Arab Air Carriers' Organization

EU Legislative Interests

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.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

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Organisation Members

Currently, the Arab Air Carriers' Organization gathers 38 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.