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Flights News On Aviation Sports & AVEX International Airshow Nov ,07,2010 Held In Cairo,Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
The final plans were at advanced stage and being formulated and the myriad of arrangements needed were being finalized for the opening on November 7 of the four-day Avex International Air Show to be held at the Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, in Cairo as this edition of World Airnews was being published.
Avex International Airshow 2010 is marketed by the organizers, Nausea, as the "Africa and Middle East regions platform for international aviation". Gathering key aviation decision –makers, AVEX focuses on the Africa and Middle East regions rapidly expanding aviation sector and aids business expansion, the formation of new client-partner relationships and cross border partnerships.
AVEX 2010 has attracted some of the world's largest aerospace companies such as Airbus, Bell Helicopters Textron, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, Cessna, Embraer, General Electric Aviation, Gulfstream Aerospace, Rolls Royce and Thales among others.
At the time of writing, the organizers had signed up over 80 main exhibitors with some individual companies hosting up to 20 companies they represent on their stands so the tally of exhibitors could well top the 200 mark by the time the gates open.
In all, exhibitors will be coming from 16 countries and, not surprisingly, the greatest number is from the host country,Egypt.Countries represented are: France,Turkey,England,the United States of America,Lebanon,Iran,Germany,Bahrain,Italy,Malta,Sudan,Pakistan,Spain,Libya and United Arab Emirates.
Boeing was quick off the mark with some pre-show publicity issuing a statement reflecting the rapid growth of the aviation industries of the Middle East and Africa, and forecasting a 7, 1% traffic growth rate in Middle East air travel over the next 20 years.
Martin A. Bentrott, the company's vice president, sales, Middle East, Central Asia and India, said:"The Middle East continues to outperform the rest of the world air travel growth and is poised to continue growing over the next 20 years. In fact, Middle East demographics, where over half the population is under the age of 25, favour continued growth since younger people will account for much of the future market."
"The Middle East is an extremely important commercial aviation market that is growing at a substantial pace. We are keen to support that growth by providing the right products at the right time," Bentrott said."AVEX is an important event for the regions aviation industry and we are proud to be able to support this initiative as a sponsor and exhibitor,"
According to a recent IATA report, Middle East carriers are expected to post a profit of $100-million this year, even as they gain market share by attracting increasing numbers of passengers from Europe to the Asia-Pacific region, through their hubs.
Boeing sees a requirement for 2340 new aircraft in the Middle East by 2029 and predicts that the market will continue to be dominated by twin-aisle, long-range aircraft, which will account for almost 43 percent of the demand.
Another major company to issue a pre-show statement was the US-headquartered General Electric Aviation. With GE and its partners having signed more than us$ 17-billion in deals at these years Farnborough Airshow, the focus continues to be on signs of an airline industry comeback.
Announcing GEs participation at the AVEX International Air show 2010, Muhammad Al-Lamadani, senior executive sales, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Commonwealth Independent States, said,"The Middle East and North Africa region announced limited order deferrals and cancellations in 2009 and 2010 as carriers went through the trough of the recession cycle with traffic levels in the region suffering to a lesser degree compared to other regions in the world. At the Farnborough air shows this year we saw some major aircraft and engine order announcements from some of our key customers in the region such as Emirates, Etihad, and Air Arabia."
Al-Lamadani continued: "GE has been keeping a close eye on the economic climate around the world to ensure our company can continue to meet customers changing needs and remain competitive. AVEX 2010 is one of the channels through which GE keeps in close touch with our customers."
As the global economy emerges from the economic downturn, the aviation industry is definitely showing signs of revival .According to media reports; the Middle East and Africa recorded the two strongest June international passenger traffic growths of any global region which is a positive indication of the continuing growth of these respective travel markets.
Meanwhile, Boeings latest Current Market Outlook forecasts the value of the airplane market in Africa to be us$80-billion with the Middle Eastern market size anticipated to be us$390-billion.
Cessna, Bombardier, Gulfstream, Eclipse and Embraer are five of the worlds leading corporate aircraft manufacturers, all of which will be fielding their latest and best hoping to attract some of the business which habitually results for the Dubai Air Show.
In fact, the "bizjet" is to have a show-within-a-show, the Custom Jet show catering for just this market. Taking place on November 7 and 8 alongside the AVEX International Airshow, the event format includes the Custom Jet Awards, which will honour outstanding achievements in various livery and interior design categories.
According to media reports, an increasing shift towards the personalization of aircraft is being witnessed; especially in the private and executive aviation industries in the MENA region. These often take the form of bespoke interiors, customized liveries and choice of in-flight entertainment systems.
With the personalized aircraft interiors market in MENA, Europe, India and Asia currently constituting us$1-billion per annum together with the anticipated growth in business aviation, the scope for further expansion in this industry is immense.
According to Bombardiers 2010 market forecast, the business Jet market is expected to exhibit strong increase from 2010-2029 with 26000 deliveries during this period.
Airport Equipment
Although most of the major general, business and airline aircraft manufacturers will be at the show, there is also a strong presence of airport equipment manufacturers and distribution at the show,many of which are based in Egypt.
World Airnews received many emails from companies scheduled to take part in the show and below is a random selection of some of those which are involved in several sectors.
