The Center for Information Affairs has republished the "The Concept of Open Skies and State Sovereignty", on the occasion of the holding of Middle East Airline Engineering and Maintenance Conference, in Abu Dhabi.
The said conference brought together future makers of Middle East aviation who offered exclusive information from international industry leaders about the future and emerging opportunities in the Middle East.
Participants also discussed the introduction of ultra long haul aircraft which is connecting the Middle East with almost any market in the world making the region potentially the world's aviation centre The study deals with this challenging topic, tracing back the development stages of "the concept of open skies". It discusses the issue of the supremacy of state sovereignty over the principle of open skies, referring to the Paris Convention in 1919 and the Chicago Convention in 1944, which stipulate the right of each State to accept or refuse the use of its airspace.
It also tackles the legal restrictions on this concept, its commercial and security goals, as well as its implications for the developing countries. It highlights the importance of the issue of open airspace in the fields of freedom of movement for persons and commodities, reduction in corporate spending, and cost of transport.
The study explains how this concept started to appear in the field of civil aviation, as the United States first called for it in Chicago Conference, and discussed it again in the field of strategic security. US President Eisenhower suggested in 1955 that the Soviet Union and the United States should use air photographing as a means of showing mutual transparency in monitoring armament race between the two parties, says the study.
In 1989, this topic was raised again, as the member states of NATO and the Warsaw Pact agreed to sign the Treaty on Open Skies in 1992, says the study. It points out that since the 1970s, some states have pressingly called for removing restraints, and opening airspace to allow free competition among companies, however, some other states have adhered to their sovereignty over their skies and the necessity of protecting their companies from competition in internal markets.
The study also touches on the issue of open skies in the international practice, showing the different stances held by the states over the issue, highlighting the Arab concept concerning this principle, as well as the negative impacts of applying it in the developing countries. (WAM)
The said conference brought together future makers of Middle East aviation who offered exclusive information from international industry leaders about the future and emerging opportunities in the Middle East.
Participants also discussed the introduction of ultra long haul aircraft which is connecting the Middle East with almost any market in the world making the region potentially the world's aviation centre The study deals with this challenging topic, tracing back the development stages of "the concept of open skies". It discusses the issue of the supremacy of state sovereignty over the principle of open skies, referring to the Paris Convention in 1919 and the Chicago Convention in 1944, which stipulate the right of each State to accept or refuse the use of its airspace.
It also tackles the legal restrictions on this concept, its commercial and security goals, as well as its implications for the developing countries. It highlights the importance of the issue of open airspace in the fields of freedom of movement for persons and commodities, reduction in corporate spending, and cost of transport.
The study explains how this concept started to appear in the field of civil aviation, as the United States first called for it in Chicago Conference, and discussed it again in the field of strategic security. US President Eisenhower suggested in 1955 that the Soviet Union and the United States should use air photographing as a means of showing mutual transparency in monitoring armament race between the two parties, says the study.
In 1989, this topic was raised again, as the member states of NATO and the Warsaw Pact agreed to sign the Treaty on Open Skies in 1992, says the study. It points out that since the 1970s, some states have pressingly called for removing restraints, and opening airspace to allow free competition among companies, however, some other states have adhered to their sovereignty over their skies and the necessity of protecting their companies from competition in internal markets.
The study also touches on the issue of open skies in the international practice, showing the different stances held by the states over the issue, highlighting the Arab concept concerning this principle, as well as the negative impacts of applying it in the developing countries. (WAM)
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