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Issue 19 - February 2019 - ACI Asia-Pacific
Issue 19 – February 2019

 ACI and ICAO Define Regional Safety Framework
 PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura I Delegation Welcomed at Regional Office
 ACI Helps Airports Prepare for New Global Reporting Format (GRF) for Runway Surface Conditions

 ACI Asia-Pacific Joined Regional Parties to Enhance Security for the Philippines

 ICAO Welcomes ACI’s Work on Getting Airports Prepared for Disease Outbreaks

 Welcome to the New Leaders of ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Environment Committee!
 Airports Recognized for Their Green Airport Infrastructure Efforts
 Airport Carbon Accreditation Updates
 Technical Updates

 ACI supported the inaugural Global Aviation Summit in India
 ACI made progress on Slots Governance discussions with IATA
 ACI provided input to Malaysia regulator in developing the economic regulation framework on Airport
 Charges

 Global IT experts met in Singapore
 Engagement with IATA Baggage Working Group
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ACI and ICAO Define Regional Safety Framework
As reported in the last bulletin ACI participated in an ICAO meeting tasked with the definition of regional safety targets.
The meeting reached a number of important agreements on the content of the ICAO Asia Pacific Regional Aviation
Safety Plan.

The 13th ICAO Asia Pacific Regional Aviation Safety Team meeting (APRAST/13) was held at the ICAO Bangkok
Regional Office from 3 to 7 December 2018. The meeting had a special session to discuss and define the framework
of the Regional Aviation Safety Plan, a document that will spell out short-, mid- and long-term safety targets of the 39
States in Asia Pacific and the corresponding safety measures to achieve these targets. ACI along with other industry
associations were invited to participate in the special session.

The Regional Aviation Safety Plan is a significant document because the safety targets it defines will be cascaded
down to States, and through their regulators, further down to the regulated entities, such as airports and airlines. The
draft plan is still in formation but airports should take note of key tentative agreements reached at the December
meeting between States and the industry associations due for final approval by an ICAO supervisory body (RASG-
APAC) in the last quarter of 2019. The agreements are:

    •   International airports will be required to have Runway Safety Teams in place;
    •   States, hence airports, will be pushed to improve collection and sharing of safety data, i.e. statistics of
        accidents and incidents; and
    •   There will be a campaign to prioritize aviation safety in the national planning framework on the agendas of the
        39 States’ governments.
On the requirement for Runway Safety Team, ACI Asia Pacific members are reminded of the resolution adopted at the
11th ACI Asia Pacific Regional Assembly in April 2016. The resolution urged airports to create such teams as soon as
possible. In response, the ACI Asia Pacific Regional Operational Safety Committee (ROSC) drafted a set of guidelines
for the establishment and operations of Runway Safety Teams, planned to be published this year.
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               ICAO, ACI and other industry associations working on the definition of the Regional Aviation Safety Plan

PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura I Delegation Welcomed at Regional Office
The Regional Office warmly welcomed the delegation of seven safety professionals from PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura I
(AP1), Indonesia, on a courtesy visit last December.

The delegation was briefed on ACI’s programmes including APEX in Safety, Safety Management Training and
regional committees which the delegation was particularly interested in. The newly launched APEX in Environment
(pilot) programme and the aspects of Climate Change Adaptation for airports were also introduced during the meeting.

                     Group photo of the Safety professionals from AP1 and Mr. Ken Lau from ACI Asia-Pacific.
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ACI Helps Airports Prepare for New Global Reporting Format (GRF) for
Runway Surface Conditions
When an aircraft veers off from a runway or overshoots the end of a runway while attempting to take-off or land, it is a
runway excursion. A recent example of runway excursion is the skidding off to the grass from the runway of a B747
trying to land on a heavily rainy night at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport last October. One of the ways to help prevent
such kind of mishaps is to provide accurate and timely information on the conditions of the runway surface to the pilot
so that he or she can maintain a good control on the aircraft, a heavy piece of machinery hurtling at 200 mph with
hundreds of lives on board, for example by applying a more appropriate braking action. Such critical information tells
the pilot whether the runway is wet, simply damp, or covered with ice or slush, etc.

Providing accurate and timely information on runway surface conditions to the pilot is crucial for maintaining good
control on the aircraft and ensuring safety on the runway.

After lengthy discussions between State regulators and the industry, ICAO has published a new reporting format for
such purpose, called “Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Condition” and mandated its use from 5
November 2020.

