Biography
of Engineer
Ahmad Al Halabi
Chief
Operating Officer
Abu
Dhabi Airports Company
UAE national Ahmad Al Halabi is Abu
Dhabi Airports Company Chief Operating Officer. He is currently responsible for
determining the adequacy of measures in the operations of all of the company’s
operated airports in respect to compliance, safety, security, environmental
performance and cost effectiveness.
The 40 year old aviation safety
veteran has more than 18 years of experience in airworthiness, flight operations,
safety management, airline and airport security, airport certification,
aircraft accident, incident prevention and investigation. His expertise also
extends to air transport bilateral negotiations, technical and administrative management
of civil aviation. He has sound knowledge of International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) methodologies and annexes for regulating international
civil aviation and he is familiar with the Chicago convention, and other various
international protocols.
In the past ten years, Al Halabi has
played a key role in the development of the UAE General Civil Aviation
Authority (GCAA). He also contributed to the establishment of the ICAO’s
Continuing Airworthiness Programs in the UAE, setting up of the UAE ICAO
headquarters in Canada,
strategic preparation for ICAO seat election in 2007, which resulted in UAE
nomination and election to the ICAO council. He also supervised the compliance
of the ICAO Safety Oversight Audit Program and the ICAO Security Audit Program,
which resulted in meeting the ICAO requirements by the UAE. His involvement in
the United States Federal Aviation Administration program resulted in awarding
the UAE Category One rating in civil aviation. This allowed UAE national carriers
to provide services to destinations in the US and code share with US Carriers.
Ahmad Al Halabi has a Masters degree
in Business Studies in Management from Southeastern University in the US.