AAI flies to dizzying heights with two ATC Excellence awards
15 March 2013 6:16 AM IST
After winning the Janes’ ATC Award last year, this year again Airports Authority of India (AAI) has won two prestigious ATC Excellence Awards in the categories of Excellence in ANSP Management (outside Europe and North America) and Strategic Advancement in Air Transport. Both the awards have been won after contesting with multiple global ANSP leaders.
The Strategic Advancement in Air Transport has been won for AAI’s collaborative environment project Indian Ocean Strategic Partnership Reduced Emission (INSPIRE).It is a recognition of India’s ANS initiative and commitment in establishing a collaborative network of 16 ANSPs, 10 airlines and IATA dedicated to improving the environmental efficiency and sustainability of aviation across the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea Region.
INSPIRE was founded by ANSP partners AAI, Air Services Australia and ATNS in March 2011 and has adopted and promoted best practices that have demonstrated significant operational efficiency and reduction in emission contributing to environmental protection.
The aim of the INSPIRE initiative is to gauge the improved environmental impact of a perfect flight minimising on-ground delays using expeditious taxi routes and runways, conducting gradual climb and descent paths and fly direct optimum routes (user preferred route) based on existing meteorological and airspace conditions.
Airports Authority of India’s significant lead in conducting the user preferred route project involving 1,031 INSPIRE City-Pair flight resulted in carbon savings to the tune of 6,885 tonnes till 28th February 2013. This led to much-needed environmental protection and has attracted worldwide acclaim for AAI.
Undoubtedly, the award for Airports Authority of India is a fitting recognition for India’s continuing strategic effort for a green environment in collaboration with other ANSPs in the region.
The Award for ANSP Excellence for AAI’s entry, Cruising Ahead with Excellence in ANS', is for the significant ANS initiatives that AAI has taken in the recent past, resulting in improved operational efficiency and safety not only in the country but across the region as well.
The entry focused on India’s initiatives, viz upper airspace harmonisation, implementation of reduced horizontal separation on RNAV routes, reduction in separation on major routes based on enhanced and seamless radar coverage, establishment of RNAV-5 routes, continuous descent operations in Mumbai, INSPIRE initiatives, ADS-B implementation, GAGAN, AIDC implementation for automatic coordination between ATS units in addition to Airports Authority of India’s technological leap into Central Air Traffic Flow Management.
The ANS initiatives have till now resulted in total estimated savings of $200 million and achieved a 510 million-KG reduction in carbon emission.
The entry has also highlighted the safety initiative in the region through the Bay of Bengal Arabian Sea Monitoring Agency (BOBASMA), which has the responsibility of safety monitoring services in the horizontal plane in the region.
The Strategic Advancement in Air Transport has been won for AAI’s collaborative environment project Indian Ocean Strategic Partnership Reduced Emission (INSPIRE).It is a recognition of India’s ANS initiative and commitment in establishing a collaborative network of 16 ANSPs, 10 airlines and IATA dedicated to improving the environmental efficiency and sustainability of aviation across the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea Region.
INSPIRE was founded by ANSP partners AAI, Air Services Australia and ATNS in March 2011 and has adopted and promoted best practices that have demonstrated significant operational efficiency and reduction in emission contributing to environmental protection.
The aim of the INSPIRE initiative is to gauge the improved environmental impact of a perfect flight minimising on-ground delays using expeditious taxi routes and runways, conducting gradual climb and descent paths and fly direct optimum routes (user preferred route) based on existing meteorological and airspace conditions.
Airports Authority of India’s significant lead in conducting the user preferred route project involving 1,031 INSPIRE City-Pair flight resulted in carbon savings to the tune of 6,885 tonnes till 28th February 2013. This led to much-needed environmental protection and has attracted worldwide acclaim for AAI.
Undoubtedly, the award for Airports Authority of India is a fitting recognition for India’s continuing strategic effort for a green environment in collaboration with other ANSPs in the region.
The Award for ANSP Excellence for AAI’s entry, Cruising Ahead with Excellence in ANS', is for the significant ANS initiatives that AAI has taken in the recent past, resulting in improved operational efficiency and safety not only in the country but across the region as well.
The entry focused on India’s initiatives, viz upper airspace harmonisation, implementation of reduced horizontal separation on RNAV routes, reduction in separation on major routes based on enhanced and seamless radar coverage, establishment of RNAV-5 routes, continuous descent operations in Mumbai, INSPIRE initiatives, ADS-B implementation, GAGAN, AIDC implementation for automatic coordination between ATS units in addition to Airports Authority of India’s technological leap into Central Air Traffic Flow Management.
The ANS initiatives have till now resulted in total estimated savings of $200 million and achieved a 510 million-KG reduction in carbon emission.
The entry has also highlighted the safety initiative in the region through the Bay of Bengal Arabian Sea Monitoring Agency (BOBASMA), which has the responsibility of safety monitoring services in the horizontal plane in the region.
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