To help airports, pilots, regulators and air traffic controllers understand this new format, ACI and ICAO are jointly
organizing a series of seminars and symposium. The first is a global symposium to be held at the ICAO Headquarters
in Montreal from 26 to 28 March 2019. Each ACI Regular Member is entitled to two free registrations; additional
delegates are chargeable at 500 USD each. For registration and details of the symposium, please click here. A series
of regional seminars on the subject will be held in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The first will be organized at the
ICAO Asia Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok from 27 to 28 June 2019. The seminar program and registration
procedures will be announced in due course. Save the dates first!

ACI Asia-Pacific World Business Partners are also encouraged to participate and sponsor the seminar in Bangkok.
For enquiries, please contact Ms. Ruthapichairak Pornrudee, Business Development Officer, ICAO Asia Pacific at
pruthapichairak@icao.int.

Online training courses on Global Reporting Format are also available via ACI Global Training. For further details
please visit ACI Online Training Centre website here.

                         For safety matters, please contact SL Wong at sl@aci-asiapac.aero.
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ACI Asia-Pacific Joined Regional Parties to Enhance Security for the
Philippines
ACI Asia-Pacific has always been committed to enhancing aviation security within the region. On 22 January, the
Regional Office was invited to speak at an Aviation Security Partners Coordination Meeting in Manila, organized by
ICAO Asia & Pacific Office and the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) of the Philippine government.

The meeting was called with an aim to help improve security level in the Philippines by giving the regulator, airlines
and airports in the country a better understanding of the various capacity building activities on security offered by
different regional parties. The regional parties in attendance included Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US, the
UK, IATA and ACI Asia-Pacific.

Among the 50+ local participants at the meeting were airport security representatives from Manila Airport, Clark
Airport and Mactan-Cebu Airport. The Regional Office delivered a presentation highlighting the ACI’s security capacity
building initiatives that the airports in the Philippines can make use of, such as APEX in Security, Developing Nations
Airport (DNA) Assistance Programme as well as ACI’s library of guidance materials on security.

In addition, the Regional Office was also invited to an aviation security workshop on 23 January in Manila which was
jointly organized by ICAO and IATA. Targeted at the local counterparts, including airports, airlines and ground
handling agencies, the one-day workshop focused mostly on best practices sharing on aviation security operations. In
view of the recent security incidents concerning trusted insiders, the Regional Office delivered a presentation on what
airport security managers should do to address this emerging threat, based on the insider threat guidance document
currently being developed by the ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Aviation Security Committee.

                       ACI Asia-Pacific among regional parties in the Philippines for security capacity development

                     For security matters, please contact Gary Leung at gary@aci-asiapac.aero.
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ICAO Welcomes ACI’s Work on Getting Airports Prepared for Disease
Outbreaks
Air transport at major hubs in Asia-Pacific almost ground to a halt during the outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome) in 2003. The episode was a wakeup call to public health authorities, civil aviation regulars,
airports and airlines that there was a need for improvement in the response to outbreaks of communicable diseases.
Since then, the consensus on the response to such disease outbreaks amongst States and industry players has been
“stop the spread while trying to maintain normal airport operations”.

There were indeed a series of international regulations related to air transport on the prevention of spread of diseases.
First, Article 14 of the Chicago Convention that requires States to take measures to prevent the spread of
communicable diseases. The International Health Regulation (2005) of the World Health Organization (WHO) also
has similar provisions to the same effect. Furthermore, Annex 14 of the Chicago Convention requires airports to have
emergency response plans to handle disease outbreaks, in additional to – as one would expect - aircraft accidents.

ACI, with the support of its members, notably members of the ACI World Facilitation & Services Standing Committee
has been at the forefront of providing guidance to airports and industry in the establishment of such emergency
response plans. In 2009 the Committee produced the “Airport Preparedness Guidelines for Outbreaks of
Communicable Diseases”. The second related document, “ACI Emergency Preparedness and Contingency Planning
Handbook” was published in 2014.

In November 2018, ACI presented both documents to the tenth meeting of an ICAO group created to facilitate the
cooperation between States and Industry in the implementation of plans to prevent the spread of diseases, namely the
CAPSCA-AP (Asia Pacific Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in
Civil Aviation). China, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and USA, who were also present at the meeting, shared their experience
in disease control at airports. The WHO explained how it assessed a State’s capability in meeting the IHR (2005)
requirements through the Joint External Evaluations.

