Arab Air Carriers' Organization
Acronym: AACO
General Information
Identification Code: 747450344679-16
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Entity Form: The regional airlines' association in the Arab world
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 11/16/2021
Last Update: 5/24/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: AACO's Mission
To serve the Arab airlines, represent their common interests, and facilitate, in a manner consistent with all applicable competition and other laws, their cooperation so as to improve their operational efficiencies and better serve the travelling public.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Climate action
- Competition
- Consumers
- Digital economy and society
- Education and training
- Energy
- Environment
- European neighbourhood policy
- External relations
- International co-operation and development
- Single market
- Taxation
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
- sub-national
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: regulatory, safety, security, climate change, standard setting and anything that impacts civil aviation.
AACO being the representative and the advocacy voice of the Arab airlines, the regulations and directives of the European Union affect the Arab airlines due to having the operations to the EU as one of the largest concentration of those operations. Accordingly, AACO wishes to have access to the policy making of the EU in the above areas while the phase of formulation and to be able to address them with the EU institutions after those regulations are issued.
Communication Activities: AACO holds a number of events ranging from its Annual General Assembly, specialized meetings and forums and workshops in its areas of competency. On many occasions, the EU's policies are addressed amongst our member airlines and sometimes with EU officials themselves.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development,Sky and space,Green new deal
Head Office
Address: George Haddad street Saifi1st floor
Post Code: 1107 2020
City: Beirut
Country: LEBANON
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EU Office
Address: George Haddad street Saifi1st floor
Post Code: 1107 2020
City: Beirut
Country: LEBANON
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 5
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 5
Members F T E: 2.5
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Currently, the Arab Air Carriers' Organization gathers 36 member airlines whose home base is in states that are members in the League of Arab States. The list of AACO members can be viewed at https://www.aaco.org/aaco-community/member-airlines
AACO also works with industry partners and partner airlines from around the world that provide services and solutions to airlines. To view the list of AACO partner airlines, please see this link: https://www.aaco.org/aaco-community/partner-airlines
To view the list of industry partners, please visit this link: https://www.aaco.org/aaco-community/industry-partners
AACO also cooperates and has constant dialogue with many organizations and governmental and non-governmental bodies. Those include the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Air Transport Association, the European Commission (Mainly DG-MOVE and DG-Clima), other regional associations for airlines in the EU, the USA, the Asia Pacific, and Africa, and civil aviation authorities.