1. Department of Civil Aviation Ministry of Information & Communications
BHUTAN
Department Of Civil Aviation.
Bhutan
Sangay Wangdi
Sr. Aerodrome Officer
National Coordinator – COSCAP-SA

2. Presentation Overview
Aerodrome Safety
Aerodrome Bird Strike
Aerodrome control by civil & military authorities
2. Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
Surveillance Audit of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA)
21 November 2018

3. Aircraft Bird Strike
ICAO State letter AN 4/9.1-79/179, (23/11/79) request contracting states to report all bird strikes to aircraft.
ICAO publishes all bird strike information through IBIS.
Doc 9332-AN/909 Manual provides the ‘form’ for direct reproduction by states and dissemination to air operators and aerodromes.
Form to be completed by pilots, but can also be completed by airport ground staff, ATCs or a/c maintenance staff.
Aerodrome Safety
Aircraft Bird Strike
Aerodrome Control
Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
SAFA
21 November 2018

4. Discussions
Views of COSCAP member states on IBIS forms viz. whether it’s distributed and being used by aircraft operators and aerodrome service providers?
Aerodrome Safety
Aircraft Bird Strike
Aerodrome Control
Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
SAFA
21 November 2018

5. Aerodrome Control – Civil & Military
ICAO Annex 11 Chapter 2, in particular:
Air Traffic services authorities shall establish and maintain close cooperation with military authorities responsible for activities that may affect flight of civil aircraft.
Coordination of activities potentially hazards to civil aircraft shall be affected in accordance with 2.18.
Arrangements shall be made to permit information relevant to the safe and expeditious conduct of flight of civil aircraft to be promptly exchanged between air traffic services units and appropriate military units.
ICAO Assembly Resolution A36-13, Appendix O, ‘Coordination of civil and military air traffic’ recommend that states take appropriate action to coordinate with military authorities to implement a flexible and cooperative approach to airspace organization and management.
Aerodrome Safety
Aircraft Bird Strike
Aerodrome Control
Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
SAFA
21 November 2018

6. Discussion
Bhutan proposes that the responsible authorities of all COSCAP member countries’ whose international airport(s) have both military and civilian aircraft operations to timely promulgate such activities in accordance with the provision of Annex 15.
Aerodrome Safety
Aircraft Bird Strike
Aerodrome Control
Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
SAFA
21 November 2018

7. Flight Operations – Uniform AOC
From 1st January 2010 member states are advised to implement and issue AOC/Ops Specs in a format stipulated in the ICAO Annex 6, Appendix 6, paragraph 2. Information should include:
the State of the Operator and the issuing authority;
the air operator certificate number and its expiration date;
Aerodrome Safety
Aircraft Bird Strike
Aerodrome Control
Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
SAFA
21 November 2018

8. the operator name, trading name (if different) and address of the principal place of business;
the date of issue and the name, signature and title of the authority representative; and
the location, in a controlled document carried on board, where the contact details of operational management can be found.
Aerodrome Safety
Aircraft Bird Strike
Aerodrome Control
Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
SAFA
21 November 2018

9. Flight Operations - SAFA
ICAO Annex 6 Chapter 4, in particular:
States shall establish a programme with procedures for the surveillance of operations in their territory by a foreign operator and for taking appropriate action when necessary to preserve safety.
An operator shall meet and maintain the requirements established by the States in which the operations are conducted.
Aerodrome Safety
Aircraft Bird Strike
Aerodrome Control
Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
SAFA
21 November 2018

10. Discussion
Bhutan requests COSCAP member countries to share their views and suggest if any, on the implementations of the uniform AOC / Operations specifications format and the SAFA program in their states in accordance to Annex 6 standards.
Bhutan would like to propose to the COSCAP experts to explore the possibility to develop specific guidelines and computerized database for SAFA.
Aerodrome Safety
Aircraft Bird Strike
Aerodrome Control
Flight Operations
Uniform AOC
SAFA
21 November 2018

11. THANK YOU
&
TASHI DELEK
21 November 2018