Stakeholder performance influences aviation security, safety

CIVIL Aviation Minister Alfred Manase says aviation safety and security are influenced by the performance and collaboration of stakeholders in the industry.
He was speaking yesterday when he opened a high level three-day aviation safety and security conference in Kokopo, East New Britain attended by senior officials from Civil Aviation Safety Authority PNG (Casa), National Airports Corporation, airline operators, Accident Investigation Commission, Rural Airstrip Agency and Central Governor Robert Agarobe.
Manase said security threats were a serious reality everywhere and were becoming more complex.
He said aviation safety must continue to take top priority in both domestic and international policy making.
Collaboration was therefore needed to extend beyond each entity to cover various industry partners and the conference was a good example of that, Manase said
“Partnership between all stakeholders will reduce capacity issues and improve efficiency in airspace and airports,” he said.
“I encourage all attending the conference not to operate independent systems in isolation and focus on your own outcomes without shared situational awareness across the wider aviation community.” The minister said this limited perspective on the operation of the aviation system as a whole could result in widespread inefficiencies.
“Let us openly share information on aviation safety and security issues, capacity issues, weather issues, environmental issues and embrace the digital technological that are already in place,” he said.
Manase said the conference met the Casa corporate plan objective for a full and frank consultation with the industry involving effective interaction with stakeholders.
He urged all stakeholders to consider the conference as important in addressing emerging challenges and how technology was vital in impacting aviation operations.
The theme of the conference is ‘Digital technology — aviation connectivity challenging traditional aviation business model’.