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Senior transport officials to discuss aviation crisis with
ICAO, Germany and Australia
PHUKET: In a bid to ease the country's current aviation woes, the
Transport Ministry is seeking help from the International Civil
Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and preparing a team to visit Germany
and Australia, while South Korea decided yesterday to temporarily
allow Jet Asia Airways to operate charter flights to the country.
Transport Minister ACM Prajin Juntong yesterday said his team - led
by the deputy minister and the Civil Aviation Department directorgeneral - was scheduled to meet with the ICAO president in Canada
from April 20-22 to discuss the situation concerning aviation safety in
Thailand and the impact of air restrictions and bans imposed by
several countries in Asia.
"The ministry is now drawing up an aviation action plan, which will
be completed this week and will be sent to the ICAO, airlines and
aviation authorities in the countries we plan to visit," he said.
The meeting with the head of the ICAO is expected to help ease
restrictions and a ban on Asian air travel due to significant safety
concerns in Japan and South Korea.
The ban resulted in five airlines registered in Thailand being unable
to operate charter flights, extend new routes or increase flight
frequencies into Japan and South Korea during the summer season,
which ends in September.
ACM Prajin said South Korea's Office of Civil Aviation had, however,
given temporary permission to Jet Asia Airways to operate charter
flights to the country, effective through April 15.
The temporary permission is not extended to Asia Atlantic Airlines
and NokScoot, although the two carriers have asked to be allowed
to change their charter-flight service to scheduled operations, he
added.
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"The three airlines had planned a number of charter flights to South Korea
throughout April, carrying 22,119 passengers," said the minister.
As to scheduled flights by Thai Airways International and Thai AirAsia X,
the South Korean authorities said they may relax the rules if the carriers
planned to increase the number of flights.
During talks with South Korea last week, the ministry asked the country to
reconsider its position and grant special permission for Nokscoot and Thai
AirAsia X to operate charter flights into Korea, as the two Thai-based
carriers had shared foreign ownership - with Singaporean and Malaysian
businesses, respectively.
The transport minister said his team was scheduled to meet with the
aviation authorities in China yesterday and today, as well as visiting
Germany and Australia after the Songkran Festival for similar discussions,
despite those countries not having issued restrictions such as those
imposed by Japan.
Meanwhile, Tony Tyler, director-general and chief executive officer of the
International Air Travel Association (IATA), said it was not looking good for
Southeast Asian travellers as two of the region's biggest countries Indonesia and Thailand - were in the spotlight for safety and other lapses.
"To ensure safe flights and comfort, and to realise the full benefits of plans
to liberalize the region's air travel market, Indonesia and Thailand must fix
problems that have been highlighted by global bodies," said an IATA
expert.
As part of plans for Asean to operate as a single aviation market, which
Singapore has been strongly pushing for, all 10 member nations, except
for the Philippines, now allow neighboring carriers to fly without any
restrictions to their capital cities.
Almost all restrictions have also been lifted for flights to other cities.
Alan Tan, professor of aviation law at the National University of Singapore,
said the problems of inadequate infrastructure - airports, runways,
crewing, safety and air traffic control - affected many countries in the
region.
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Thailands Transport Ministry seeks to address concerns
over the safety of planes based in the country, and bring
the Thai aviation sector in line with international
standards.
BANGKOK: Thailands Transport Ministry is drawing is up an
action plan to address concerns over the safety of planes based
in the country, The Nation newspaper reported.
"The ministry is now drawing up an aviation action plan, which
will be completed this week and will be sent to the the
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), airlines and
aviation authorities in the countries we plan to visit," Transport
Minister Prajin Juntong told The Nation.
The daily also reported that Mr Prajin and his team from the
Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) will head to ICAO
headquarters in Canada from Apr 20 to 22 to discuss the ongoing
safety situation surrounding Thai aviation.
ICAO, a United Nations body, recently reported "significant safety
concerns" to the DCA after an audit earlier in the year.
In response, Japan last week blocked new flights from Thailand in
a move affecting charter services by budget carriers Thai AirAsia
X and NokScoot as well as Asia Atlantic Airlines, said the DCA,
adding existing flights would not be impacted. Charter flights
from flag carrier Thai Airways have also been hit.
On Tuesday, South Korea allowed Thai-based Jet Asia Airways to
temporarily operate charter flights to the country, but several
other Thai carriers remain unable to do so or increase their flights
to South Korea and Japan until September.
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The action plan drawn up by the Transport Ministry involves
getting the DCA in shape so that they can handle the inspection
of safety standards of all Thai-based carriers.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore says these
inspections have ramped up after the International Civil
Aviation Organisation (ICAO) reported significant safety
concerns in Thai carriers earlier this year, but no
restrictions have been imposed.
SINGAPORE: The surveillance and ramp inspections of Thai carriers
aircraft operations in the Republic have been stepped up, said the Civil
Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) in a news release on Thursday
(Apr 2).
Its statement came after the International Civil Aviation Organisation
(ICAO) reported significant safety concerns in Thai carriers earlier in the
year. The Thai government has since said it would urgently improve airline
safety in the country.
CAAS added it has not imposed any restrictions on Thai airlines. This is
unlike other countries like Japan, who blocked new flights from Thailand
last week a move which affected charter services by budget carriers
such as Thai AirAsia X and NokScoot.
In the release, CAAS said it has in place a Foreign Operators Surveillance
Programme (FOSP), under which foreign carriers are required to have an
Operations Permit from CAAS to operate in Singapore.