An example is Egyptian company Task Aviation International .It covers both military and commercial sectors as a consultant and maintenance repair organizations (MROs) covering both fixed wing and helicopters.
Among the products it handles are: airframes and engines, aircraft batteries; avionics and aircraft systems; surveillance systems; simulators and training aids; UAVs; electronic warfare systems; medical equipment; night vision capability; head sets; windscreens; video scope inspection systems; analysis ground stations and the supply and repair of aircraft units.
Airport terminal systems are also on the company's list, including such major items as air bridges ; cargo and baggage handling equipment; X-ray explosive detection systems; CT technology explosive detection systems; integrated cargo and vehicles scanning systems; airport management systems, access control systems and flight information display systems.
Task Aviation is also able to provide airport ramp equipment such as air starters; water and toilet trucks; baggage tractors; passenger stairs; passenger buses; aircraft washing units; catering equipment ; aircraft refueling units; ground power units; aircraft towing tractors; airfield lighting systems; crash rescue vehicles; navigational aids equipment; rapid intervention vehicles; uninterruptable power supply units; frequency converters; handheld communication systems; runway friction testers; air compressors, fire fighting trucks and even "Follow Me" vehicles.
Misr Advanced Systems (MAS) is a multi-disciplined leading technical and trading agencies company in Egypt which provides ground support equipment to airports companies, ground service providers and airlines.
MAS represents the following international companies: Access air(Canada) ,Als Logistic Solution(UAE) ,Axa Power (Denmark) ,Doll (Germany) ,Euro Diesel(Belgium), Goldhofer(Germany) ,Harlan (USA) ,Hobart(USA) ,Mulag(Germany) ,Neoropie(Switzerland) ,Nmc-Wollard(Usa),Power Stow(Denmark) ,Proveo(Germany) ,Psi Logistics GmbH(Germany),Sarsys (Sweden),Schmidt(Germany),Schopf (Germany) ,Trepal (Germany) ,Trilectron(Usa),Viseon-Neoplan(Germany),Weigel(Germany) and Work bridge(Denmark).
These companies will be represented during the AVEX show and each will have its own display stand within the 86m allocated for MAS.
ALFA is a fast growing promising company in aviation field, providing ground support equipment (GSE) for airports. ALFA represents a group of the highly reputed companies in the field of GSE all over the world.
Its principals products cover a great portion of GSE activities such as all types of passenger stairs, escalators, rescue stairs, dock systems, handicapped passenger transport vehicles ,conveyor belt luggage loaders, luggage trailers, container dollies, luggage dollies, water vechicles,toilet service trucks, loader transporter for pallets,containers,transporters for pallets,containers,main deck loader for pallets and containers, lower deck loader for pallets and containers, as well as military ground equipment.
Also included are such items as diesel/electric tow tractors(3000lbs to 16000 lbs), towbarless tractors, maintenance platforms, catering trucks half cab or drop cab, airport refuellers standard and low profile,heli-refuellers,static container refuellers,refueling platform, services equipment and military airport vehicles and equipment.
Another exhibitor selected at random is Hamza Associates which is an international award-winning multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with over 30 years of experience in Egypt, the Middle East, Europe and USA.
On its stand at the show, Hamza Associates will be promoting its full scope of services –from geotechnical investigation, planning, architectural and engineering design to construction supervision-for civil engineering projects, with a focus on large-scale infrastructure.
During the AVEX International Airshow, Hamza Associates will also display representations of its previous and current planning, design, and engineering expertise in airport projects, including the new international airport in Sohar, Oman and Egypt's Cairo International Airport.
Another exhibitor, Sudan-based Marsland Aviation, is planning to display a range of materials and promote its many services to individuals and corporations through its charter flights, and through the Frequent Flyer Club program me which offers our VIP clients certain privileges. All information will be available and discussed by its representatives at the stand.
Marsland Aviation recently established an organization called Marsland Child Aid. This organization is designed to support poor children in Sudan, more details and information can be found on the stand.
Another company taking part in the show will be Systems Engineering (SEE) which is an Egyptian pioneering organization that was established in 1984 with the primary target of operations in the two highly sophisticated areas of computer data networks and airport lighting and furnishing.
In the early 1990s, anew field was added to the company's activities, namely electronic fund transfer.
In the airport activities, SEE provides a complete line of airfield lighting and control, airport counters, waiting area furniture, trolleys, information display boards (both S/W and H/W) and sliding doors.
SEE represents a group of the internationally known and leading companies in this field including; ADB (Siemens) or airfield lighting, Kusch and co for furniture,Trans-Lux and Imtech for information displays, Wanzl for luggage handling services, Figueras for theatre and classroom seating, and Eheim for stadium seating.
Recently, another two big companies joined SEE and will be with the company at AVEX. They are : NKI Solutions from the Netherlands for counters and signs, and Crisplant ,from Denmark ,for baggage handling systems.
These then represent a sample of the type of company which one can expect to come across in the indoor exhibition areas.
As is the case at most major shows, everything from nuts and bolts to complete aircraft will be on view, and the flying displays promise to be in keeping with the best in the world. At the time of writing details of the flying programme were not yet available.
About the Author
Anthony Juma is the Editor and Senior Aviation Director at Wings Over Africa Aviation.
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