RIYADH: The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has approved the distinguished employee award program for airport employees around the Kingdom.

The program is designed to detect individual’s talent in each sector and reward them for their efforts to ensure the development and application of the spirit of excellence and fair competition among all civil servants at various level.

Naim Shabana, assistant to the president for central services, pointed out that the program is one of GACA’s efforts of developing HR and administrative management.”

Shabana praised the significant role played by Tariq Abadduljabar, assistant to the president for airports for his sizable contribution to the success of the program.

Shabana explained the strategy of the program and said it intended to explore individual talents in the sector and reward them for their efforts to ensure the development and application of the spirit of excellence and fair competition among all civil servants at various levels.

He pointed out that the launch of the program coincides with the steps GACA has taken toward privatization, highlighting the concept of customer service to be an essential and strategic focus of all the departments and airports objectives.

He added that the program is intended to bring out individual talent and fair competition among staff and to create an atmosphere of adherence to customer service in all of our airports. It’s a way of pinpointing those traits that can be identified and rewarded.

The program in its first edition covers airport sector employees, whether working at the Kingdom’s domestic airports or the sectors assigned to it. A feasibility study will be made to measure it effectiveness to the rest of GACA’s sectors.