{"id":24494,"date":"2024-01-31T08:19:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T13:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=24494"},"modified":"2024-01-31T08:49:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T13:49:55","slug":"march-2024-singapore-airspace-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/march-2024-singapore-airspace-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2024 Singapore Airspace Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singapore and Indonesia will <\/span>realign their FIRs<\/b> from 21 Mar 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n

They agreed to do this<\/a> so that the new FIR boundary (between the WSJC\/Singapore and WIIF\/Jakarta FIRs) will be generally more aligned with Indonesia\u2019s territorial boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It looks like not much will change in terms of flight ops, as <\/span>Singapore will continue to control the airspace. For full details of the upcoming change, check<\/span> SUP 18\/2024.<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

But there is one important issue this FIR realignment will hopefully fix for good – it will now be more clear that <\/span>overflights of Indonesia\u2019s Riau Islands<\/b>\u00a0require an Indonesia overflight permit!<\/b><\/p>\n

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How the airspace currently looks, with Indonesia’s Riau Islands inside Singapore airspace.<\/p><\/div>\n

This has been an issue in the past<\/a>, with some flights <\/span>not realizing they needed an Indonesia overflight permit to overfly these islands – as they sat under the WSJC\/Singapore FIR.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2019,\u00a0two Indonesian F-16s intercepted an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight<\/span><\/a> for flying across Indonesian airspace without permission. The aircraft was initially supposed to operate from HAAB\/Addis Ababa to VHHH\/Hong Kong, but was modified at the last minute to route via WSSS\/Singapore instead. The aircraft was intercepted forced to land at WIDD\/Batam Island.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There have been several other incidents both before and since then, including some where Indonesia blamed US and Indian military planes of violating their airspace without permission.<\/p>\n

But when the FIRs realign on 21 Mar 2024, there should hopefully be no more confusion about permit requirements<\/strong> for this chunk of airspace! You can find all the details in SUP 18\/2024<\/span><\/a><\/b>, but here’s how it’s going to look:<\/p>\n

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And this one is maybe useful too – this shows the\u00a0airspace which will continue to be controlled by Singapore ATC:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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