy an entire suite of products to suit their needs on a ‘fee per passenger boarded’ basis.

Mercator vice president of sales and market development Duncan Alexander explains how the company’s products and services can benefi t airlines

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Although the development of logistics parks in the United Arab Emirates has tradi-tionally focused on Dubai, a string of multi-billion dol-

lar projects have recently been launched in other parts of the country. Leading the revolution has been Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), a regional powerhouse in the aviation sector with management re-sponsibility for the airports in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.

The centrepiece of ADAC’s US$6.8 bil-lion development strategy is Abu Dhabi Airport Business Park, which is being con-structed on 12 square kilometres of land and will include around 2 square kilometres of space for a warehousing and transporta-tion complex. The project has received a considerable amount of interest from the logistics sector, especially from freight for-warders, importers, exporters and MRO specialists – proving that demand for such developments outside of Dubai is also plentiful.

“Abu Dhabi Logistics Park will offer a wide range of fa-cilities, from light industrial units in a variety of designs to commercial offi ces and plots of land for tailored de-velopments,” explains His Ex-cellency Khalifa Mohamed Al Mazrouei, chairman of ADAC.

“The project is being developed in two phases, which means we can make improvements to the masterplan in line with investor requirements. Construction of phase one has already commenced and should be completed in 2010. The develop-ment of phase two is scheduled for 2011 and will be completed in 2015,” he adds.

Since expectations have already been exceeded in terms of demand, ADAC has opened an investor services centre for the logistics park, which Al Mazrouei has de-

scribed as a ‘one stop shop’ for region and international companies that want to estab-lish their operations in the development.

“This will alleviate the need for inves-tors to visit a range of different government entities for their documentation and paper-work,” he states. “The centre will enable a unifi ed interface for all business services, including assistance with business registra-tion, sponsorship, licensing and leasing.”

Understanding the need to simplify the various procedures for potential tenants, ADAC has been working in close partner-ship with government bodies such as the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, Min-istry of Labour, Immigration Department and Abu Dhabi Customs, which have all collaborated to ensure the services centre has the relevant infrastructure in place to support investors.

“We recently signed an agreement with the Department of Economic Development

to streamline systems and data sharing, which will also greatly increase the

speed of licences being issued. Similarly, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce has installed its integrated system at ADAC’s premises to ensure an immedi-ate manifesting and processing

of requests,”says Al Mazrouei.The logistics park is a central

component in a large-scale develop-ment plan for Abu Dhabi International Airport, which has been designed to in-crease the overall capacity to more than 20 million passengers per year. This includes the construction of a second runway and third terminal, which have been completed, together with a midfi eld terminal complex and air control tower (ATC), which will be operation in the next few years. Of course, with growing volumes of cargo being han-dled at the airport, its airfreight facilities will also receive an industrial makeover.

PARKlifeWith a multi-billion dollar investment to develop its warehousing and transportation parks in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) is preparing to take the logistics industry by storm


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PROJECT PROFILE

Despite the current economic situation, the Middle East is an expanding market for the aviation and aerospace sectors, due to its

strategic geographical location and growing economic strength.HE Khalifa Mohamed Al Mazrouei, chairman, ADAC


“The amount of cargo being handled at Abu Dhabi International Airport has strengthened this year and we expect this trend to continue in the future, especially with the ambitious plans to diversify Abu Dhabi’s economy in the coming years,” says Al Mazrouei. “In response, a world-class airfreight facility will be opened by 2012, expanding our current handling ca-pacity of 475,000 tonnes per annum to 1

million tonnes per annum. In the longer-term, this fi gure will eventually reach 3 million tonnes.”

Showing his excitement for the project, Al Mazrouei explains the cargo facility will be equipped with fully-automated handling systems and the latest in technology systems, offering complete integration between air-lines, forwarders, government departments, banks and other stakeholders. “This combi-nation will provide speed of service that is second to none,” he states with a smile.

Although the market response for these developments has been described as “over-whelming”, this has actually presented an interim problem for Al Mazrouei and his team. “Being the emirate’s fi rst airport logistics park, we have attracted huge de-mand from industry players in countries such as Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, not to mention the Mid-dle East,” he says. “However, demand for space has exceeded the facilities that we have planned. ADAC has responded to this issue by announcing a second logistics park at Al Ain International Airport at this year’s Paris Air Show.”

