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AAPA Welcomes Air
Astana as Member

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
(AAPA) has inducted Air Astana as a full
member of the association.
Commenting at the IATA annual
general meeting in Doha, Andrew
Herdman, AAPA Director General said,
“We are very pleased to welcome Air
Astana as a full member of AAPA. As
a dynamic and growing carrier, we
welcome Air Astana’s commitment Lion Group’s First Airbus Rolls Out
and support in working together with The first Airbus aircraft for Indonesia’s its growing domestic and regional
other carriers in the region for the Lion Group has rolled out of the paint network.
collective benefit of the industry. AAPA shop hangar in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first from a
will continue to articulate Asia Pacific With the airline’s colourful livery, major order placed by the Lion Group
perspectives on global aviation policy the aircraft will be delivered in Q3 in March 2013 for a total of 234 A320
issues, to promote the successful 2014 and will be operated by Lion Family aircraft (109 A320neo, 65
development of the industry.” Group’s full service unit Batik Air on A321neo and 60 A320ceo).

Satellite-Based Landing System at Sydney Airport

A new aircraft landing system known as management, Airservices is focused
SmartPath has been brought into service on delivering new satellite-based
at Sydney Airport – the first of its type in performance-driven air navigation
the southern hemisphere. systems for the 21st century,” said Mr
The SmartPath technology (otherwise Rodwell.
known as a Ground Based Augmentation If required SmartPath is capable
System, GBAS), is a precision approach of providing up to 26 simultaneous
and landing system allowing suitably instrument approaches within a 42km
equipped aircraft to land within one radius from the airport. The system will
metre of the runway centre line in low also reduce maintenance and provide
visibility conditions. more efficient calibration than traditional
Airservices Acting Chief Executive instrument landing systems (ILS).
Officer, Mark Rodwell, said that the “The air travel industry in Australia
technology improves the accuracy of has grown exponentially over the years
aircraft positioning and can reliably driven by both outbound travel and local
guide aircraft along a predictable, domestic demand and Sydney Airport
precise landing path by correcting Global remains the busiest in the country,” said
Positioning System (GPS) errors and Brian Davis, vice president, Airlines, Asia
transmitting data directly to an aircraft’s Pacific, Honeywell Aerospace.
flight management system. “Honeywell’s GBAS is a cost-effective
“By integrating SmartPath and other and easy-to-install solution that has a
GPS-based operations with air traffic number of potential benefits.”

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