CAAS and Arab Civil Aviation Organization to Collaborate on Training to Support Air Travel Recovery

         The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Arab Civil Aviation Organization (ACAO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide aviation training for civil aviation professionals in the Arab region. The CAAS-ACAO partnership will equip aviation professionals with up-to-date competencies to meet new challenges as the aviation industry emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

2        Under the MOU, Singapore will offer fellowships to train aviation professionals from ACAO member States and provide customised on-site training in the Arab region. The MOU builds on a long-standing partnership between Singapore and ACAO. Over the years, Singapore has trained more than 4,500 aviation professionals from ACAO member States at the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA), the training arm of CAAS, in core areas including civil aviation and airport management, aviation safety and security, and accident investigation. More than 800 such professionals were sponsored by the Singapore Government.

3        The MOU was signed by Mr Tay Tiang Guan, Deputy Director-General of CAAS, and Mr Abdennebi Manar, Director-General of ACAO at the 27th General Assembly of the Arab Civil Aviation Organization in Rabat, Morocco on 19 May 2022.  The signing was witnessed by Dr Amy Khor, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, and Captain Haitham Misto, President of ACAO Executive Council.

4        “As the global civil aviation sector rebuilds air travel, and ramps up aviation operations, we look forward to strengthening our long-standing commitment with ACAO by partnering its member States in building up their human resource capability. Through our programmes at the SAA, we hope to equip the current and next generation aviation professionals with the skills and knowledge to manage the diverse challenges of a civil aviation environment that has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mr Tay.

5        “The MOU comes as a continuation of the cooperation between CAAS and ACAO, which spans over 20 years and is a confirmation that ACAO is keen to maintain the highest level of cooperation with CAAS. CAAS has always been considered a valuable partner of ACAO, especially for its significant contribution to capacity building in the civil aviation sector,” said Captain Misto.