The additional project, which is be-ing developed in partnership with Helios SinoGulf Development, will cover 650,000m2. The fi rst phase is scheduled for comple-tion towards the end of 2010 at a cost of $250 million.

“Whilst the two projects are separate with different unique selling points, they complement each other and together provide the full suite of facilities that are needed to meet the demands of the aviation and aerospace industries,” says Al Mazrouei. “Within both of these logistics parks, inter-national investors can run their operations in the best business environment, benefi t-ing from the low cost operation at Al Ain to focus on manufacturing aircraft parts and

ABU DHABI LOGISTICS PARK

the growing connectivity network offered by Abu Dhabi, which is the perfect solution for the distribution of goods.”

It’s diffi cult to fault the ambitions of ADAC. However, with the market still re-covering from a global recession, critics question the timing of these ventures. How-ever, Al Mazrouei is happy to address such concerns and remains confi dent that a short-term downturn will not impact the long-term

future of his logistics parks.“Despite the current economic

situation, the Middle East is an expanding market for the avi-ation and aerospace sectors, due to its strategic geographi-cal location and growing eco-nomic strength. Projections

show the region will continue its strong growth and Abu Dhabi

will progress the diversifi cation of its economy,” he concludes. “The aerospace and aviation sectors are a key component of this diversifi cation, and are poised for tre-mendous growth in the emirate. With this growth comes need for high quality special-ist facilities, and we are confi dent there is demand to support our developments.”

PROJECT PROFILE

• Abu Dhabi Logistics Park is the centrepiece of a wider development plan for Abu Dhabi International Airport, which has been valued at US$6.8 billion

• The main project will measure 12 square kilometres, while the logistics park will cover approximately 2 square kilometres

• The park has received a strong response from logistics companies, importers, exporters and MRO specialists

• A wide range of facilities will be off ered, including light industrial units, commercial offi ces and plots of land for tailored developments

• The complex is being developed in two phases, with the fi rst phase being scheduled for completion in 2011 and the second phase being scheduled for completion in 2015

• A services centre has already been opened for investors providing a one stop shop’ for region and international investors

• A world-class airfreight facility will be opened at the airport by 2012, expanding its handling capacity from 475,000 tonnes to 1 million tonnes per annum

AL AIN LOGISTICS PARK

• Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has formed a joint venture with Helios SinoGulf to create a logistics park at Al Ain International Airport

• Helios SinoGulf is a joint venture formed in November 2008 between Helios Properties PLC and SinoGulf Real Estate Investments of Abu Dhabi with the intent to develop warehousing and logistics parks in the GCC

• The logistics park will measure a total of 650,000m2 and includes distribution centres, light industrial units, freight forwarding stations, offi ce space and supporting facilities

• The fi rst phase is scheduled for completion towards the end of 2010 at a cost of $250 million

• The large-scale project is part of ADAC’s strategy to develop Al Ain International Airport as a central hub for airfreight operators and has been designed to meet the needs of the emirate’s increasingly diverse economy

• The investor centre for Abu Dhabi Logistics Park will also provide services for companies that are investment in the Al Ain logistics park

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Abu Dhabi Business Park will off er a range of facilities, including commercial offi ces and light industrial units

2010phase one of logistics park at Al Ain International Airport

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AVIATION DATA68

A summary of latest industry statistics from around the world

Knowledge of passenger numbers is crucial to improving the aviation business, particularly during the current economic slowdown. Every month we bring you up-to-date industry fi gures

Passengers = total passengers enplaned and deplaned (transit passengers counted once). Cargo = loaded and unloaded freight & mail. Source = Airports Council International *Growth rate > 200% or < -50% due to extraordinary circumstances, i.e. war, social and political unrest, major sports events, new routes.

AVIATION FACTS & FS & FIGURES

G lobal traffi c grew by a modest 0.1% in August as compared to August 2008. According to the Airports Council International monthly report, the key driver was improvement in domestic traffi c, up by 2.5% with Asia

Pacifi c and Latin America & Caribbean regions showing greatest improvement. No turnaround has been seen as yet in international freight, and it is to be remembered that on a month over month comparison we are now comparing declines with declines.

