Bangkok--9 Dec--TASA CIRCLES
Through training and development opportunities, New Zealand can help Thailand remain globally competitive in the aviation industry.
Recent research shows that the Asia-Pacific region is expected to require 70,000 extra pilots in the next 8-10 years. New Zealand’s aviation industry provides a comprehensive range of one-stop solutions to international customers.
Trade Commissioner for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Thailand, Karlene Davis says, “New Zealand is able to offers its expertise and meet the Thai market demand for education in areas like cabin services, flight simulators and training, maintenance engineering, emergency aviation training, aviation English language courses and more.”
“In recognition of these needs and to communicate our capabilities, Ian Stockwell, Sector Manager — Education at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is visiting Thailand from 20 to 21 November 2008 to outline how New Zealand can meet Thailand’s aviation needs,” Ms Davis.
New Zealand possesses nine per cent of the world’s airspace with the added benefit of it being uncluttered airspace. New Zealand also has a diverse geography and weather ideal for year-round flight training. It has established globally recognised industry standards in extreme environments which are ideal for conducting such flight test engineering trials.
Aviation New Zealand chief executive, John Nicholson, sees the aviation sector as a “specialised, globally connected, high-value, growing and sustainable service and manufacturing industry based on 21st Century technologies”. As a result New Zealand’s knowledge and specialisation can meet Thailand’s various areas of need in aviation.”
Various training organisations maintain high standards set by ISO, New Zealand Standards and the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority — standards similar to other leading aviation regulations such as the United States Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency.
In 2007, Air New Zealand, Airways New Zealand, the FAA and Airservices Australia formed the Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE), with the goal of reducing emissions and making commercial air travel more environmentally sustainable.
New Zealanders were early users of commercial flights and the country was the first to import aircraft from international manufacturer Boeing early in the 20th Century.