Low-Cost Technology to Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency : Investment Program Brings Modernized Aviation Information Technology to Pacific Islands

The World Bank’s Pacific Aviation Investment Program (PAIP) is bringing state-of-the-art air traffic management and satellite-based ground communications to airports and small aircraft operators in seven Pacific island countries and territories. Th...

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Main Authors:	De Serio, Christopher, Giovannitti, Aldo
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	air traffic control aviation safety traffic surveillance information technology ICT ADS-B VSAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172501488864629403/Low-cost-technology-to-improve-aviation-safety-and-efficiency-investment-program-brings-modernized-aviation-information-technology-to-Pacific-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26298

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spelling	okr-10986-262982021-05-25T10:54:44Z Low-Cost Technology to Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency : Investment Program Brings Modernized Aviation Information Technology to Pacific Islands De Serio, Christopher Giovannitti, Aldo air traffic control aviation safety traffic surveillance information technology ICT ADS-B VSAT The World Bank’s Pacific Aviation Investment Program (PAIP) is bringing state-of-the-art air traffic management and satellite-based ground communications to airports and small aircraft operators in seven Pacific island countries and territories. These advances, coming online in 2017, will vastly improve the safety and efficiency of South Pacific aviation and further its global integration. The air traffic surveillance equipment, known as ADS-B, surpasses the abilities of radar to locate aircraft en route and does so at one-tenth the cost. ADS-B increases the safety of flying and improves search and rescue operations; it also enables more efficient flight routing, which saves fuel and reduces greenhouse gases. The installation of the surveillance equipment at ground stations in five Pacific island countries, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, and in smaller aircraft will significantly broaden the coverage of aviation activity across the region. A new satellite-based ground-to-ground communications network will link those five countries plus Cook Islands and Niue. The network will be resistant to natural disasters, thus improving emergency preparedness and response. More broadly, strengthening aviation-related communications in the Pacific will help integrate the Asia-Pacific region with global developments in air traffic information systems. 2017-03-16T20:57:08Z 2017-03-16T20:57:08Z 2017-02 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172501488864629403/Low-cost-technology-to-improve-aviation-safety-and-efficiency-investment-program-brings-modernized-aviation-information-technology-to-Pacific-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26298 English en_US Connections; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific Oceania Cook Islands Kiribati Niue Samoa Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
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description	The World Bank’s Pacific Aviation Investment Program (PAIP) is bringing state-of-the-art air traffic management and satellite-based ground communications to airports and small aircraft operators in seven Pacific island countries and territories. These advances, coming online in 2017, will vastly improve the safety and efficiency of South Pacific aviation and further its global integration. The air traffic surveillance equipment, known as ADS-B, surpasses the abilities of radar to locate aircraft en route and does so at one-tenth the cost. ADS-B increases the safety of flying and improves search and rescue operations; it also enables more efficient flight routing, which saves fuel and reduces greenhouse gases. The installation of the surveillance equipment at ground stations in five Pacific island countries, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, and in smaller aircraft will significantly broaden the coverage of aviation activity across the region. A new satellite-based ground-to-ground communications network will link those five countries plus Cook Islands and Niue. The network will be resistant to natural disasters, thus improving emergency preparedness and response. More broadly, strengthening aviation-related communications in the Pacific will help integrate the Asia-Pacific region with global developments in air traffic information systems.
format	Brief
author	De Serio, Christopher Giovannitti, Aldo
author_facet	De Serio, Christopher Giovannitti, Aldo
author_sort	De Serio, Christopher
title	Low-Cost Technology to Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency : Investment Program Brings Modernized Aviation Information Technology to Pacific Islands
title_short	Low-Cost Technology to Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency : Investment Program Brings Modernized Aviation Information Technology to Pacific Islands
title_full	Low-Cost Technology to Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency : Investment Program Brings Modernized Aviation Information Technology to Pacific Islands
title_fullStr	Low-Cost Technology to Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency : Investment Program Brings Modernized Aviation Information Technology to Pacific Islands
title_full_unstemmed	Low-Cost Technology to Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency : Investment Program Brings Modernized Aviation Information Technology to Pacific Islands
title_sort	low-cost technology to improve aviation safety and efficiency : investment program brings modernized aviation information technology to pacific islands
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/172501488864629403/Low-cost-technology-to-improve-aviation-safety-and-efficiency-investment-program-brings-modernized-aviation-information-technology-to-Pacific-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26298
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Low-Cost Technology to Improve Aviation Safety and Efficiency : Investment Program Brings Modernized Aviation Information Technology to Pacific Islands

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