Airways New Zealand has received a contract from the Samoa Airport Authority to assist with the modernisation of air traffic management (ATM) systems and infrastructure at Faleolo International Airport in Samoa, Oceania. This World Bank-funded contract is worth $25m.
Under the Pacific Aviation Investment Programme (PAIP), the World Bank is financing its package of upgrades at the airfield. The upgrade project will be developing airport infrastructure and operations for strengthening aviation safety and security across the Pacific.
As per the deal, Airways New Zealand will consult on the design and procurement of air traffic control equipment, air navigation aid, and airfield ground lighting systems for Faleolo International Airport. Additionally, the airlines will even have to manage the deployment of new air traffic management systems at the airport.
Airways New Zealand chief operating officer Pauline Lamb said, "Airways' vision for the Pacific is to enable the same standard of infrastructure, service and safety we provide in New Zealand.
Lamb added, "To do this we need to ensure modern infrastructure is in place."
As per the PAIP's contract, Airways New Zealand will help in extension of the PASNet network, an aviation specific satellite communication system for the Pacific.
Lamb said, "PASNet will ultimately link air traffic organisations in eight Pacific states with a more robust and reliable voice and data connection."
Airways New Zealand deployed its first satellite communications station in Tonga nearly eight years earlier.
Under the Pacific Aviation Investment Programme (PAIP), the World Bank is financing its package of upgrades at the airfield. The upgrade project will be developing airport infrastructure and operations for strengthening aviation safety and security across the Pacific.
As per the deal, Airways New Zealand will consult on the design and procurement of air traffic control equipment, air navigation aid, and airfield ground lighting systems for Faleolo International Airport. Additionally, the airlines will even have to manage the deployment of new air traffic management systems at the airport.
Airways New Zealand chief operating officer Pauline Lamb said, "Airways' vision for the Pacific is to enable the same standard of infrastructure, service and safety we provide in New Zealand.
Lamb added, "To do this we need to ensure modern infrastructure is in place."
As per the PAIP's contract, Airways New Zealand will help in extension of the PASNet network, an aviation specific satellite communication system for the Pacific.
Lamb said, "PASNet will ultimately link air traffic organisations in eight Pacific states with a more robust and reliable voice and data connection."
Airways New Zealand deployed its first satellite communications station in Tonga nearly eight years earlier.