JULY 2009/2008 YEAR-TO-DATE JULY 2009/2008CITY/COUNTRY PASSENGERS CARGO MOVEMENTS PASSENGERS CARGO MOVEMENTS

(tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG (tonnes) % CHG

MIDDLE EASTABU DHABI, UAE 923,124 10.3 33,118 3.0 8548 11.9 5,525,799 8.5 209,152 1.6 57,671 7.7

BAHRAIN 909,830 9.5 28,805 (4.2) 8901 0.7 5,076,039 1.0 197,947 (7.9) 58,794 0.7

BEIRUT, LEBANON 621,522 27.9 6195 6.1 6924 31.3 2,708,962 28.8 41,058 11.2 36,252 24.6

DUBAI, UAE 3,768,965 12.6 160,290 1.9 23,182 4.2 23,148,452 6.1 1,035,119 (0.4) 159,986 1.7

KUWAIT 907,735 25.5 17,465 11.6 9286 24.7 4,705,916 11.8 107,972 3.1 56,424 8.4

MUSCAT, OMAN 434,635 13.3 5065 3.6 4794 21.7 2,545,525 8.3 33,912 (0.6) 30,251 14.6

SHARJAH, UAE 520,728 6.6 41,911 36.3 5405 1.5 3,257,084 5.4 227,210 20.3 36,443 1.6

AFRICAACCRA, GHANA 134,737 4.6 3576 (20.9) 1667 12.0 771,954 (1.6) 27,521 (11.6) 11,646 9.2

CAIRO, EGYPT 1,429,878 3.3 19,780 (5.8) 12,628 6.8 7,936,110 (1.3) 167,275 1.0 79,786 2.7

CAPETOWN, SA 620,454 (1.0) ***** ***** 7740 0.4 4,386,712 (7.3) ***** ***** 54,274 (5.0)

CASABLANCA, MOROCCO 666,213 6.8 3949 (12.8) 6779 0.0 3,544,722 0.2 33,775 (5.2) 40,186 (4.1)

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZ 139,636 (7.0) 1727 (10.6) 5782 (0.1) 774,217 (13.4) 10,583 (23.6) 31,864 (6.2)

JOHANNESBURG, SA 1,582,074 (1.8) 25,550 (6.3) 16,328 26.6 9,938,550 (8.7) 141,942 (24.4) 115,827 (6.7)

MARRAKECH, MOROCCO 219,397 (5.0) 68 5.0 2204 (3.5) 1,728,804 (6.8) 1065 9.2 14,938 (12.5)

SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT 579,802 1.3 ***** ***** 4533 2.1 4,026,071 (10.7) ***** ***** 30,872 (11.0)

ASIA PACIFICBANGKOK, THAILAND 3,347,017 (1.4) 87,844 (14.7) 21,504 1.8 22,291,434 (9.4) 549,534 (24.9) 146,864 (4.4)

BEIJING, CHINA 5,889,900 22.5 107,391 (11.9) 42,391 9.0 36,882,897 18.8 766,840 (4.3) 280,324 18.2

MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1,921,556 12.1 29,687 (3.6) 18,392 25.1 14,317,627 9.5 169,682 (19.5) 133,252 12.7

MUMBAI, INDIA 1,988,685 6.8 49,882 3.3 19,958 2.2 13,886,386 (8.2) 316,140 (5.2) 139,504 (4.7)

NEW DELHI, INDIA 2,055,054 20.4 41,538 11.2 20,622 9.3 14,116,556 (1.0) 260,864 (2.9) 139,393 (1.1)

SINGAPORE 3,169,720 (1.9) 143,755 (12.9) 20,665 3.6 20,458,903 (6.8) 911,003 (18.7) 138,730 2.5

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 2,873,371 (2.9) ***** ***** 24,799 (3.5) 18,702,649 (3.4) ***** ***** 166,051 (5.1)

TOKYO, JAPAN 5,296,752 (6.3) 70,705 (4.9) 28,494 (0.9) 34,480,492 (8.3) 418,777 (12.0) 194,750 (1.3)

EUROPEFRANKFURT, GERMANY 4,901,417 (3.3) 159,446 (10.4) 40,462 (5.3) 29,055,662 (7.3) 1,008,732 (19.9) 268,306 (5.7)

