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The CANSO ATM Podcast Episode 25 – Inside VATM’s Digital Airspace Transformation

ICAO has set a hard deadline: by 2034, every country must retire its old paper-style flight plans for fully digital data exchange. In this episode, we sit down with Nguyen Manh Tung, Director of the CNS Department at VATM, Vietnam’s …

07/09/2026

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Will there be a Xiaomi equivalent for ATM tech?   

The inaugural Airspace Asia Pacific took place in Hong Kong, China in December. It was a vibrant marketplace of ideas with the meeting of minds between ANSP policy makers, operational practitioners across the region, and the ATM tech industry. Many …

28/01/2026

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My hopes and expectations for Airspace Asia Pacific  

Thomas Kuhn was a physicist turned historian and philosopher.  In his seminal work The Structure of Scientific Revolution, he argued that science does not progress in a linear manner.  Science works within a set of accepted ideas.  …

24/09/2025

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CANSO Global Safety Conference – Getting to grips with GAPPRI

Ahead of the CANSO Global Safety Conference, we spoke with James Lewis, Senior Aviation Consultant, Think Research. James Lewis specialises in aviation safety, project management, concept development and analytics. He has supported major safety initiatives, including safety assessments for runway …

24/02/2025

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Technology for APAC ATM – from APAC ATM White Paper to Airspace APAC   

The APAC ATM White Paper was circulated to numerous ATM technology companies upon its completion in early 2024. While the White Paper has identified regional challenges and broad solutions, there is a need for greater granularity of the required technology and …

07/02/2025

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Why regional: The West and the rest in aviation  

Why Regional: The West and the Rest in Aviation   “Getting it wrong is mostly not about ignorance or culture. As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.” Why Nations …

21/01/2025

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