The 220th Ordinary Meeting of COCESNA’s Board of Directors was held in Panama, Panama, on January 23, 2020.

This meeting was attended by representatives of: BELIZE Lic. Lindsay Armstrong Garbutt, Director of Civil Aviation, Sr. Kenworth Tillet Norel, Advisor to the Ministry of Tourism; COSTA RICA Ing. Rodolfo Méndez Mata, Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Ing. José Manuel Saenz Scaglietti, Alternate Representative; EL SALVADOR, Ing. Jorge Alberto Puquirre Torres, Director President Board of Directors of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Lic. Francisco José Sol, Director Board CAA; GUATEMALA Cap. Carlos Velásquez Monge, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Cap. Francis Arturo Argueta Aguirre, Director General de Aeronáutica Civil; HONDURAS Gral. Fredy Santiago Díaz Zelaya, Secretary of National Defense, Lic. Wilfredo Lobo Reyes, Executive Director of AHAC; NICARAGUA Cap. Carlos Danilo Salazar, Director of INAC, Dr. Leónidas Vicente Duarte, Legal Advisor of INAC; PANAMA guests: Cap. Gustavo Pérez, General Manager AAC Panama; Mr. Gustavo de León, Deputy General Manager ACC Panamá; COCESNA Mr. Juan Carlos Trabanino, Executive President and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Mr. Mario Crispín Blanco, Internal Auditor, Gen. Manuel Cáceres, ACSA Director, for the Internal Secretariat and Public Relations, Abg. Albert Cárcamo and Ms. Silvia Quezada. GUESTS: Mrs. Ludmilla Gonzáles, Thales; Sr. Andreas Khon, Airbus; Sr. Esteban García, Vaisala; Sr. José luis Penedo, EASA; Mr. Luc Tytgat, EASA; Mr. Nick Reyes, FAA; Carl Johnson, FAA Representative; Sr. Alejandro Parker, Indra; Sr. Fidel González, Indra; Sr. José Mota, Indra; Ms. Olga Abad, Indra; Manuel Ojeda, Morcom; Sr. David Hernandez, IATA.

The Board of Directors discussed the following agenda:

  • Ratification and approval of the Minutes of the Two Hundred and Nineteenth Regular Meeting (219th) held in Petén, Guatemala on December 18, 2019;
  • COCESNA-Civil Aviation Authority Panama Technical Commission Meeting Report;
  • Designation of the Alternate Candidate to the OACI Council;
  • Presentation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA);
  • Exhibition by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA);
  • Exhibition by Thales;
  • Exhibition by Vaisala;
  • Exhibition by Morcom;
  • Exposure by IATA;
  • Exhibition by Airbus;
  • Exhibition by Indra;
  • 2019 Resolutions Compliance Report; and
  • Subject Audit requested by member state of Nicaragua.