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ALTA and Ecuador sign an Aeronautical Cooperation Agreement in order to promote the necessary and mutually beneficial cooperation to reach a safer and more efficient air transport.
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (HIGH), The General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Ecuador and the Ministry of Transport and Public Works of Ecuador today signed a Cooperation Agreement in Civil Aeronautics with the objective of establishing the general conditions that achieve cooperation and technical assistance in the fields of operational safety, air navigation and related aeronautical technical-administrative processes, as well as initiatives to promote safer and more efficient air transport.
For the airline industry, operational safety is an issue of vital importance and raising safety standards in the region is a joint effort between all industry players.. Under this agreement, the parties will make their technical capabilities available, knowledge, experience, skills, available resources and technologies in order to achieve the cooperation and assistance required to promote safer and more efficient air transportation, that positively impacts the country, industry and passengers.
Profits
- Provision of operational safety data.
- Provision of market data analysis, in the field of air transport.
- Provision of corporate analysis with Latin America, North America, Europe, etc.
- Provision of analysis of navigation routes and support in the implementation of RNAV routes.
- Development of joint projects between both parties.
- Ecuador will host the tenth edition of the Pan American Summit on Operational Safety, as well as the Plenary Meeting of the Regional Safety Group for the Pan American regional in June 2019.
- Ecuador will host the 13 Edition of ALTA Aviation Law Americas: Aviation Industry Legal and Finance Conference en septiembre de 2019.
- Regional data exchange for the purpose of comparative analysis. Exchange of market intelligence data and industry statistics.
- Availability of ALTA experts for support.
Within the framework of this agreement, ALTA chose Ecuador as the venue for the tenth edition of the Pan American Aviation Safety Summit (Pan American Operational Safety Summit) organized by ALTA in association with the Pan American Regional Operational Security Group (RASG-PA, for its acronym in English), the International Civil Aviation Organization (OACI), the International Air Transport Association (THERE IT IS, for its acronym in English) y Flight Safety Foundation.
The Pan American Operational Safety Summit is the most important operational safety event in the region, focused on analyzing trends and developing critical solutions for the future of the aviation industry and offering passengers the highest standards of air safety. Within the framework of this Summit, the RASG-PA Plenary meeting will take place, which brings together civil aviation authorities to discuss the main regional aviation safety issues.
Luis Felipe de Oliveira, ALTA Executive Director, commented: «At ALTA we are very pleased with the signing of this agreement with the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Ecuador and the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works. Safety is our number one priority and I am convinced that raising safety standards in the region requires a joint effort between all actors in the airline industry.. The signing of this cooperation agreement will allow us to share data, experience and resources for the implementation of security measures, routes and projects and work hand in hand to continue making air transport the safest and most efficient means..
The importance of the sector
The travel and tourism sector in Ecuador is a great engine for the economy, generating more than 344.000 jobs (direct, indirect and induced) and contributing more than $5 billion dollars to GDP, according to WTTC. In the last decade, the domestic market of Ecuador has almost doubled its traffic and growth prospects are very positive, so HIGH, the DGAC, the Ministry of Transport and Public Works and the Ecuadorian government aim to promote the growth of safer air transport, efficient and sustainable that continues to promote the economic and social development of the country through investments, new sources of employment, tourism and international integration.
In addition to the operational safety event, ALTA will bring the 13th edition of ALTA Aviation Law Americas to Ecuador, the ALTA aeropolitical and legal affairs event. Two great events that bring together experts from the airline industry of the Americas, The Caribbean and Europe will have this great country as their headquarters in 2019.
About ALTA
HIGH is a private non-profit association serving the airline industry whose objective is to develop safer aviation, efficient and sustainable in Latin America and the Caribbean.
ALTA coordinates collaborative efforts throughout the entire value chain, maximizing the impact that aviation has on the economic and social growth of the region for the benefit of the industry, nations and populations served by air transportation.
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