- New regional initiative aims to help ANSPs, airlines and airports improve airspace management in APAC, the world’s fastest-growing aviation market.
- Thales and Aireon are giving ANSPs and airlines free access to trial an advanced flow management tool, enabling greater collaboration across the region’s highly fragmented airspace.
The Asia-Pacific aviation market is projected to grow by up to 72% by 2030. Thales and Aireon are partnering to identify, evaluate and develop operational concepts that will help ANSPs (Air Navigation Service Providers), airlines and airports across the APAC region improve traffic flow across the airspace. This collaboration aims to help the industry prepare for rapid traffic growth and address the increasing congestion across some of the world’s busiest and most complex airspaces.
Thales is providing free access to its cloud-based TopSky-Flow platform, an advanced solution designed to help ANSPs manage traffic flow across their airspace and airports. The tool is powered by the AireonFLOW space-based ADS-B surveillance product.
This unique trial program will allow ANSPs to safely explore “what-if” operational scenarios, engage in collaborative discussions around real-world challenges, and strengthen coordination between ANSPs and airlines to optimise regional traffic flow.
The initiative builds on Thales’ “Better Skies for Asia” program, launched in 2024 in response to the CANSO Asia Pacific ATM Modernisation white paper, which provides direction and keys to APAC ANSPs in accelerating the modernisation of Air Traffic Management systems across the region.
“Asia’s airspace is among the most complex and fragmented in the world. This initiative gives all aviation stakeholders a practical way to work together, explore ‘what-if’ scenarios and openly discuss shared challenges such as congestion and cross-border coordination. We’re proud to be bringing the region’s ANSPs together to identify smarter, more collaborative ways to manage traffic and improve the overall efficiency of APAC’s airspace.” Nicolas Bouverot, Vice President, Asia Region, Thales.