The ACI delegation also presented the successful establishment and implementation of a preparedness plan for
outbreaks of communicable diseases at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar.

In appreciation of ACI’s work in this area, the ICAO meeting adopted a conclusion “encouraging States to implement
the guidance materials of ACI on airports’ preparedness for outbreaks of communicable diseases.”

ACI would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Sheila Cantos, Manager Emergency Planning & Administration at
Hamad International Airport, for altruistically sharing Doha’s experience in emergency response planning.

The next meeting of CASPCA-AP is tentatively scheduled for Q4 of 2019 in Bangladesh.
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    CAPSCA-AP/10 encourages States to implement the guidance materials of
     ACI on airports’ preparedness for outbreaks of communicable diseases

For facilitation matters, please contact SL Wong at sl@aci-asiapac.aero.
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Welcome to the New Leaders of ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Environment
Committee!

ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Environment Committee (REC) is pleased to announce the election of its new Chair, Ir.
Khairiah Salleh of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) and Vice-chair, Ms. Rebekah Marshall of Dubai
Airports. They will be leading the Committee for two years from 2019-2020.

                                      Ir. Khairiah Salleh is the General Manager, Engineering of MAHB. She leads
                                      the Environment Management Committee for MAHB and has also initiated the
                                      Green Airport Strategy for MAHB with the roadmap towards 2030, ensuring the
                                      development and expansion of MAHB as a sustainable and environmentally-
                                      friendly organization. She also represents the industry in the Engineering
                                      Accreditation Council, Board of Engineers Malaysia. She has been highly
                                      involved with REC’s work, demonstrating her commitment to the REC’s mission.
                                      Her vast knowledge and experience in energy management and airport
                                      environment framework and certifications continue to benefit the REC in these
                                      coming years.

Ir. Salleh said “I would like to thank the REC members for their trust in me, I believe that the REC will continue to be
active, relevant and united in leading the airports environment field in our region. I applaud REC to how we welcome
new members and how we communicate with the members and seek continual improvement including meeting the
needs of members from wide differentials in culture and language. The REC has provided a crucial and important
platform for members where we share our insights and grow our professional networks. I humbly seek everyone’s
support for Rebekah and I to continue from previous excellent leadership and for the new activities ahead.”

                                     Ms. Rebekah Marshall, the newly elected Vice-Chair, has been with Dubai
                                     Airports for seven years as its Environmental Sustainability Manager. She has 17
                                     years’ experience in the field of environmental management.

                                 Ms. Marshall is accountable for delivering and maintaining the Corporate
                                 Environmental Sustainability Programme through effective communications,
                                 monitoring, training, and continual improvement initiatives. Her achievements
                                 include the setting and implementation of the Airports Environmental
                                 Sustainability Policy - the first policy for Environmental Management, guiding the
                                 businesses in building programs and projects and setting the priorities for the
                                 future. Ms. Marshall has been an active member of the REC and brings extensive
sustainable management experience to support the members initiatives.
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Ms. Marshall said “I would like to thank the REC members for electing me as the Vice-chair for 2019-2020, I am
honoured to work in collaboration with the leading airport professionals together with Khairiah from Malaysia Airports;
I will support the REC members with passion in the journey of continual improvement.”

The REC would also like to express our deepest appreciation to outgoing Chair Mr. Jakrapop Charatsri of Airports of
Thailand PLC. and Vice Chair Ms. Wendy Weir of Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Ltd. Jakrapop and Wendy have
been devoted to their roles and have contributed significantly to the committee. The REC looks forward to their
continued involvement with the committee in the future.

Airports Recognized for Their Green Airport Infrastructure Efforts
ACI Asia-Pacific Green Airport Recognition 2019 attracted 19 airport submissions with green airport infrastructure
projects. These airport members represent 17% of the total passenger traffic in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and
have outstanding accomplishments, making continual improvements to their environmental endeavours while
catering to growing air traffic demand. Airport members shared high quality infrastructure designs and innovative
ideas for operations in their submissions. They also demonstrated the positive economic, environmental and social
benefits in the expansion of the following areas:

a)   Green Building Design – Some airports demonstrated improvements in the operation environment and
     passengers’ traveling experience by meeting national and international green building standards, such as
     incorporating green space in the building design, installing fixtures that are designed to minimise resources
     consumption, selecting the use of sustainable building materials and implementing measures to improve in-door
     air quality.

