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establishment period. For the office to be effective all member states have to adopt standard rules based on New Zealand legislation. Intended member states are Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Only Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu are currently signatories. BoxA.11 contains a description of regional air regulation in the Eastern Caribbean States. BoxA.11 : Regional Air Regulation in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States The Directorate of Civil Aviation (the Directorate) is based in St Johns Antigua. It was established in 1957 to facilitate a collective and uniform approach to Civil Aviation matters affecting the then Windward and Leeward Islands, now known as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The West Indies Associate States (WIAS) Council of Ministers is responsible for the administration of the organization. The Directorate’s objectives are to: Develop and maintain a safe Civil Aviation environment for OECS Governments, air carriers, operating flight crew and traveling public Develop a safe, efficient and modernized Civil Aviation infrastructure in the OECS Assist in the development of tourism in the OECS by providing sound technical advice to the Air Transport Licensing Boards of all the participating governments in the advancement of air transport in their respective territories Maintain a high quality of telecommunications and air navigation facilities at OECS airports Provide safety oversight through a system of inspecting, investigating, maintaining, monitoring, coordinating, licensing and regulating all Civil Aviation activities in the OECS in accordance with the applicable ICAO annexes and Civil Aviation Legislation. The diagram below shows the Directorate’s organizational structure: Civil Aviation Regulatory Board Ministers responsible for Civil Aviation Director of Civil Aviation Flight Safety Division Manager Air Navigation Services Division Manager Finance and Administrative Division Manager The Directorate operates under the directive of the OECS Civil Aviation regulatory Board, comprised of OECS Ministers responsible for Civil Aviation. This body sets aviation policy and reviews Aviation laws and regulations within the OECS. The Director of Civil Aviation is a Chief Executive Officer who reports to the Aviation Board. He is responsible for the day to day operations of the Directorate and advises the Board on Air Fares, rates, Air Services Agreements, Air Transport and Environmental Protection. He is assisted by the Managers of the Flight Safety, Air Navigation Services and Finance and Administrative Division Managers. These divisions are each staffed by officers and Technical Specialists. Source: www.oecs.org 146
A.2.7 Institutional Analysis for Airports Most of the Pacific airports in this review are administered by government departments or statutory corporations. Non core services such as retail, ground handling or car rental are often provided by private operators. Table A.8 provides an overview of the institutional arrangements selected airports in the Pacific. Fiji 100 In 1999 the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji was reorganized into the operational functions of Airports Fiji Limited (AFL) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji Islands (CAAFI). The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA) is responsible for the sector’s legal framework. AFL is a state-owned entity. It is licensed by the Government to manage air traffic services in the Fiji Islands region, operate, maintain and manage the 16 public airports including the 2 international airports at Suva and Nadi and control all associated revenue generating activities. AFL operates Suva and Nadi airports on a commercial basis. Revenue from Nadi (which runs at a profit) is used to cross-subsidize the Suva operations which are running at a loss of around 2 million Fijian Dollars a year. AFL receives a grant from the fiscal budget to manage the domestic airports as a supplement to airport revenues. These funds have been insufficient to support airport operations and maintenance costs. CAAFI is responsible for sector regulation and owns 51% of Airport Terminal Services, which provides ground handling services at Nadi airport. It is also responsible for personnel, operator certification, licensing, aircraft worthiness certification and meeting the Fiji Islands obligations under the international aviation convention. The Government instructed CAAFI to reemploy approximately 300 staff members who had been made redundant when the Authority was incorporated. This imposes a significant additional expenditure burden on the organization and raises a question about its efficiency. AFL has managed to reduce its total workforce from 562 to 450 people. The government will not support any attempts to terminate staff or make people redundant even for poor performance. The airport management recognizes this as a ‘social obligation cost’ and recognizes that productivity levels could be increased by outsourcing activities to the private sector. Terminal cleaning was recently outsourced to a private operator because of the extremely poor performance of existing cleaning staff. The cleaning staff could not be made redundant so they have been re-deployed to perform other activities such as porter services, serenading parties for arriving visitors and kerbside management within the car park. AFL acknowledges that some of the key issues in the past have been a lack of revenue growth, poor profitability, rising costs, poorly maintained assets, overstaffing, lack of strategic business direction and challenging industrial relations. The company is trying to develop additional revenue streams in an effort to cover operating and maintenance costs. One initiative currently under review is to develop the land around the airport. 100 Sources: Castalia interview with the CEO of Airports Fiji Limited, September 2004; “Technical Assistance to the Republic of the Fiji Islands for Preparing the Civil Aviation and Airports Improvement Project”, ADB 2003 and Republic of the Fiji Islands 1999 Economic Report, ADB Pacific Studies Series, 1999 147
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The Pacific Infrastructure Challeng
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Table of Contents 1 Acronyms and Ab
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kWh MDG MIAA MIPA MNOC MOTCA MOU MP
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2 Executive Summary This discussion
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Fiscal, regulatory and policy decis
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3 What’s the Purpose of the Discu
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Box 4.2: Improving Infrastructure f
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Water tariffs are often too low In
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6.2 Challenges to Institutions and
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6.2.2 Demographic Issues in the Reg
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Figure 7.1: Accountability in Infra
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good example of this. The Kiwi Shar
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