India has initiated the process of consolidating its four airspace regions into one encompassing the entire nation to streamline and improve air traffic management.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), responsible for air traffic management (ATM) services, recently called for expressions of interest (EoI) to prepare a detailed project report for Indian Single Sky Harmonised Air Traffic Management at Nagpur (ISHAN).
This move is expected to benefit both airlines and passengers by enhancing operational efficiency, increasing flight handling capacity, and reducing congestion and flight times.
Currently, the AAI provides ATM services over Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas, covering over 2.8 million square nautical miles. This airspace is divided into four flight information regions (FIRs) at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai, along with a sub-flight information region at Guwahati.
Unifying these FIRs will centralise management and control at a single point, Nagpur, making…