b)   Renewable Energy Station – In the submissions, some of the airports’ top management demonstrated that they
     were strongly engaged and committed to fostering new technology by applying renewable energy (e.g. wind
     energy, hydrogen gas, etc.) in their daily operation.

c)   Energy Efficiency Improvements for Infrastructure – A number of projects focused strongly on optimising the
     energy efficiency in their airport infrastructure, with the application of innovative technology and tools, rendering
     significant reductions in carbon emissions, as well as enhanced economic benefits.

d)   Water Efficiency Improvements for Infrastructure – A number of submissions shared practices on conserving
     natural resources and the new water recycling technology applied in airport infrastructure. Water efficiency for
     airport operations were enhanced and also prevented stormwater run-offs and flooding with clear social benefits
     to the community.
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The Panel of Judges concluded to award the following airports:

Over 45 million passengers per annum:
  • Platinum – Indira Gandhi International Airport
  • Gold – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
  • Silver – Hong Kong International Airport

Between 10 to 45 million passengers per annum:
  • Platinum – Taoyuan International Airport
  • Gold – Sydney Airport
  • Silver – Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Less than 10 million passengers per annum:
  • Platinum – Adelaide Airport
  • Gold – Al Bateen Executive Airport

  • Silver – Nadi International Airport

The airports’ submissions will made available as best-practices sharing in the Green Airports Recognition 2019
publication. The theme for Green Airports Recognition 2020 is “Water Management”. Stay tuned for further details!

Airport Carbon Accreditation Updates
There are now 54 Asia-Pacific airports certified by the programme:
     Level 3+, Neutrality:

                                                  -   Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, India
                                                  -   Indira Gandhi International Airport, India
                                                  -   Kempegowda International Airport, India
                                                  -   Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan
                                                  -   Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, India
                                                  -   Sunshine Coast Airport, Australia
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Level 3, Optimisation:
                         -   Adelaide Airport, Australia
                         -   Brisbane International Airport, Australia
                         -   Chiang Mai International Airport, Thailand
                         -   Don Mueang International Airport, Thailand
                         -   Hamad International Airport, Qatar
                         -   Hat Yai International Airport, Thailand
                         -   Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong
                         -   Incheon Airport, Republic of Korea
                         -   Kansai International Airport, Japan
                         -   Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
                         -   Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai International Airport, Thailand
                         -   Narita International Airport, Japan
                         -   Osaka International Airport, Japan
                         -   Parafield Airport, Australia
                         -   Sharjah Airport, United Arab Emirates
                         -   Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore
                         -   Suvarnabumi Airport, Thailand
                         -   Sydney Airport, Australia
                         -   Taoyuan International Airport, Chinese Taipei

Level 2, Reduction:
                         -   Aéroport International de Noumea-La Tontouta, New
                             Caledonia
                         -   Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates
                         -   Beijing Capital International Airport, China
                         -   Christchurch Airport, New Zealand
                         -   Dubai International, United Arab Emirates
                         -   Dubai World Central, United Arab Emirates
                         -   Gold Coast Airport, Australia
                         -   Kobe Airport, Japan
                         -   Macau International Airport, Macau
                         -   Melbourne Airport, Australia
                         -   Muscat International Airport, Oman
                         -   Perth Airport, Australia
                         -   Salalah Airport, Oman
                         -   Townsville Airport, Australia
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     Level 1, Mapping:
                                                -   Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar, India
                                                -   Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, China
                                                -   Haikou Meilan International Airport, China
                                                -   Hobart International Airport, Australia
                                                -   Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport Varanasi, India
                                                -   Longreach Airport, Australia
                                                -   Mount Isa Airport, Australia
                                                -   Nadi International Airport, Fiji
                                                -   Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
                                                    Kolkata, India
                                                -   Phnom Penh International Airport, Cambodia
                                                -   Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, China
                                                -   Siem Reap International Airport, Cambodia
                                                -   Sihanoukville International Airport, Cambodia
                                                -   Trivandrum International Airport, India
                                                -   Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, China

Technical Updates
The Regional Office took part in the ACA Advisory Board meeting on 18 December 2018. The main outcome of this
meeting was the approval of final draft of the new Airport Carbon Accreditation Offsetting Guidance Document and
relevant changes to the main guidance document. Participants at the meeting also discussed the long-term future of
the programme, including the relevance of Paris Base Target for airports and Scope 3 emissions reduction (emissions
that airports cannot control but influence e.g. Airlines’ emissions).

