SINGAPORE: Global airspace is divided into different Flight Information Regions (FIR), and these demarcations do not necessarily follow territorial boundaries. The Singapore FIR, which has been managed by authorities here since 1946 as mandated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), curre
Singapore’s Transport Minister S Iswaran had also said then that the FIR Agreement is mutually beneficial and will meet the current and future needs of Changi Airport and Indonesian airports.that following the completion of the domestic processes in Singapore and Indonesia respectively to ratify the FIR Agreement, technical teams will then have to work through detailed coordination procedures. Both sides will consult stakeholders and submit a proposal to ICAO for approval, he added.
Dr Lee added that the agreement between two states – in this case Singapore and Indonesia – is the starting point for changing the FIR. “In practice, once the two states agree on the change , the rest states and the ICAO Council then supports the change,” said Dr Lee.Mr Ridha Aditya Nugraha, an expert in international air and space law, said that the earliest possible time for the FIR realignment to be legally recognised through the Aeronautical Information Publication would be in the later half of 2024.
“As long as Indonesia could guarantee Malaysia pertaining to its state aircraft operations between the West and East , there is no reason for Malaysia to reject ,” said Mr Ridha. “Let’s say we are talking about restricted areas - it is an area not open to the general civil aviation aircraft unless they obtain a certain permit to do so… The is still being drafted at the moment,” he said.
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