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FEATURE ASIAN ATM
and technologically diverse states and leading to developing. “compared to
air navigation service Providers (ansPs) europe and north america, there is a
in what will soon be the largest single ‘building block’ missing in respect to the
aviation market in the world, li says management of traffic flows,” he says. at
that the most urgent driver is likely to the moment there is simply a conjoining
come from another more basic direction management of individual segments of
– bums on seats. airspace with no network overview and
“Given the robust demand for air management. “Operators are subject
travel within the region, the need to seemingly ad-hoc individual ansP
for a seamless sky to optimise the flow management restrictions with no
airspace capacity as well as atM transparency or predictability,” says
operating efficiency, the progressive dell, and as air traffic volumes continue
implementation of seamless sky is a to grow this is becoming an ever more
logical development [and will be] driven significant issue.
by demand,” he says.
a similar, business-driven opinion Show us the money
Owen Dell, Manager comes from Owen dell, Manager of With almost all new aircraft now supplied
International Operations International Operations at cathay ready – or easy to retrofit – with the most
at Cathay Pacific Airlines Pacific airlines. although he sees advanced atM hardware and software,
the current provision as not exactly there is little reason to delay advanced
hindering airlines and carriers, he solutions – other than the two big
does admit that current atM service bugbears: cost and training. as Iata’s
provision in many areas is “struggling Mclean says, in order to have a realistic
to accommodate the tremendous traffic road map in place by 2013, there may
growth that has taken place and which well need to be provision for alternative
is forecast to continue.” he points out funding mechanisms for some of the
that ansPs in asia are at varying stages developing states in the region. Once
of development, ranging from world- a clear regulatory framework and
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