Regional Round-Up
AirAsia’s Fernandes wants single Asean regulator
February 1st 2015
As news becomes available about the contents of Indonesia AirAsia QZ8501’s flight and voice recorders, AirAsia Group boss, Tony Fernandes, has joined in calls for changes to the region’s air safety systems. Read More » “It’s time for Asean institutions to step forward, for commonality, for standardization and for quality,” he said. “We should have one Asean regulator for air traffic, one Asean safety standard and one pilot training qualification so there will be mobility of the workforce.”
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“Asean is not just open skies. It is about having some Asean standardization and institutions to advance the Asean aviation industry,” he said.
Asean is pushing ahead with plans for a single aviation market, or “open skies” in 2015, that will allow its members’ airlines unlimited access to the markets of each other. However, execution of Asean open skies in terms of adopting uniform technical and safety standards have been low priorities to date.
