Recognizing the need to improve safety
and efficiency of flight operations through innovative procedures in Asia, ICAO
Council agreed to establish a Regional Sub-Office (RSO) of the Asia Pacific
(APAC) Office on 14 November 2011 with the objectives to enhance airspace
capacity and efficiency to accommodate Asian aviation growth and optimize ATM
operations via collaborative management of traffic flow. The Regional
Sub-Office (RSO) was inaugurated on 27 June 2013 and is hosted in Beijing by
the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The regional officers are
seconded by APAC States (China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Republic of Korea,
Singapore and IATA).
