To extend the collaboration scope of resources sharing, the aeronautical authorities of mainland China and Macao SAR have reached a new regional cooperation agreement. The aviation fuel expert from mainland China will visit Macao every year to give technical support on the airworthiness of aircraft refueling operations.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Macao SAR (AACM) signed an agreement on the airworthiness of aircraft refueling operations today in Macao. CAAC will delegate an aviation fuel expert team to visit Macao every year who will analyze and perform on-site assessment to the refueling operation system in Macau International Airport. Specifically, the expert team will look at the relevant regulations, the management, the technical standards and the actual operation conditions of the service in the airport. The expert team will give recommendations on how Macao can further improve the storage, handling and quality control of the aviation fuel.
Furthermore, the signing parties agree to meet regularly for technical exchanges; mainland China will help to train the Macao personnel with the respective expertise.
The President of AACM said, “CAAC has reached the world class standard in both legislation and implementation of technical standards for the development and the oversight of aviation fuel products. They have set up their own research centre to conduct regular inspection of the fuel products to ensure that the refueling procedures comply with the local laws and regulations as well as the international standards. In Macao, we have a fuel supplier who is reputed in this Region. However, the operations are mainly reliant on the industry standards. The cooperation agreement we have now signed with CAAC would provide great technical support to Macao in the airworthiness of the refueling operations. This in turn will enhance both our operation safety and our safety oversight.
The signing ceremony was convened at the AACM office at 12:00noon. The Chief Engineer of CAAC, Mr. Zhang Hong Yin and the President of AACM, Mr. Chan Weng Hong represented the two governments in signing the texts.
The cooperation agreement is the third of its kind to be reached between the two aeronautical authorities. The other two agreements relate respectively to aircraft accident and incident investigation, and collaboration on aeronautical information services, cartographic services, flight procedures design, meteorological services and airport fire fighting services. In addition, the three aeronautical authorities of mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao cooperate closely among themselves on the approval of aircraft maintenance organizations, airworthiness certification, approval of aircraft repair modifications and approval of maintenance training organizations.
