«Civil Aviation» facilitates shipping procedures and enhances control over goods and mail
Implementation of the approved air freight system at the end of 2022
3.45 million tons of total air freight in the country in 2021. Archive
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The General Authority of Civil Aviation announced the start of activating the approved air freight system at the state level, at the end of this year, in implementation of Cabinet Resolution No. (19) for the year 2022 issued in this regard.
The approved air freight system aims to facilitate air freight procedures and operations, by applying security controls to enhance tight security control over goods and mail in the approved air freight warehouse, before sending them to shipment acceptance areas at the country’s airports.
global practices
The Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Civil Aviation Authority, Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, said that "the application of the approved air freight system comes within the UAE's keenness to adopt the best international practices and the latest technologies in the field of civil aviation, especially with regard to the security and safety of civil aviation." .
He added that "the UAE has succeeded in establishing a global competitive position as one of the most advanced countries in the efficiency of air freight operations," noting that "the application of the approved air freight system comes as a value addition to improving performance, regulating air freight operations, and achieving optimal utilization of advanced infrastructure, owned by the state in this regard.
Adhere to the rules
For his part, the Director-General of the General Authority of Civil Aviation, Saif Muhammad Al-Suwaidi, said, “The UAE is a signatory to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention of 1944), so the authority, as the competent authority for civil aviation in the country, is committed to applying the standard rules stipulated in the Annex 17 (Security), regarding the application of the approved air freight system.
He stressed that the authority seeks, by activating the approved air freight system, to preserve the leading role of the state in the civil aviation sector in general, and civil aviation security and the air cargo system in particular, at the regional and international levels.
cargo insurance
In the same context, Hamad Salem Al Muhairi, Assistant Director-General of the Civil Aviation Security Sector at the authority, said: “The approved air cargo system aims to secure goods from acts of illegal interference, by providing national legislation and comprehensive procedures that are flexible and effective, and providing the necessary protection for the system. Civil aviation, and the application of this system will provide several facilities for companies that have obtained a license from the authority, as an approved air shipper, including: carrying out freight operations from one emirate to another and to all airports in the country, optimizing the use of spaces in shipping facilities, and facilitating air freight operations, especially transferred shipments. .
It is noteworthy that the total air cargo movement in the country during 2021 reached three million and 457 thousand tons, at a time when the number of air cargo companies in the country reached 1,800 companies.
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