Sunday May 13th, 2018
Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA) held its annual ceremony recently at Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre under the slogan “Journey to the Top”. The event recognized and honored employees and strategic partners for their outstanding efforts, and celebrated the airport’s significant milestone achievements from the previous year and the first quarter on 2018.
The evening’s events included the unveiling of a new logo for Sharjah International Airport in the presence, H.E Ali Salim Al Midfa, Chairman of Sharjah Airport Authority, and H.E Sheikh Faisal bin Sauod Al Qassimi, Director of Sharjah Airport Authority. Airport leadership and staff, retail representatives, operators and strategic partners also attended the ceremony.
SAA’s annual event aims to strengthen relations between its employees and the General Administration by providing employees all possible support and consistently honoring its most outstanding and creative employees with a series of incentives, awards and ceremonies organized throughout the year.
The evening’s ceremony began with the UAE’s national anthem and several verses recited from the Holy Quran. H.E Ali Salim Al Midfa welcomed guests and praised the employees’ spirit, before stressing the importance of their creativity in all aspects of their work, which helps to achieve the vision of H.H Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, who endeavors to upgrade the Emirate of Sharjah in all economic sectors.
H.E Sheikh Faisal bin Sauod Al Qassimi, Director of Sharjah Airport Authority, spoke and presented a video which revealed the final shape of Sharjah International Airport after the expansion. The program was followed by the segment “Journey to the Top”, which included a video that featured the airport’s prominent figures and showcased the significant achievements during the past year and during the first quarter of 2018. An LED interactive show unveiled the airport’s new logo and identity, prior to the event’s conclusion, which honored the authority employees and strategic partners.
H.E Ali Salim Al Midfa extended his thanks to H.H Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and H.H Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Sultan Al Qassimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Executive Council (SEC), for their unlimited support to develop the emirate’s aviation sector. He expressed pride in Sharjah Airport Authority’s staff whose abilities and creative potential are the real capital and the main factor for the development of work at the airport. He pointed out that their efforts have contributed to the emirate’s economic, commercial and touristic growth and have had the greatest impact in the many international awards that the airport has received. Al Midfa said, ‘A Journey to the Top’ aligns with our human resource values to create a stimulating and stable work environment that encourages constructive communication between leadership and staff, and promotes a family atmosphere at SAA. These are important behaviors that are necessary for our individual and collective successes as we continue to improve SAA’s overall operating performance.”
He added, “We are pleased to announce that Sharjah Airport Authority has enhanced Sharjah International Airport’s identity by re-launching a new logo and making it a dynamic trade mark. Now, SIA will simply be called “Sharjah Airport”. The new logo embodies the legacy of the airport, its land, sea and air assets – as it is the only international airport with a community destination that is connected to the borders of each emirate in the UAE with access to it from three seaports.”
H.E Sheikh Faisal bin Sauod Al Qassimi, Director of Sharjah Airport Authority, also praised the employees’ efforts during the past year and first quarter of 2018, which have contributed to SIA attaining the Global Accreditation Certificate in Carbon Management (Level III). He reviewed SIA’s most prominent achievements during the past year, emphasizing the number of passengers who traveled through SIA in 2017 increased to 11.4 million, while the airport recorded 76 thousand takeoff and landing movements, a success, in light of the regional and global challenges facing the aviation sector. He also pointed out that SIA benefited from its geographical location and proximity to many seaports in raising air traffic.
Al Qassimi added that SIA’s 2017 success was achieved primarily due to the directives of H.H Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and the attention of H.H Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of Sharjah Executive Council (SEC). The efforts of SIA’s management, whose plans and programs are based on the directives of the wise leadership to achieve happiness for the passengers and customers, through upgraded airport services, also contributed to last year’s successes.
The list of strategic partners honored during the ceremony included: Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Interior, Sharjah Police Headquarters, Sharjah Municipality, Roads and Transport Authority in Sharjah,
Air Arabia, Sharjah International Travel Agency (SATA), Sharjah Aviation Services (SAS), Alpha Aviation Services, Dufry Sharjah, Department of Passport Control of Sharjah International Airport Port, Sharjah International Airport Police Station, Passengers’ Customs of Sharjah International Airport, Air Cargo Customs of Sharjah International Airport, Gama Aviation, SASCO Sharjah Air Navigation Services, Anabeeb, Air BP, Flora Hospitality and JC Decaux
Sharjah Airport Authority organizes an annual celebration each year to recognize the achievements of the Airport during the previous year and to honor the outstanding employees, partners and departments to enhance the spirit of cooperation between the employees of the Authority.
