Mon, Nov 14, 2016
Travel To The Region Is Expected To Grow Five To Six Percent Over The Next 20 Years
With Air traffic in the Caribbean expected to grow rapidly ... as much as five to six percent over the next two decades ... the FAA has created a Caribbean Initiative to increase airport safety and certification in the region.

“The Caribbean region is of critical importance to the United States,” Administrator Huerta said at an event outlining the plan for international stakeholders and the media. “By working together, we are building a foundation of increased cooperation that will allow us to enhance safety and efficiency throughout a region that serves as a destination for so many travelers.”
The Caribbean is second only to the Middle East in terms of aviation growth. More than 17 percent of international flights departing from the United States are headed for destinations in the Caribbean. Many more flights transit Caribbean airspace between North and South America. This represents millions of passengers from all over the region and the world.
Through its Caribbean Initiative, the FAA’s technical experts work with their Caribbean partners and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to increase airport safety and certification in the region and to improve air traffic flow management through collaborative decision-making. The initiative also supports the region’s implementation of ICAO.
The FAA is working with its Caribbean partners to share best practices for air traffic flow management and collaborative decision making. These efforts should improve air traffic performance and efficiency in the region. This year, the FAA has worked with ICAO, industry, and civil aviation authorities in the region to host aerodrome certification workshops in Kingston, Jamaica and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The workshop in Jamaica was held in English and involved 44 participants from eight countries. The workshop in the Dominican Republic was held in Spanish and involved 53 participants from six countries.
This week, FAA representatives will participate in the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) Airline Leaders Forum in Mexico City. They will emphasize the importance of international cooperation to keep pace with aviation innovation and growth in the Latin American and Caribbean regions. For example, NextGen technologies are improving safety and efficiency and are reducing aviation’s impact on the environment. Controllers have been using a foundational NextGen technology known as ADS-B since 2010 to safely separate and manage aircraft flying over the Gulf of Mexico. Air traffic controllers can now handle ten times the amount of air traffic over the Gulf as they could previously.
The FAA is transforming how it prioritizes and targets resources to engage with the international aviation community to improve safety, efficiency, and environmental sustainability through regulatory harmonization and partnerships. The FAA works through the world’s international safety organization, ICAO, to make flying safer.
(Source: FAA news release. Image from file)
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