For more information about Airport Carbon Accreditation, please visit the website here.

                     For environment matters, please contact Ken Lau at ken@aci-asiapac.aero.
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ACI supported the inaugural Global Aviation Summit in India
As reported in the last issue of the bulletin, ACI was invited by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) in India to assist in
developing the event programme and be a co-presenting partner at India’s first Global Aviation Summit, held in
Mumbai on 15 to 16 January 2019.

ACI World Director General Ms. Angela Gittens and Director of Economics Mr. Stefano Baronci both spoke at the
event. On the side of the event, the Regional Office also arranged a series of meetings for ACI to meet with MoCA, the
Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India, and airport members to discuss topics such as Airport Service Quality
(ASQ), and Privatization. The ASQ team also met with the Quality Council of India to explore opportunities to
cooperate in field work agents.

Listen to Ms. Gittens’s message at the Global Aviation Summit (YouTube clip -- https://youtu.be/VQsXf34PpWw)

 Angela spoke at the Global Aviation Summit, Mumbai           Stefano spoke at the Global Aviation Summit, Mumbai

ACI made progress on Slots Governance discussions with IATA
Since 2016, ACI has committed at the global level to work closely with airlines and the schedule facilitators/ slot
coordinators to undertake Strategic Review of the IATA Worldwide Slot Guidelines (WSG) to ensure that airport
operators (in addition to airlines) benefit from an equitable global process. This was a project initiated by ACI at the
39th ICAO Assembly and was a first global attempt to improve the current slot allocation process in a fully inclusive
manner.

Under the Strategic Review, four Task Forces were created in 2017 to work on 4 priority areas: Airport Level, Historic
Determination, Slot Performance Monitoring, and Access to Congested Airports. Currently 22 airport representatives
from all ACI Regions participated in the Task Forces under the guidance of the ACI Expert Group on Slots (EGS).
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Throughout 2017 and 2018, the Task Forces were able to recommend a number of changes to the WSG, with the first
batch of amendments published in the 9th edition of the WSG released in January 2019. Highlights of the changes
include:

•        Adjusted calendar activities; and

•        Schedule facilitators/ slot coordinators to inform airport operators of:

    a)   initial allocation of slots at their airport;
    b)   coordination parameters used for the next season;
    c)   full details by airline of all allocated times and outstanding requests; and
    d)   the actual utilization by airlines of declared capacity.

The Strategic Review process is expected to complete by the end of 2019. ACI continues being engaged in
negotiations with IATA to reform the governance of the WSG to ensure equal involvement of airlines and airports in
the determination of slot allocation policies. In February 2019, ACI and IATA agreed on a joint proposal to reform the
WSG governance with elements that include the following:

•        WSG to be renamed as Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines;

•          WSG as the base document, and will include a work programme that commits to studying and considering a
list of priorities items put forward by the airport community within 3 years;

•        Full reform of the institutional structure of the governance; and

•        Equal roles and rights of airports and airlines at advisory and decision-making levels. Schedule facilitators/
slot coordinators to be included in the newly created Worldwide Airport Slot Board with a consultative role.

ACI and IATA will proceed to consult the schedule facilitators/ slot coordinators community on this ACI-IATA joint
proposal, with the objective to reach an agreement by the Summer in advance of the 40th ICAO Assembly in
September 2019.

                                             EGS Meeting in Madrid, Spain (Nov 2019)
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ACI provided input to Malaysia regulator in developing the economic
regulation framework on Airport Charges
ACI has been actively engaged with the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) since it was established in 2016.
In particular, ACI was invited to provide input to the various consultations conducted by MAVCOM as it develops a
comprehensive economic regulatory framework of airports.

After the first phase of implementing the regulatory approach to Quality of Services, MAVCOM conducted two
consultations in 2018 providing details to a proposed aeronautical charges framework. In response, ACI provided
comments in March and November 2018 respectively on MAVCOM’s proposed approach, emphasizing that airports
operate in a competitive environment, and stressed that either the dual or hybrid till will allow airports to develop and
invest in non-aeronautical activities without (or only marginal) subsidization of airline activities via commercial
revenues.

MAVCOM is expected to release another consultation paper in the first quarter of 2019 to seek feedback from industry
stakeholders regarding the further development of the aeronautical charges framework.

                For economics matters, please contact Suzanne Tong at suzanne@aci-asiapac.aero.

