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CONSTRAINTS TO REGIONAL AIR CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN COUNTRIES OF THE GUYANA SHIELD AND SOUTH AMERICA

FINAL REPORT

Submitted to:

By:

Andy Ricover

Air Transport Specialist

November 2015

CONSTRAINTS TO REGIONAL AIR CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN COUNTRIES OF THE GUYANA SHIELD AND SOUTH AMERICA

FINAL REPORT

This report was prepared by Andy Ricover. The opinions expressed herein are not given as an inducement or an endorsement for any financial transaction. The consultant accepts no responsibility for damages, if any, that may result from decision made or actions taken by any party, including third parties, based on this report. The analysis and opinions presented in this report reflect the consultant's reasoned views and judgement as of November 2015 based on the information available at the time this report was prepared.

Constraints to regional air connectivity between countries of the Guyana Shield and South America

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ASA ATC BEL BGI BOG CAGR CARICOM CASAS CAY CCCC CCTV CHEC CJIA CJIAC COSIPLAN CUR DCA DME FAA GCAA GDP GEO IASA ICAO IDB

Air Services Agreement Air Traffic Control Belem International Airport Barbados Bridgetown International Airport Bogota El Dorado International Airport Compound Annual Growth Rate Caribbean Community Civil Aviation Safety Authority Suriname Cayenne International Airport China Communications Construction Company Closed Circuit Television System China Harbour Engineering Georgetown Cheddi Jagan International Airport Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation South American Infrastructure and Planning Council Hato Curacao International Airport Department of Civil Aviation - Suriname Distance Measuring Equipment Federal Aviation Administration Guyana Civil Aviation Authority Gross Domestic Product Georgetown Cheddi Jagan International Airport International Aviation Safety Assessments Program International Civil Aviation Organization Inter American Development Bank

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Constraints to regional air connectivity between countries of the Guyana Shield and South America

ILS Km MASA OAG OGL ORG PAPI PBM POS PTY SARP SDQ SXM TOR UNASUR US USAID

USD VOR WB WTTC

Instrument Landing System Kilometers Multilateral Air Services Agreement Official Airline Guide Ogle Airport Zorg en Hoop Airport Precision Approach Path Indicator Paramaribo Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport Port of Spain Piarco International Airport Panama City Tocumen International Airport Standards and Recommended Practices Santo Domingo Las Americas International Airport Sint Marteen Princess Juliana International Airport Terms of Reference South American Nations Union United States United States Agency for International Development

United States Dollar Very-High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio World Bank World Travel and Tourism Council

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Constraints to regional air connectivity between countries of the Guyana Shield and South America

Contents

Executive Summary ......................................................................................12 1. Introduction............................................................................................38

1.1. Background...................................................................................38 1.2. Objective.......................................................................................38 1.3. Scope of Work ..............................................................................39 2. Current connectivity of the countries of the Guyana Shield ....................40 3. Airport Infrastructure ..............................................................................45 3.1. Guyana .........................................................................................45

3.1.1. Georgetown Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO) .......45 3.1.2. Ogle International Airport (OGL) ..........................................49 3.2. Suriname.......................................................................................51 3.2.1. Paramaribo Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM)51 3.2.2. Zorg En Hoop Airport (ORG) ...............................................52 3.3. Main conclusions on Infrastructure................................................53 4. The Cost of the Airport Infrastructure .....................................................55 4.1. Benchmarking of Passenger charges............................................56 4.2. Benchmarking of charges on airlines.............................................57 4.3. Benchmarking of total costs ..........................................................59 5. Institutional Framework review...............................................................61 5.1. Methodology .................................................................................61 5.2. Guyana .........................................................................................62 5.3. Implications of the Current Framework - Guyana ..........................64

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