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 SauodAl 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.AnLED 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 andChairman 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 potentials 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 Midfasaid, ‘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 behaviours that are necessary for our individual and collective successes as we continue to improve SAA’s overall operating performance.”