1_ Passengers receive a safety briefing from their pilot before departing Kasane Airport in Botswana. 2_Serengeti Airport in South Africa. The whole continent sees around 70 million passengers a year across airports and operators of all sizes — from tiny mud airstrips to large regional hubs. There is now a global effort underway to bring African aviation safety to the levels enjoyed in the rest of the world. 1
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AIR FRANCE SAVES 8 MILLION LITRES OF WATER ANNUALLY, THANKS TO THE ‘ECOSHINE’ PROCEDURE, WHICH USES SPECIAL PADS TO CLEAN AIRCRAFT EXTERIORS.
was, ‘to leave no airport behind’; the members established an ACI Fund for airports in developing nations in order to provide them, on request, with assistance, help and support, especially with regard to training and the development of human resources,” said ACI director general, Angela Gittens. “Members have contributed to the ACI developing nations airports (DNA) assistance programme which uses revenue from ACI’s commercial training programmes to provide scholarships and targeted coursework for eligible airports at no charge. Further, recognising that we could tap into the expertise of our worldwide community of airports, ACI established the APEX in safety programme which is a peer review system where safety partners work with host airports to help them improve their safety performance. This programme is not limited to airports in developing nations but is open to all airports that seek continuous performance improvement. ACI and the safety partners donate the time of their experts while the host airport reimburses travel and out-ofpocket expenses. The DNA programme will assist host airports that are unable to provide such reimbursement.” The cornerstone of the APEX in safety programme is an airport
safety review — a gap analysis of the airport’s infrastructure and operational procedures against ICAO standards and industry best practices. This is a peer review process in which ACI organises a team of experts from other airports and ICAO. Under APEX, ACI will organise and dispatch a team of experts to improve safety in specific areas of interest. Runway operations is one important area where airlines, airports and ANSPs all have key roles to play and where only an industry-wide, collective strategy on safety will be effective. A runway excursion is an event in which an aircraf ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%