Bangkok--27 Feb--Millennium Bangkok Hilton Hotel
Millennium Bangkok Hilton Hotel — Thailand is the host country of the Civil/Military Air Traffic Management Summit “CMAC 2007”, the first worldwide summit ever to be held in Asia. The participants include 250 executives and senior leaders of military and aviation authorities from 36 countries. The summit is held between February 26 - March 1, 2007 at the
Millennium Bangkok Hilton Hotel.
Mr. Sutheera Ariyawanakit, Inspector-General, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transport, Royal Thai Government who presides over the opening ceremony disclosed that “this is the 4th CMAC conference and is the first time ever held in Asia so we are very proud and honored to be chosen the host country of this forum. Over 250 senior leaders and executives of military and aviation authorities from 36 countries worldwide are gathering at this conference, namely military leaders from the People’s Republic of China, Director General of Civil Aviation, United Kingdom, Directors and CEO from international aviation authorities. According to policy of The Ministry of Transport, we always give full support to the air navigation and air traffic service management with regard to most effectiveness and safety achievement. As today’s air
traffic in the region has been rapidly increasing, the effective air traffic management consequently requires collaboration and coordination from all parties concerned in order to successfully serve both military and civil missions. As for Thailand, the Royal Thai Air Force and Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd are working closely on the cooperation in airspace utilization and requirement. We do hope that this conference can be beneficial to all concerned in the improvement in airspace management and can enhance good relationship between Thailand and international aviation communities.
Air Chief Marshal Sommai Dabpetch, Chief of Air Staff, on behalf of the Commander in Chief, Royal Thai Air Force said that “although RTAF’s priority missions are national security and defense, we are also aware of the benefit of the country in general. Due to today’s high increase in aviation fuel price, RTAF recognized that the assistance must be rendered
to the aviation community in order to achieve great savings through airspace utilization. CMAC 2007 can be a venue for participants worldwide to discuss their visions, exchange expertise and co ordination in the promotion and development of military/civil cooperation. At present, RTAF and AEROTHAI is enhancing THAI-CMAC center, a joint effort institutionalized the civil-military cooperation in air traffic management, and we are developing the national airspace system master plan for
effective national airspace management which emphasizes on the organization and management of the national airspace in all areas.”
Dr.Priti Hetrakul, President of Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd. (AEROTHAI) revealed that “AEROTHAI, as a provider of national air navigation service, is entrusted for air traffic management to the efficiency and optimum safety. We, on behalf of the whole nation, are most honored that this CMAC 2007 international conference is hosted in Thailand and we are proud to welcome a large number of participants from distinguished aviation communities. During this 3-day event, the key speakers of each topic who are the executives from both military and civil international aviation authorities will equip and benefit the attendants with knowledge and understanding. In addition, the participants can learn from their expertise and visions particularly on the issue of military-civil aviation. Recently, the requirement of national air traffic and Asia-Pacific region has been rapidly increasing and we anticipate a rising demand of airspace capacity in the near future. In addition,
the airspace requirement for military mission has to be essentially observed for national security. To be well prepared in advance, this international conference needed to be held for seeking opportunities, strategy and plans of military-civil collaboration in order to achieve acceptable mutual solution as well as to cope with evolving needs of worldwide aviation and airspace demand together with the balance in maintaining national security and sovereignty”