LONDON, UK 6,485,455 0.9 114,560 (12.2) 40,837 (2.6) 37,788,001 (3.0) 731,851 (16.1) 273,703 (2.3)

MADRID, SPAIN 4,818,678 (1.7) 27,431 (13.0) 39,024 (6.2) 27,683,099 (9.6) 176,009 (17.0) 214,911 (11.3)

MUNICH, GERMANY 2,874,099 (9.2) 19,607 (13.8) 34,485 (11.0) 15,405,971 (9.4) 108,783 (16.4) 253,935 (10.5)

PARIS, FRANCE 5,712,010 (4.3) 153,000 (10.7) 46,905 (7.2) 33,375,705 (6.2) 1,018,100 (15.8) 309,839 (5.8)

NORTH AMERICAATLANTA 8,546,330 (1.1) 47,077 (14.3) 88,408 3.6 51,552,160 (2.8) 303,106 (23.0) 565,562 (1.5)

CHICAGO 6,232,533 (7.0) 100,696 (11.6) 72,908 (9.4) 37,493,259 (11.8) 596,488 (26.2) 478,472 (8.5)

DALLAS FORT WORTH 5,458,223 (0.5) 50,983 (6.6) 56,027 (4.2) 32,772,911 (3.5) 353,168 (11.7) 368,150 (4.2)

LOS ANGELES 5,604,410 (3.2) 127,445 (9.5) 47,893 (14.8) 32,562,399 (9.6) 808,519 (18.3) 315,292 (17.8)


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AIRLINEAIRLINEWEEKLY WEEKLY CAPACITYCAPACITY WEEKLY WEEKLY FREFREQUENCYQUENCY WEEKLY WEEKLY SEATSSEATS

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AIGLE AZUR 46 -4 200 -3 35,820 -1

AIR ALGERIE 50 11 281 11 41,699 14

AIR FRANCE 67 2 250 4 38,960 3

TUNIS AIR 67 5 370 9 51,760 7

BRITISH AIRWAYS 31 24 56 8 11,050 14

EGYPT AIR 121 2 246 8 45,532 5

KLM-ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES 23 15 30 11 6894 15

LUFTHANSA GER-MAN AIRLINES 31 -26 78 -15 13,842 -15

TURKISH AIRLINES 34 42 106 51 16,976 42

AIR MALTA 1 0 14 0 2132 5

Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between North Africa andPlanned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between North Africa andMiddle East (OAG Data Middle East (OAG Data NovemberNovember 2009 versus 2009 versus NovemberNovember 200 20088)*)*

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AIR ARABIA 26 63 62 63 10044 63

EMIRATES 81 29 72 16 21,170 22

ETIHAD AIRWAYS 20 -17 32 -24 5800 -19

GULF AIR 11 -8 30 -6 5526 -5

JAZEERA AIRWAYS 16 45 62 51 10,230 51

MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES 3 50 28 100 4586 70

OMAN AIR 4 -33 14 0 1596 -27

QATAR AIRWAYS 62 15 96 9 19,288 8

ROYAL JORDANIAN 11 22 100 19 10,576 17

SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES

54 15 147 18 33,568 24

Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between Middle East and Asia/Pacifi c Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between Middle East and Asia/Pacifi c (OAG Data (OAG Data November November 2009 versus 2009 versus NovemberNovember 200 20088)*)*



AIR ARABIA 127 61 298 59 48,276 59

EMIRATES 1181 26 872 17 262,894 19

ETIHAD AIRWAYS 343 1 292 6 64,428 -7

GULF AIR 243 9 253 -3 58,996 5

JAZEERA AIRWAYS 5 -50 10 -62 1650 -62

MAHAN AIR 46 84 34 113 10800 103

OMAN AIR 78 16 197 12 32,328 16

QATAR AIRWAYS 432 15 418 8 96,392 14

ROYAL JORDANIAN 34 0 38 12 6538 -1


171 20 136 7 40,309 12

Planned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between Middle East andPlanned capacity growth for top 10 carriers between Middle East andWestern Europe (OAG Data Western Europe (OAG Data NovemberNovember 2009 versus 2009 versus NovemberNovember 20020088)*)*


