1. Saheed Sulaman Guyana Civil Aviation Authority
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING CONFERENCE February 5, Multi-stakeholder Approach to Air Transport Development – Guyana’s Experience
Saheed Sulaman
Guyana Civil Aviation Authority

2. Outline of Presentation
Introduction
Overview of the Civil Aviation System
Air Transport Development in Guyana
Building the Guyana Hub
Conclusion

3. Introduction Area: 214,969 sq.km Population: 747,884 (2012)
Real GDP 2013: $360 Billion (2013)
GDP Per Capita: US$2, (2013)
Industries: Agriculture, Bauxite, Sugar, Rice, Timber and Gold Mining.

4. Introduction “Guyana may be the best kept secret of South America”
(National Geographic 2014)

5. Definition: Stakeholders
Individuals or organizations who are actively involved in the project, or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected as a result of the project execution or successful project completion. (PMBOK, PMI 1996)

6. Know Your Stakeholders?

7. 1. Air Transport Service Providers
Civil Aviation System
A. Maintenance Organisations
F. Air Navigation Services
1. Air Transport Service Providers
B. Aviation Services
G. Training
C. Airports
H. Airport Services
D. Cargo Airlines
I. Passenger Airlines
E. Business Aviation
J. General Aviation
2. Regulators and Industry Developers A.
Passengers
3. End Users
A. Government B.
Shippers
B. GCAA C.
Suppliers of Goods

8. Multiple Stakeholders
Air Navigation Services
Airport Operations
Commerce, Trade & Tourism
Cargo Operators
Air Transport Providers
Airports
Ground Handling,
Catering,
Aviation Security
Ancillary Services,
Fuel, Cleaning, Security, Equipment
Others
Retail, Food & Beverages, Hotel, etc
Passenger Airlines
Civil Aviation System
Regulatory Authority
Commercial Services, Financing, Insurance, Consulting etc.
Charter Operators
Aviation Services
Education/Training Institutions
GCAA

9. 11 Air Operator Certificate Holders
Regulated Entities
413 Licensed Personnel
11 Air Operator Certificate Holders
70 Aircraft on Register
11 Foreign Operators
7 Approved Organisations
120 Aerodromes

10. Two Main Groups Domestic Aviation International Aviation
Within border flights connecting coastland and hinterland
Cross-border flights, transporting cargo, mail and passengers

11. Why stakeholders matter?

12. “Successful collaboration and cooperation between ANSPs, airspace users, airports, regulators, manufacturing industry, and regional and global organizations are paramount for the sound development of air transport.”
(IATA 2013)

13. Stakeholders Buy-in
More stakeholders buy-in means greater level of compliance especially when regulations and regulatory agencies are involved.

14. Source: IATA Economics Briefing No 4: VALUE CHAIN PROFITABILITY by Mark Smyth & Brian Pearce, IATA, June 06

15. Case Study of Redjet & Ezjet
Number of flights conducted by Airlines ( )

16. More stakeholders cooperation is always needed when all parties are striving to move in the same direction.
Lesson Learnt

17. The Development of Air Transport
In 1993 Government initiated a National Development Strategy (NDS).
The NDS identified the challenges in the air transport sector and proposed strategies to mitigate the challenges and grow the sector.

18. Air Transport Challenges
Substandard physical facilities at Ogle Aerodrome
No Air Services Agreements exist between Guyana and most countries in the world.
Limited International air connections
Public Service Bureaucracy
Limited runway length at Cheddi Jagan International Airport
Lack of coordination among stakeholders
Major International Conventions on Civil Aviation have not been ratified.
No effective and equipped Search and Rescue System
Substandard quality of airfields
Weak Legislation

19. Strategies implemented
Revised and update Legislation and Regulations
Establish and renegotiate ASAs
Autonomous Civil Aviation Authority
Encourage & Promote Private Airlines
Autonomous Airports Authority
Increase frequency of international flights
Invest to improve the physical facilities at Airports
Establish and strengthen Search and Rescue System

21. Air transport accounts for approx. 0.4% of Guyana’s Real GDP (2013)….
….and provides an estimated 3,000 Direct jobs

22. Domestic Aviation
Pax CAGR = 15.6%
Cargo CAGR = 14.2%

23. International Aviation
Pax CAGR = 1.3%
Cargo CAGR = -3.1%

24. Stakeholders Participation

25. Ogle Airport: Every Day
130
take-off and land
445 Passengers
50,300 kgs

26. Source: http://gifsec.com/funny/air-traffic-over-the-world-gif/
Building a Hub
Making the Cheddi Jagan International Airport a Hub for African, Latin, South and North American traffic.
Source:

27. Road Map to Hub Development
Hub Study by IKEW UK LTD
Airport Investment & Infrastructural Development
Strengthening Institutional & Regulatory Capacity
ICAO ICAN

28. Negotiation of Air Services Agreements#
Asia
Africa
Caribbean
North America
Europe
Middle East 1
China
Kenya
Curacao
Canada
United Kingdom
Qatar 2
Singapore
Ghana
Norway 3
Nigeria
Netherlands 4
Iceland

29. Concluding Remarks
“Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government. And it will need the engagement of all stakeholders - including the private sector and civil society, and especially the poor and marginalized.”
Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General.

30. Concluding Remarks
Insanity is trying to achieve real development without stakeholders engagement.

31. Thank You