The release said that CAAS evaluates an application for an Operations
Permit using a risk-based methodology, which takes into consideration
factors such as the safety oversight capability of the State of Operator, the
operational capability of the carrier and the safety records of the aircraft.
In assessing a foreign carrier's operations, CAAS takes into consideration
safety information from other aviation authorities including the outcomes
of the inspections or audits they conduct, it added.
CAAS also conducts periodic ramp inspections on the foreign carrier's
aircraft when they are in Singapore; the frequency of which is dependent
on CAAS assessment of the carrier.
The regulator assured that any major deficiencies found in the ramp
inspections have to be addressed by the carrier for it to continue
operations in Singapore.
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Raj Sivakumar, Jet Airways Chief Commercial Officer, said: The
Mumbai Indians partnership is without question one of our most
exciting sponsorship properties and were thrilled to work with the
team again for the 2015 Pepsi IPL.
The brand exposure that both airlines will gain throughout the next
two months of the IPL will be phenomenal and we look forward to
supporting the Mumbai Indians as Rohit Sharma and his team looks
to win the title for the second time.
Akash Ambani of Mumbai Indians said, We are delighted to renew
our association with international brands like Etihad Airways and Jet
Airways as Principle Sponsor. The core values of our brands are
synergistic in aiming to delight our patrons.
This renewal reinforces the unique value that Mumbai Indians
represents and offers to its partners. We look forward to
strengthening our relationship across all platforms.
Among the highlights of the sponsorship agreement will be the
display of extensive Etihad Airways and Jet Airways branding and
messaging beamed across LED pitch-side advertising and on giant
screens in the Wankhede Stadium.
that India has "worked hard" to get back the status.
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Thats just basic attrition. That does not count those
who get sick or quit aviation or they go work for another
company. (And) thats just to American, Brice said.
That number will increase, so thats why we want to be
partners in a pipeline program with schools like TSTC,
so that we get a constant flow of pilots for the future so
that we can keep flying our schedule.
TSTC has a similar agreement with Utah-based SkyWest
Airlines. But the partnership with the Fort Worth-based
American Airlines aligns more closely with the colleges
mission of producing graduates for the Texas workforce.
TSTC in 2013 switched to a new state funding formula in
which it is allocated state money based on the earnings
of graduates who obtain jobs in Texas.
Its very, very, very important now that we are able to
have this opportunity for (students) to be able to get
jobs, TSTC Vice President of Student Learning Dale
McCall said at the signing ceremony for the agreement.
Part of our funding will now come from placing our
students . . . so this affords us to do that.
Pearce said TSTC students will benefit from being able
to interact with a major airline earlier in their studies and
will gain insight into the culture of American Airlines
before they begin their careers as pilots.
The partnership will target students who have graduated
and are beginning work as flight instructors at TSTC.
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The agreement is to get our seasoned graduates on a
fast track to American Airlines, Pearce said. Envoy is
coaching them, providing them with guidance to advise
them on their career, giving them the ability to see their
facilities in Dallas at DFW (International Airport),
interacting with their people, and put them in a place to
get an interview.
Pearce said the initiative also will allow graduates to
more quickly earn the minimum flight hours they need to
apply for positions with a commercial airline. Pearce said
airlines typically require a minimum of 1,250 flight hours,
but pilot students usually graduate from TSTC with
about 250 hours.
Flight instructors then can earn about 170 hours of flight
time a month, so it would normally take graduates about
six months after completing the program to earn the
hours needed to seek a position at an airline.
Its a very good thing for the college, its a very good
thing for our graduates, and of course its a very good
thing for the flying public, Pearce said. TSTC produces
top-notch aviators, and the airlines are clamoring for our
graduates.
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More than 80 per cent of the mishandled bags in 2014 were
delayed, with transfers between connecting flights the
leading cause of late delivery. In 2014, mishandled transfer
bags accounted for 49 per cent of all delayed bags or 11.81
million bags; however, the majority of bags were reunited
with passengers within one to two days.
Airlines and airports are continuing to invest in new
technology to optimize passenger and baggage processing,
including self bag tagging, self bag drop, systems
automation and bag ticketing.
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By 2017, around 69 per cent of airlines said they would provide
passengers with real-time updates on the location of their bags,
with 66 per cent looking to provide these updates via smartphone
apps. In addition, both airlines and airports are looking for new
ways to enable passengers to file missing bag reports themselves.
Around 18 per cent of airlines already offer passengers the ability
to report missing bags via self-service kiosks and 10 per cent via
smartphone apps; by 2017, nearly two-thirds of airlines expect to
offer these services.
Baggage tracking is set to improve further in coming years as a
result of IATA Resolution 753: Baggage Tracking. The resolution,
which goes into effect in 2018, requires IATA members to maintain
an accurate inventory of baggage by monitoring the acquisition
and delivery of baggage.
For example, BagJourney, SITAs end-to-end baggage tracking
solution for the air transport community, provides a cost-efficient
and accurate method of tracking passengers bags anywhere along
their journey from check-in to the destination airport. It can also
enable passengers to access information on the location of their
bags at any time when the airline provides this service and
passengers subscribe to it.
SITA has led the air transport industry in providing baggage
tracking and tracing solutions for the air transport community
more than 20 years. Today, more than 200 airports and 500 airlines
worldwide use its baggage management solutions. By facilitating
communications between airlines and local baggage handling and
reconciliation systems, SITA helps ensure that bags reach their
correct destination.
Its proprietary BagMessage system delivers more than 2.5 billion
messages between airline departure control systems and
automated baggage systems annually. And more than 2,800 airport
locations use WorldTracer, SITA's system which traces mishandled
bags globally.
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