ASK MilASK Millionlion Change (%)Change (%) TotalTotal Change (%)Change (%) TotalTotal Change (%)Change (%)

EMIRATES 792 14 496 10 161,254 14

ETIHAD AIRWAYS 187 -9 180 23 36,976 -4

QATAR AIRWAYS 273 3 266 6 58,336 4

IRAN AIR 47 -2 64 7 13,414 -1

JAZEERA AIRWAYS 3 50 8 33 1320 33

MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES 50 25 108 17 20,356 23

ROYAL JORDANIAN 57 12 138 8 19,830 11

GULF AIR 81 -11 94 -13 18,378 -11

MAHAN AIR 19 58 24 41 5904 41


59 18 58 5 14,568 16

*Data is for week of 9-15 November, 2009 against 10-16 November, 2008. Regions follow IATA defi nition. E-mail: [email protected]

Fuel Price IndexThe fuel index is based on the average price

of aviation fuel in fi ve key spot markets (Rotterdam, Singapore, New York, US Gulf and US West Coast)

EMIRATES SKYCARGOEMIRATES SKYCARGO FUEL PRICE INDEX FUEL PRICE INDEX

Index100 = 53.5 US cents per US gallon

AIRLINE ONTIME STATISTICS & DELAY CAUSES: AUGUST 2009AIRLINE ONTIME STATISTICS & DELAY CAUSES: AUGUST 2009

Air carrier delay 5.46%

Diverted 0.26%

Ontime 79.68%

Cancelled 0.99%

Aircraft arriving late 6.45%

Weather delay 0.69%

National aviationsystem delay 6.43%

Security delay 0.05%

4 September332

28 August355

18 September339

2 October332

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MOVERS & SHAKERSExecuJet Middle East hires ops directorQuintin Cairncross has recently joined ExecuJet ME as its operations direc-tor. He has industry experience from the South African Air Force, South African Airways and Emirates Airline. In addition, Cairncross holds TRE and Instructor ratings and has clocked more than 13,000 fl ight hours. As well as his new role with ExecuJet Middle East, he will continue to be group director of fl ight training and safety for the ExecuJet Aviation Group (EAG) worldwide.

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Jet Airways appoints new CEOJet Airways has appointed Nikos Kardassis as its new CEO, to replace Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, who re-signed, effective October 15, 2009 to become CEO of UK-based carrier, bmi. It is a familiar role for Kardas-sis who was CEO of Jet Airways from 1994-96. During the last few

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Leading logistics company gets a new CEOWarren Jacob has been appointed as chief executive offi cer of Dubai-based logistics company Transworld. The industry veteran, who has previously worked in management posi-tions at Freight Systems in Dubai and Singapore, will be based at Transworld’s US$12.25 million logistics park in Jebel Ali Free Zone. “Transworld has emerged as a leader in

the Middle East logistics sector,” Jacob told Aviation Business. “My role will be to increase our engagement with our customers and partners, while creating products and services of true value, which will be industry specifi c and thus carving out a niche for our business.”

EADS announces head of its US unitEuropean Aeronautic Defence & Space Co (EADS) has appointed General Electric Company’s Sean O’Keefe to head up its North American division, according to reports from the Associated Press. O’Keefe replaces the former CEO of EADS North America, Ralph Crosby. Crosby will remain as chairman and will oversee EADS’ role in the Air Force’s US$35 billion aerial refuelling competition. EADS North America is a division of the European aerospace and defence company.

Cathay Pacifi c welcomes new country managerClement Au has been hired as Cathay Pacifi c’s country man-ager for the UAE and Oman. Au joined Cathay Pacifi c in 1998 in the engineering department. Since then, he has worked across a variety of departments including marketing, revenue management, customer information systems and the airline’s Cana-dian offi ce. His previous posting before the UAE was in the product department looking after in-fl ight entertainment programming and materials for Cathay Pacifi c and Dragonair. Au said he was looking forward to challenging and inter-esting times ahead.

Brewer joins Allegiant’s boardMontie Brewer, Air Canada’s former chief executive, has joined the board of the parent company of Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier, Allegiant Air. According to reports, Brewer’s appointment to the board of Allegiant Travel Company comes seven months after he unexpectedly resigned and was succeeded by Calin Rovinescu at the helm of the country’s largest carrier. Prior to joining Air Canada in 2002, Brewer served as senior vice president of planning at United Airlines.


