Commercial air transport expansion in the Asia Pacific Region without compromising safety depends largely on exchanging routine operational data and best practices, and adopting integrated systems, say a number of airline, manufacturing and government specialists. In November, they told Flight Safety Foundation’s 64th annual International Air Safety Seminar (IASS) in Singapore, however, that further risk reduction worldwide also requires addressing threats that have been a low priority or only recently have received serious attention.
“The biggest, all-encompassing challenge is rising air travel demand,” said Lui Tuck Yew, minister of transport and second minister for foreign affairs of Singapore. “Based on projections by Airbus, outside of the traditional cores of North America, Western Europe and Japan, air traffic in emerging markets will account for an overwhelming 70 percent of global volumes by 2030. … With more crowded airspace, aerodromes and increasingly complex fut…
