SINGAPORE—To spur aviation safety awareness and information sharing in the Asia-Pacific region, the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) will open a new regional office in Singapore in the coming months.
The Asia Pacific Center for Aviation Safety was announced by Singapore minister of transport S. Iswaran at the inaugural Asia Pacific Summit of Aviation Safety. “It will also contribute to the sharing of insights and recommendations to increase safety awareness and encourage regional collaboration,” Iswaran said.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will help fund the center to support the initial set-up and its activities for the first five years.
The center will work on three key projects in 2023, namely the identification of regional-specific “key risk areas” by pulling safety data from regulators and industry, establishing and promoting the capabilities needed to maintain effective safety leadership, as well as examining and promulgating best practices on pilot training.
Mitchell Fox was appointed director for the center. Fox served 30 years in the ICAO as chief of the TRAINAIR program, chief of the operational safety section, and chief of strategic planning and regional affairs coordination within the Office of the Secretary General.
“[Aviation safety] requires close collaboration amongst regulators and industry across countries, given its cross-border nature. The setting up of the regional safety center is timely and provides a common platform for such collaboration,” CAAS Director-General Han Kok Juan said. “Singapore is deeply honored to host the center [and] to do our part to contribute to thought leadership and aviation safety standards in the Asia-Pacific region.”
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