GCAA announces the completion of Air Traffic Services Aviation Incident workshop

This workshop was attended by eighteen senior air traffic services safety and standards managers, representing the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Units from Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaima airports and UAE Area Control Centre.

The objective of the workshop was to communicate with senior Air Traffic Controllers, Safety and Standards Managers, utilizing their combined experience in their aviation fields, to enable Air Traffic Control Units to conduct investigation in a comprehensive and measured process on a standardized basis within the UAE.

Mohammed Abdullah Al Salami, the Deputy Chairman and Director General of GCAA said: 'The GCAA shall monitor the Air Traffic Centre of all UAE Airports by developing a safety management program as required by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)'.

Air Traffic Controllers and Managers successfully laid down sound foundations for an advanced safety management system. This system will allow ATC Providers to comply with ICAO Annex Standards and Recommended Practices to define achievable target levels of safety which further reinforce present safety processes to improve the already high standards attained, while keeping pace with the rapidly expanding aviation traffic demands in the region.

This workshop is a necessary component of the General Civil Aviation Authority's Strategic Safety Plan, and in line with the authority's determined stance to continually strive for satisfactory safety standards to protect the traveling public, future workshops will be scheduled on an annual basis.

The GCAA is a leading proponent of supporting all Civil Aviation Departments within the UAE to ensure that Civil Aviation Services provided by the GCAA are meeting the Civil Aviation International Standards requirements and expectations.