CIVAIR: SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA, ADOPTING A REGIONAL

UNCLAS PARAMARIBO 000187 SIPDIS DEPT FOR WHA/CAR: MSEIBEL USDOT FOR FOREST RAWLS III AND DAWN FLANAGAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAIR EAID PREL NS SUBJECT: CIVAIR: SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA, ADOPTING A REGIONAL APPROACH TO AVIATION SAFETY OVERSIGHT REF: RAWLS-LAMPRON EMAIL 2-26-04 ¶1. IN RESPONSE TO THE FEBRUARY 26 REQUEST BY FAA DESK OFFICER FOR NIGERIA AND AFRICAN MULTILATERAL ISSUES FOREST RAWLS, THE EMBASSY PURCHASED ECONOMY-CLASS TICKETS FOR VIVIAN HANENBERG, DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY, TO ATTEND A MISSION IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, FROM MARCH 8-12, 2004. ¶2. HANENBERG'S TRAVEL ITINERARY IS AS FOLLOWS: -DEPARTURE FROM ZANDERIJ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME AT 4:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2004, ON FLIGHT NUMBER 884 WITH BRITISH WEST INDIES AIRWAYS, ARRIVAL AT 4:25 A.M. IN PIARCO AIRPORT, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. -DEPARTURE FROM PIARCO AIRPORT AT 9:15 A.M. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2004, ON FLIGHT NUMBER 484 WITH BRITISH WEST INDIES AIRWAYS, ARRIVAL AT 12:10 P.M. IN MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MIAMI, FLORIDA. -DEPARTURE FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 10:45 A.M. ON SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004, ON FLIGHT NUMBER 989 WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES, ARRIVAL AT 12:33 P.M. IN JUAN SANTA MARIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA. -DEPARTURE FROM JUAN SANTA MARIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 10:05 A.M. ON FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004, ON FLIGHT NUMBER 2152 WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES, ARRIVAL AT 1:49 P.M. IN MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. -DEPARTURE FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 4:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004, ON FLIGHT NUMBER 483 WITH BRITISH WEST INDIES AIRWAYS, ARRIVAL AT 8:30 P.M. IN PIARCO AIRPORT. -DEPARTURE FROM PIARCO AIRPORT AT 1:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004, ON FLIGHT NUMBER 883 WITH BRITISH WEST INDIES AIRWAYS, ARRIVAL AT 12:55 A.M. ON SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2004, IN ZANDERIJ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ¶3. THE EMBASSY HAS PURCHASED HANENBERG'S TICKETS, WHICH HE HAS ALREADY COLLECTED. THE EMBASSY HAS VERIFIED THAT HANENBERG DOES NOT REQUIRE A NEW VISA FOR HIS TRAVEL VIA THE US. BARNES NNNN