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15 19 NOVEMBER 2009Dubai AirshowFollowing the record breaking show in 2007, the Dubai Airshow continues to grow. New for 2009 is an additional hall, Emirates Hall; named after its host and sponsor Emirates Airline, the new hall provides an extra 5000 square metres of exhibition space and a second regis-tration building to accommodate trade visitor traffi c. Airbus, with the EADS group, will join hall sponsor, Emirates, along with Lufthansa Technik, TAP Maintenance & Engineering, ADAC, and Dubai Airports, among others. VENUE: DubaiEMAIL: Via websiteWEBSITE: www.dubaiairshow.aero

3 5 NOVEMBER 2009SITL DubaiAccording to VDC Research, a US technology market research and strategy fi rm, the Middle East radio-frequency identifi cation (RFID) market in 2009 will reach US$29.4 million in value. By 2012, the market is expected to grow 135% to reach $69.1 million. Bearing this in mind, it may be worth swinging by the RFID area at SITL. The event is primarily for the logistics industry but it could throw up some interesting ideas which could be relevant to the aerospace security sector.VENUE: DubaiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.sitldubai.com

16 NOVEMBER 2009Aviation Business AwardsIn just over two weeks the Aviation Busi-ness Awards gala evening will reveal the winners of this year’s top accolades. The stunning fi ve-star Park Hyatt Ho-tel in Dubai will play host to more than 200 top names from across the Middle East’s aviation industry. This year tro-phies from across 12 categories will recog-nise the hard work and achievements of both companies, individuals and teams that have made a difference to the region’s airline and airport business during the past year.VENUE: DubaiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.arabiansupplychain.com/

12 NOVEMBER 2009Aviation Asset ManagementThe one-day conference coincides with the build up to the Dubai Airshow and explores the latest developments in avia-tion asset management in the Middle East, as well as the future of asset management services. Confi rmed speakers include BAE Systems asset management senior vice president sales and marketing Steve Doughty; Ascend head of market analysis Chris Seymour; Willis Aerospace aviation development director Ian Crowe; and Ti-tan Aviation’s Capt. Sakeer C. Sheik. VENUE: DubaiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.aeropodium.com

16 18 NOVEMBER 2009ITCAThe organiser of ITCA, the travel catering show, has changed the dates of its event to fall in November as opposed to October. It is the only event of its kind for the region and is designed to introduce suppliers in the catering and service industry to transport operators, including airlines. Last year, 32% of visitors were from airlines, 14% were airport suppliers and a similar percentage worked in the area of in-fl ight services, showing that the event is well worth a visit.VENUE: DubaiEMAIL: travel.catering@dwtc. comWEBSITE: www.itcadubai.com

5 NOVEMBER 2009Middle East Tourism Marketing SummitEarly bird registration is now open for the Middle East Tourism Marketing Summit. It is a specialist event aimed at providing a platform for focus on the travel and tourism trade and consumer marketing in the Middle East. The event will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai and promises to tackle high-level marketing topics, as well as equipping the sector with new information with which to grow their businesses. VENUE: DubaiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.metms.com

14 16 DECEMBER 2009ATC Global Middle EastThe organiser of the ATC Global Confer-ence & Exhibition has created this event specifi cally focusing on the Middle East. It incorporates a two-day conference, half day of workshops, a networking dinner and an exhibition for senior stakeholders from the Middle East, North Africa, Western Asia and surrounding areas. Speakers at the event include GCAA director general Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Emirates vice president fl ight operations Bob Ev-erest and a couple of leading fi gures from EUROCONTROL.VENUE: Abu DhabiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.atcglobalme.com

17 19 JANUARY 2010IntersecFor the fi rst time in its 12-year history, the Intersec conference will focus entire-ly on disaster management and dealing with disasters – be they natural or man-made. A line-up of speakers has not yet been released, but topics will draw on themes from the exhibition to include health and safety, disaster management and fi re and rescue. Timely topics such as the effects of global warming and how to deal with medical pandemics will also be explored.VENUE: DubaiEMAIL: [email protected]: www.messefrankfurtme.com/intersec

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