REGIONAL UPDATE

Manager for communications and brand marketing, Yuman Lau, rounds-up the latest news and developments from ACI Asia-Pacific.

ACI ASIA-PACIFIC REITERATES CALL FOR ADOPTION OF ONE-STOP SECURITY

ACI Asia-Pacific participated at the 9th Annual Technical and Operational Meeting (ATOM) of the Cooperative Aviation Security Programme – Asia Pacific (CASP-AP) in Singapore in early February 2023.

The event, hosted by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), is a regional ICAO programme designed to provide technical assistance to Asia-Pacific States looking to enhance security at their airports.

Attended by over 30 representatives from a host of States and industry associations, the two-day meeting addressed some of the training and capacity building initiatives in aviation security and the priority areas that the CAS-AP should focus on in the coming year.

Gary Leung, ACI Asia-Pacific’s manager for security and facilitation, was invited to give a presentation on the ACI APEX in Security programme.

At the meeting, ACI Asia-Pacific reiterated the importance of OSS to the sustainability of the civil aviation industry, and encouraged States to share challenges and difficulties in implementation at future MID-RASFG meetings.

Insights On The Role Of Airports In Adoption Of Saf

In February, ACI Asia-Pacific participated in a series of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Webinars organised by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

The webinars aimed at exchanging insights on the scale up of SAF in South East Asia, and to facilitate establishing partnerships among interested parties. More than 120 participants from all ASEAN members joined the the sessions.

Ken Lau, our senior manager for the environment and IT, provided an overview of ACI Asia-Pacific’s advocacy on airport environmental and sustainability issues, highlighting the ongoing decarbonisation efforts of airports.

Together with ACI Asia-Pacific, Takahiro Ohmiya, manager of the business group of the refuelling business for Narita International Airport Corporation, shared his experiences on how governments and the aviation industry can work closely together to increase SAF supplies to airports.

WEBINAR SERIES: AIRPORTS GOING BEYOND GREEN BUILDING