At a recent International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference on global navigation and oceanic operations, IBAC director general Donald Spruston outlined worldwide corporate activities to a primarily airline-oriented audience. He stressed his organization’s continuing need to be involved in the development of oceanic standards and procedures and in the implementation and planning process. “The business aviation community,” he said, “is prepared to work with other users, service providers and others in designing the system for the future.”
The main thrust of the conference, held in Banff, Canada, centered on current and future technologies, such as FANS, ADS, CPDLC and RVSM, which are gradually being introduced in various oceanic areas around the world. As one speaker emphasized, oceanic airspace is a much better proving ground for these technologies than the domestic environment.
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