Global IT experts met in Singapore
The 25th ACI Airport Community Recommended Information Services (ACRIS) Work Group meeting was held on 15-
16 November 2018 in Singapore. This meeting featured presentation of identity management practices applied at
Changi Airport Terminal 4’s Fast and Seamless Travel (FAST). The implementation of FAST across the terminal
means that self-service and biometric technology at all passenger touch-points – from check-in and bag drop to
immigration and boarding –will help provide passengers with a seamless and intuitive experience.

The group was updated on other ACRIS projects namely ACI Application Programme Interface (API) store (API
is programming code that allows two software programs to communicate with each other); A-CDM common situation
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awareness; Seamless Travel (web service that provide information and different services to passengers through
application such as a mobile phone app); and Airport Geolocation Information System and Sematic model (a data
naming definition database that standardizes IT terms and parameters for airport projects).

Engagement with IATA Baggage Working Group
The Regional Office attended the 42nd IATA Baggage Working Group meeting hosted by Hong Kong International
Airport on 16 January 2019. The group consisted of members from global airports and airlines working in baggage
operations and IT. The meeting showcased Hong Kong International Airport’s implementation of IATA Resolution 753
- Baggage tracking. It was noted that the IATA Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Implementation Guide was going
through some final editorial changes and will be available soon. Airlines are pushing RFID technology to be
implemented globally and the implications for airports could be the increase demand for Airports RFID infrastructures.

                For information technology matters, please contact Ken Lau at ken@aci-asiapac.aero.

  Safety Related Activities Calendar
  Date                       Details                                                              Location
 25-29 March                 Second Meeting of the Aerodrome Operations Personnel                 Bangkok, Thailand,
                             Competency Small Working Group (AOPC SWG/2)
 26-29 March                 ICAO/ACI Symposium on Implementation of the New Global               Montreal, Canada
                             Reporting Format for Runway Surface Condition (GRF2019)
 31 March-2 April            23rd ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Operational Safety Committee          Hong Kong
                             Meeting
 16-18 April                 Seventh Meeting of the ICAO MID Regional Aviation Safety Group       Cairo, Egypt
                             (RASG-MID/7)
 13-16 May                   5th ACI World APEX Task Force Meeting and 39th ACI World Safety      Accra, Ghana
                             & Technical Standing Committee Meeting
 24-26 June                  3rd ICAO Asia Pacific Aerodrome Operations and Planning Subgroup     Bangkok, Thailand
                             meeting (AOP-SG/3)
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27-28 June                     ICAO/ACI Global Reporting Format Regional Seminar                                 Bangkok, Thailand,
October                        23rd ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Operational Safety Committee                       Macau
                               Meeting

 Security Related Activities Calendar
 Date                          Details                                                                           Location
 1 to 2 April                  24th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Aviation Security Committee (RASC)                 Hong Kong, China
                               Meeting
 25 to 26 April                50th ACI World Security Standing Committee (WSSC) Meeting                         Cape Town, South
                                                                                                                 Africa
 16 to 18 April                1st ICAO Middle East Regional Aviation Security and Facilitation                  Cairo, Egypt
                               Implementation Team (RAFIT) Meeting

 Environment Related Activities Calendar
 Date                          Details                                                                           Location
 1-3 April                     ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Environment Committee Meeting                           Hong Kong, China
 10 April                      ACA Task Force and ACI EUROPE ENVSTRAT Meeting                                    Helsinki, Finland
 6-7 May                       ACI World Environment Standing Committee Meeting                                  Lima, Peru

 Economics Related Activities Calendar
 Date                          Details                                                                           Location
 12 to 14 March                ACI Airport Economics and Finance Conference                                      London, UK
 26 to 28 March                ICAO Airport Economics Panel                                                      Montreal, Canada
 1 to 2 April                  ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Economics Committee Meeting                             Hong Kong
 1 to 2 May                    ACI World Economics Committee Meeting                                             Montreal, Canada
 8 to 10 May                   ICAO 4th Airport Transport Symposium                                              Seoul, South Korea
 9 to 10 May                   ACI Annual Airport Traffic Think Tank (at3) Symposium                             Tallinn, Estonia
(The above is subject to change. Please check with ACI or related organisations for details.)

        Regional Aviation Security Committee
        Regional Operational Safety Committee
        Regional Economics Committee
        Regional Environment Committee
        Regional Airport Information Technology Liaison Group

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