Oman reaffirms global plan for aviation safety

Montreal: The Sultanate reaffirmed its support to the international plan for aviation safety and the international plan for air navigation.
In his speech, Dr. Mohammed bin Nasser Al Za’abi, CEO of the Public Authority for Civil Aviation and head of the Sultanate’s delegation to the meetings of the 39th General Assembly of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in Canada, reaffirmed his country’s commitment towards the international organisation.
He said that the Sultanate has played a vital role along with the other members of the ICAO in the progress of the international civil aviation march since joining the organisation in 1973.
On the communique of the policies and practices of the ICAO, he said the Sultanate supported the efforts extended for preparation of the draft common communique on the policies and practices of the ICAO in the field of protection of environment represented by the international plan for the Global Market-based Measures (GMBM).
The Sultanate has invested more than $8b billion in the civil aviation sector be it in the infrastructure or in runways and other airport facilities, he said, adding that such works comprised construction of the new airports of Muscat and Salalah besides other three airports in the Sultanate’s governorates.
He also said that the Sultanate is currently moving towards the opening of the largest air control centre in the region, which will further boost air traffic.
He said that Muscat would host, in 2017, the meeting of the Directors General of Civil Aviation in the Middle East Region who are members to the ICAO.