Headquarter of Cooperative Development of Operational Safety and Continuing Airworthiness Programme- South Asia (COSCAP-SA) was shifted from Colombo to Dhaka today for next five years.
COSCAP-SA is a regional cooperative forum consisting of eight countries of SAARC for enhancement of safety, regularity and efficiency in civil aviation of the region. It had been commenced in 1998 under the care of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister G M Quader inaugurated the headquarters of COSCAP at Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) office here as the chief guest, while ICAO President Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez present as the special guest.
While speaking the inaugural ceremony at VVIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the minister said transfer of the headquarter in Dhaka has been marked a success and pride of the country's civil aviation sector.
"Such achievement and success have given an opportunity to Bangladesh to play a leading role in the civil aviation network of the region," he said.
The minister said the COSCAP programme would help CAAB to remove Significant Safety Concern (SSC), imposed by ICAO. "After removing the SSC, the CAAB will be upgraded from category two to category one by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)," he added.
Quader said proper implementation of the objectives of the programme would bring harmonization of the civil aviation authorities of the South Asian countries that will ensure safe and secure air operation in the region.
The minister also said some new aircrafts would be added to the national flag carrier Biman soon as well as few more private airlines are in the pipeline to operate in the country.
He also said the government will enhance capacity of the country's international airports as per the increased trend of air trafficking here.
ICAO President Gonzalez said establishment of COSCAP headquarter in Dhaka opens the door for Bangladesh to take leading role of development of civil aviation in the region.
He said presently the major challenge of Bangladesh civil aviation sector is to produce skilled aviation related professionals and pilots as air movement has been increased remarkably in the country from 2005.
The ICAO President also said the civil aviation sector has been contributing eight percent of global GDP while the Air traffic was recorded 52 million and passenger movement 2.3 billion in 2010.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary M Atharul Islam and CAAB Chairman Air Commodore Mahmud Hussain, who was appointed as the Chairman of COSCAPSA for next two years, also spoke on the occasion.
The CAAB officials hoped that the new COSCAP HQ would help CAAB to get technical assistance for increasing efficiency of local aviation personnel as well as to conduct surveillance, inspection and audit of the Air operators. The core objective of the COSCAP-SA is to evolve itself into a Regional Safety Oversight Organization (RSOO).
The other objectives are to overcome deficiencies in the safety oversight capabilities of the member states by providing a regional core of highly qualified inspectors specialized in the field of personnel licensing, aircraft operations, airworthiness, aerodromes and air traffic services to support the national inspectors of the respective countries.-BSS
COSCAP-SA is a regional cooperative forum consisting of eight countries of SAARC for enhancement of safety, regularity and efficiency in civil aviation of the region. It had been commenced in 1998 under the care of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister G M Quader inaugurated the headquarters of COSCAP at Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) office here as the chief guest, while ICAO President Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez present as the special guest.
While speaking the inaugural ceremony at VVIP lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the minister said transfer of the headquarter in Dhaka has been marked a success and pride of the country's civil aviation sector.
"Such achievement and success have given an opportunity to Bangladesh to play a leading role in the civil aviation network of the region," he said.
The minister said the COSCAP programme would help CAAB to remove Significant Safety Concern (SSC), imposed by ICAO. "After removing the SSC, the CAAB will be upgraded from category two to category one by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)," he added.
Quader said proper implementation of the objectives of the programme would bring harmonization of the civil aviation authorities of the South Asian countries that will ensure safe and secure air operation in the region.
The minister also said some new aircrafts would be added to the national flag carrier Biman soon as well as few more private airlines are in the pipeline to operate in the country.
He also said the government will enhance capacity of the country's international airports as per the increased trend of air trafficking here.
ICAO President Gonzalez said establishment of COSCAP headquarter in Dhaka opens the door for Bangladesh to take leading role of development of civil aviation in the region.
He said presently the major challenge of Bangladesh civil aviation sector is to produce skilled aviation related professionals and pilots as air movement has been increased remarkably in the country from 2005.
The ICAO President also said the civil aviation sector has been contributing eight percent of global GDP while the Air traffic was recorded 52 million and passenger movement 2.3 billion in 2010.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary M Atharul Islam and CAAB Chairman Air Commodore Mahmud Hussain, who was appointed as the Chairman of COSCAPSA for next two years, also spoke on the occasion.
The CAAB officials hoped that the new COSCAP HQ would help CAAB to get technical assistance for increasing efficiency of local aviation personnel as well as to conduct surveillance, inspection and audit of the Air operators. The core objective of the COSCAP-SA is to evolve itself into a Regional Safety Oversight Organization (RSOO).
The other objectives are to overcome deficiencies in the safety oversight capabilities of the member states by providing a regional core of highly qualified inspectors specialized in the field of personnel licensing, aircraft operations, airworthiness, aerodromes and air traffic services to support the national inspectors of the respective countries.-BSS
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