Aerospace Diary

AIN AIR TRANSPORT PERSPECTIVE  »  NOVEMBER 18, 2013 by    NEELAM MATHEWS AAPA director general Andrew Herdman. November 18, 2013, 9:40 AM Lack of infrastructure and regulatory cohesion challenge the growth of the Asia-Pacific region’s airlines, said Andrew Herdman, president and director general of the 15-airline Association of Asia Pacific Airlines ( AAPA ). Herdman and other industry officials warned of rising air traffic congestion at  AAPA ’s 57th Assembly of Presidents, held November 14 and 15 in Hong Kong. The Association of South East Asian countries (Asean) will begin implementing an Open Skies liberalization policy in 2015. Already, with seven of the world’s top 10 busiest routes located in Asia, the region sorely misses a single regulatory body like the  U.S.  Federal Aviation Administration to control its congested airspace. Every nation has its own set of regulations related to airspace management...

Paris Air Show  »  2013 by  Neelam Mathews Saab remote tower in Bodo, Norway. June 18, 2013, 12:30 AM As air traffic grows at a frantic pace, India has to deal with the challenges posed by ageing air traffic management ( ATM ) infrastructure and the need to train more air traffic controllers ( ATCO s). Progress is being made, however, despite a very limited budget. For example, Saab (Chalets A278, Static D146)–the first company to introduce the remote tower having spent five years developing and demonstrating them globally–is in discussions with the Airports Authority of India ( AAI ) to set up a pilot remote tower (r- TWR ) by 2015. Saab’s acquisition of U.S Sensis and HITT of the Netherlands, gave it a market advantage in India as both companies are associated with major programs, including ground mo...