Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific and the China Civil Airports Association (CCAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation and promote excellence in airport operations and management.

The MoU is expected to enhance the synergy between the two organisations to promote regular exchanges of information and economic data, assessment of airport service quality, customer service best practices and capacity building initiatives by establishing communication mechanisms.

Within the framework of the MoU, ACI Asia-Pacific will work with CCAA to create awareness around environmental issues through the former’s Airport Carbon Accreditation and the latter’s Airport Carbon Evaluation programmes.

The two groups have agreed to share know-how on several business areas, including best practices to protect the environment, technical guidelines or standards on passenger health, public safety and customer services in the industry.

China’s civil aviation industry has been undergoing a new development stage of building a safe, green, smart, humanistic airport construction. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said it has proven track records in promoting SMS (safety management system) in construction, low-carbon airports and passenger services.

“CCAA is willing to share resources, complement each other’s strengths and achieve common development goals on the basis of the signing the MoU, said Ms. Wang Ruiping, Chair of CCAA.

“We expect the two sides to carry out in-depth and high-quality research in the fields of environment, health, safety, and sustainable development. CCAA is willing to participate in the formulation of international standards and rules with a more open and inclusive attitude to facilitate exchanges and cooperation between China civil airports and the international community.”